RESTORING YOUR COMPUTER AFTER A CRASH

If your computer system ever crashes or freezes, your best course of action is to run the System Restore utility. This utility can automatically restore your system to the state it was in before the crash occurred and save you the trouble of reinstalling any damaged software programs. It's a great safety net for when things go wrong!

Click the Start button and select All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore.

Check the Restore My Computer to an Earlier Time option.

Click Next.

Click a bold date on the calendar from before your system started acting up; this will be your restore point.

Click Next.

When the confirmation screen appears, click Next to begin the restore process.

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Restoring Your System

Be sure to close all programs before you use System Restore because Windows will need to be restarted when it's done. The full process might take a half-hour or more.

CAUTION

Windows Only No Files

System Restore will help you recover any damaged programs and system files, but it won't help you recover any damaged documents or data files.