Recover from a crash with XP’s System Restore

by steven s. warren in Microsoft

on July 10, 2006, 2:14 PM PDT

Recover from a crash with XP’s System Restore

Your computer just crashed when you downloaded and installed the latest video card driver for your system. If you have Windows XP, dont sweat it. XP has a great new feature called System Restore that allows you to restore XP systems to a previous state without losing the following files: One of Windows XP’s killer ...

One of Windows XP’s killer features is System Restore. This feature makes it easier to deal with bad drivers and rogue applications by allowing you to roll back your OS to a time before you installed the offending software. more…

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