It is late in the evening and that you are at home, using a computer to update the document you need to work on the next day. You make final changes, save the document, and send ga print. Turn on the printer, only to find nothing there. You print the document again, and again get nothing. Thinking that maybe there is something wrong with the printer connection, you decide to restart the computer. But you are getting error messages that you've never seen before. After clicking on two or three dozen "OK" buttons, your computer is booting finally begins again, and you sigh of relief. Until you start getting error message that certain files are outdated or can not be located. At the end of your computer comes back up, but it seems that all that has gone wonky. Programs load with errors, or loaded and everything. Utilities, which worked fine last night lock when you try to run them, including virus-scanning your software. In short, something very, very wrong.
Ordinarily this would mean taking on your computer and repair the site have tech look at it to determine the problem. Repair could be as simple as running utilities on several computers, or as complex as well as the reconstruction of the hard drive from scratch. Even the simpler solution can be expensive. But if you use Windows XP operating system as yours, May you do not need to go in blind panic. A utility included in Windows XP called System Restore allows you to recover your hard disk from a previous point in time. In effect, turn back the clock to a point in the past in which your computer is working correctly.
Give me a reason
Why would you restore your computer to, say, yesterday afternoon is the setting? There are many reasons you might want or need, in order to do this. The incident described above could be caused by a virus that got through your computer's firewall installed itself on your computer. Remember a new game on a computer installed late last night? This could have a system file was overwritten in the operating system, replacing them with older files, or delete files needed altogether. Maybe someone got a little trigger-happy with the mouse you choose to delete files from the system, deleting the file system required. Then there is always the possibility of "God's work", such as power outage or power surge, which have corrupted the system May data on the computer.
Convinced? Good. So how System Restore? Let's take a look.
Start at the beginning
When Windows XP is installed on a computer system, the utility System Restore is turned on by default, so you do not have to do anything to start the process. System Restore and automatically creates "restore points", a point in time, you can choose a refund of his computer. They usually worked when the new program is installed, or upgrade existing systems are implemented (usually via the Internet). Good news. Unfortunately Windows XP is not consistent with the frequency of creating these restore points. You may go two or three days before the incident occurs where an operating system, believes that it is necessary to create a restore point. No-so-good news. However, you can go in yourself and manually create a restore point for any time you like, say, just before installing the new program. If you are going to do on a regular basis, even once a day, you'll have a good number of points from which to return if ever need.
Good place for recovery
May you want to create a restore point on his own, or need to find a point to restore to the recovery of your system. In both cases, you can begin the same way. In the menu bar at the bottom of the desktop, click on Start, then Help and Support (blue question mark icon). Under the "Select the task" in the right column of the window that appears on the screen, select the option marked Undo changes to your computer with System Restore. This runs the utility System Restore, ga bringing in a new window.
If you want to create a new restore point, select another option in the menu and click on Next. You can enter the appropriate description for this restore point, and then click on Create. Windows XP automatically attaches your description, and date and time from your computer system to restore point, adding that the list of calendars. Click on the Close and that's it - you've created a restore point. You can go on with their work (or play).
When you are, you need some restoration
If it is necessary to restore the system in an earlier date and time, the System Restore menu select the first option in the menu and click on Next. You can use the calendar on the left side of the window and restore points is described on the right side of the window to select a particular point of recovery you want to use. Once you've selected your desired restore point, click Next, Next and then restart the process of returning. Do not power down your computer during this process, as you could end up with some serious issues, if the process does not end up returning. (Helpful tip: Do not do a return, if there is a possibility you might have a power outage, such as during the storm!) Once the return is done, the computer reboots, when you sign up, and there you are - your system is the way in which to the date and time for the restore point.
Useful advice
You will avoid many of pain if you follow a few guidelines when using the System Restore.
Regularly to create a manual restore points. It only takes a minute to create a restore point. Even if you have done so only once or twice a week, it gives that much more options to choose from when it was necessary to select the restore point.
ALWAYS create a restore point before adding anything new to your computer! Whether you're adding a new printer, installing the second hard disk, or upgrading your favorite program for software, to create a restore point before starting the process. If anything happens to a problem, you can go back to your PC so that before the installation began.
Save important information before departure on a single return. Keep in mind that all that has changed in the time between the computer and restore point and the beginning of time and return will be reset to the way in which at the time, and return point. If your restore point is of ten days, every program and data files you added to your computer in the ten-day period will be gone. Files that were on the computer at the time and restore point and that you have cleared since then will return to the computer after returning. So, if you have the files on your computer that you want to keep, copy them to a floppy disk or a stick of RAM, or burn a CD before we start the process of returning.
Not bad for a Freebie
There are commercial programs available, such as Norton's Go-Back, who perform this function much more smoothly and have many more opportunities. But if you do not want to pay $ 50 for the price tag-Go Back, or does not expect that he will recover on your computer on a regular basis, and then XP is the utility System Restore will work just fine for you - and May to finish saving you both time and money in computer repair costs
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