Toshiba SATELLITE M300 - Manual (Page 191)

191 If Something Goes Wrong
Develop good computing habits
Fortunately, the Windows ® operating system offers a convenient
way to back up your computer or just your important files to optical
drives, or hard drives. An external hard drive is recommended in
case the internal storage drive fails. No additional software is
required. Most of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba
portable computer models can write to (or ‘burn’) as well as read
from optical discs. External optical disc writers are also widely
available.
Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to optical
discs, or a storage drive:
You cannot back up the computer while running on battery power.
Connect the AC adaptor before continuing.
1 Prepare your backup target by connecting it and/or inserting a
blank optical disc in the drive.
2 Click Start.
3 Click Control Panel.
4 Click System and Maintenance.
5 Click Backup and Restore Center.
6 You can choose to back up some files or the entire computer.
Click either Back up files or Back up computer.
If you choose to back up your entire computer, you will be setting up
a scheduled backup that will be performed periodically, and will only
include the changes made since the last backup.
7 Follow the on-screen help to complete your backup.
For more help, click Start, Help and Support, and search for
“back up.”
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, DVD
writers, 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 189 ). Before installing anything,
use the System Restore utility to set a Restore Point (see the
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