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Backup and Recovery in Windows Vista
Performing a Recovery
Recovery Manager software allows you to repair or restore the system if you experience system failure or instability. Recovery Manager works from recovery discs that you create or from a dedicated recovery partition on the hard drive.
✎Windows has its own
✎Recovery Manager only recovers software that was preinstalled at the factory. Software not provided with this computer must be reinstalled from the disc provided by the manufacturer or downloaded from the manufacturer's Web site.
Recovering from the Recovery Discs
To restore the system from the recovery discs:
1.Back up all personal files.
2.Insert the first recovery disc into the optical drive and restart the computer.
3.Follow the
Recovering from the Partition on the Hard Drive
You can perform a recovery from the partition on the hard drive from either the Start button or f11.
To restore the system from the partition, follow these steps:
1.Access Recovery Manager in either of the following ways:
❏Select Start > All Programs > Recovery Manager > Recovery Manager.
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