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If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
Backing up your data or your entire device
with the Windows
®
operating system
The most valuable component of your device 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 device system may be a recent backup
of your data.
Fortunately, the Windows
®
operating system offers a
convenient way to back up your device or just your
important files to an optional external writable optical disc
drive, or hard drives. An external hard drive is recommended
in case the internal storage drive fails. No additional software
is required. External optical disc writers are widely available.
Follow these steps to back up your device or files to optical
discs, or a storage drive:
You cannot back up the device while running on battery
power. Connect the AC adaptor before continuing.
1 From the Start screen, type
Control. Click or touch
Control Panel from the list that appears.
2 Click or touch
Save backup copies of your files with
File History
under the System and Security heading.
Follow the on-screen instructions to back up your files.
For additional Help, while in the Windows
®
Desktop screen,
press the
F1 key to launch the Windows
®
Help and Support
screen. Search for “back up files.”
General tips for installing hardware and
software
Here are a few tips to help ensure safe and easy installation
of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard
drives, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like
Microsoft
®
Office and Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
, or utility software
such as special toolbars for your web browser).
❖ Create a restore point (refer to “Saving system
configuration with restore points” on page 122). Before
installing anything, use the System Restore utility to set
a restore point (see the section titled restore points). If
anything goes wrong, you will then be able to easily
restore the Windows
®
operating system to the state it
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