User's Guide

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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 or hard drives. An external hard drive is
recommended in case the internal storage drive fails. No
additional software is required.
Follow these steps to back up your device or files to external
media, or a storage drive:
You cannot back up the device while running on battery
power. Connect the USB/AC adaptor before continuing.
1 Swipe in from the right edge of the screen. When the
Windows
®
charms appear, touch the Search ( ) charm.
Then touch the Search field, and type
Control. Touch
Control Panel in the list that appears.
2 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, launch the Windows
®
Help and Support
screen, and search for “back up files,” see “The Windows®
operating system can help you” on page 93.
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 103). 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
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