Hello,

I am using Windows XP Home edition and am fairly new to it. I've seen a
lot of talk of "restore points" and would like to know how I create a
new restore points, and how I would go about recovering to a previously
saved restore point.

Thanks in advance.

Later, Ray Parrish

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Start here: http://bertk.mvps.org/ (navigate via the dropdown menu beneath
"System Restore in WinXP")
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Ray Parrish wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using Windows XP Home edition and am fairly new to it. I've seen a
> lot of talk of "restore points" and would like to know how I create a
> new restore points, and how I would go about recovering to a previously
> saved restore point.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Later, Ray Parrish

Ray Parrish wrote:
> I am using Windows XP Home edition and am fairly new to it. I've
> seen a lot of talk of "restore points" and would like to know how I
> create a new restore points, and how I would go about recovering to
> a previously saved restore point.

Try utilizing the built in Help and Support feature first... Follow that up
with a Google Search if the question is not answered to your satisfaction.
That way you learn a lot about the stuff you want and how to find the
answers on the next question you might have at the same time. Most
applications (including Windows XP) have extensive internal help as well as
the Internet is just a wealth of knowledge.

For example... If I open up Help and Support on this Windows XP machine
(Start button --> Help and Support) and search for:

How to create a restore point

It comes back with this help - built into the OS...

To create a Restore Point

1. Access the System Restore Wizard through Help and Support
Center.
2. Click Create a restore point, and then click Next.
3. In the Restore point description box, type a name to identify
this restore point. System Restore automatically adds to this
name the date and time that this Restore Point is created.
- To finish creating this restore point, click Create.
- To cancel restore point creation and return to the Welcome
to System Restore screen, click Back.
- To cancel restore point creation and exit the System Restore
Wizard, click Cancel.

*Notes
- To access the System Restore Wizard, click Start, and then click
Help and Support. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Using
System Restore to undo changes, and then click Run the System
Restore Wizard.
- Creating a restore point can be useful any time you anticipate
making changes to your computer that are risky or might make
your computer unstable.
- To view or to return to this restore point, from the Welcome to
System Restore screen of the System Restore Wizard select
Restore my computer to an earlier time. Then select the date
when the restore point was created from the calendar in the
Select a Restore Point screen. All of the restore points that
were created on the selected date are listed by name in the
list box to the right of the calendar.


A Google search brings up all sorts of goodies - including a page I highly
recommend you review...
http://bertk.mvps.org/index.html
(hover your mouse pointer over "System Restore in WinXP" in the top menu of
the page...)

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

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