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Maintenance and Service Guide C–1
C
Backup and Recovery in
Windows Vista
Recovering System Information
Tools provided by the operating system and Recovery Manager
software are designed to help you with the following tasks for
safeguarding your information and restoring it in case of a system
failure:
■ Back up your information regularly to protect your important
system files.
■ Make a set of recovery discs (Recovery Manager software
feature). Recovery discs are used to start up (boot) your
computer and restore the operating system and software
programs to factory settings in case of system failure or
instability.
■ Create system restore points (operating system feature).
System restore points allow you to reverse undesirable
changes to your computer by restoring the computer to an
earlier state.
■ Recover a program or driver (Recovery Manager software
feature). This feature helps you reinstall a program or driver
without performing a full system recovery.
■ Perform a full system recovery (Recovery Manager software
feature). With Recovery Manager, you can recover your full
factory image if you experience system failure or instability.
Recovery Manager works from a dedicated recovery partition
on the hard drive or from recovery discs you create.