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4 In the Restore point description field, enter a name that is
descriptive enough to be easily understood in the future, such
as “Before installing Brand X Accounting app.” Then click
Create.
5 The Windows
®
operating system creates the restore point and
automatically stamps it with the current date and time.
Then, at a later time, you can re-establish your Windows
®
configuration using the saved restore point. To do this:
1 Click Start, and then Help and Support.
2 Under Pick a Task, click Undo changes to your computer
with System Restore.
3 Click Restore my computer to an earlier time, then click
Next.
4 A calendar will be presented, showing a month at a time. Each
date for which a restore point has been set will be marked as
bold. When a boldfaced date is clicked, a description of the
restore point will appear in a list to the right.
This list may contain restore points that you did not create. Restore
points labeled System Checkpoint were automatically created by the
Windows
®
operating system. Other restore points may have been
created automatically by applications when they were installed.
5 Select the desired restore point from the list, and then click
Next.
6 Your Windows
®
operating system configuration will now be
restored to the state it was in when the chosen restore point was
created.
Backing up your data or your entire computer with the
Windows
®
operating system
The most valuable component of your computer system is the data
you create and store on its internal storage drive. Since problems
with either hardware or software can make the data inaccessible or
even destroy it, the next most valuable component of your computer
system may be a recent backup of your data.
Fortunately, the Windows
®
operating system offers a convenient
way to back up your computer or just your important files to optical
discs, or hard drives. An external hard drive is recommended in
case the internal storage drive fails. No additional software is
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