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Backup and Recovery in Windows Vista
Maintenance and Service Guide C–7
Performing a Recovery
Recovery Manager software allows you to repair or restore the
system if you experience system failure or instability. Recovery
Manager works from recovery discs that you create or from a
dedicated recovery partition on the hard drive.
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Windows has its own built-in repair features, such as System
Restore and driver rollback capabilities. If you have not already
tried these features, try them before using Recovery Manager.
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Recovery Manager only recovers software that was preinstalled
at the factory. Software not provided with this computer must
be reinstalled from the disc provided by the manufacturer or
downloaded from the manufacturer's Web site.
Recovering from the Recovery Discs
To restore the system from the recovery discs:
1. Back up all personal files.
2. Insert the first recovery disc into the optical drive and restart
the computer.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Recovering from the Partition on the Hard
Drive
You can perform a recovery from the partition on the hard drive
from either the Start button or
f11.
To restore the system from the partition, follow these steps:
1. Access Recovery Manager in either of the following ways:
❏ Select Start > All Programs > Recovery Manager >
Recovery Manager.