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Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore
Before using Gateway System Recovery, you should try Microsoft System
Restore to determine whether you can restore your system to a previous
condition.
Every time you install new device drivers or software, and every 24 hours (while
your notebook is turned on), Microsoft System Restore takes a “snapshot” of
your system settings and saves it as a restore point. In most cases of
hard-to-resolve software problems, you can return to one of these restore points
to get your system running again.
To restore using Microsoft System Restore:
1 Press F1. The Microsoft Windows XP Help and Support Center opens.
2 Click Undo changes to your
computer with System
Restore. The Welcome to
System Restore dialog box
opens.
3 Click Restore my computer to
an earlier time, then click
Next. The Select a Restore Point
dialog box opens.
4 Click a bold date on the
calendar (Step 1 on the screen),
then click a restore point in the
list (Step 2 on the screen).