CHAPTER 7: Troubleshooting1062 On the left side of the window, click Repair Windowsusing System Restore, then click Next. The Choose arestore point dialog box opens.3 Click the restore point you want, click Next, then clickFinish. A confirmation message box appears.4 Click Yes. Your system is restored using the restore pointyou specified. This process may take several minutes,and may restart your computer.Returning your system to its factory conditionIn case your computer experiences problems that are notrecoverable by other methods, you may need to reinstalleverything to return your system to its factory condition. Youcan reinstall using either your hard drive or the recovery discsyou have created.• If you can still run Windows Vista, see “Recovering fromwithin Windows Vista” on page 107.• If you cannot run Windows Vista and your original harddrive is still working, see “Recovering from the hard driveduring startup” on page 108.• If you cannot run Windows Vista and your original harddrive has been completely re-formatted or you haveinstalled a replacement hard drive, see “Recovering fromyour recovery discs” on page 108.CautionThis complete recovery deletes everything on your hard drive, thenreinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that were pre-installed on yoursystem. If you can access important files on your hard drive, back them up now.
