Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide

iv Troubleshooting and Maintenance Guide
Repairing Software Problems ................................................................21
Software Repair Overview.....................................................................................21
Restarting Your Computer ......................................................................................22
Turning Off Your Computer....................................................................................22
Updating Drivers ..................................................................................................22
Microsoft System Restore .......................................................................................23
Software Program and Hardware Driver Reinstallation ..............................................24
System Recovery ..................................................................................................25
Creating Recovery Discs........................................................................................25
Choosing Recovery Disc Media.........................................................................26
System Recovery Options ......................................................................................27
Running System Recovery from the Hard Disk Drive .............................................27
Starting System Recovery from the Windows Vista Start menu ...............................27
Starting System Recovery from system startup ......................................................28