NOTE: If you choose to select a location, click the Browse button, navigate to the desired location and then click the OK button. In the Where do you want to restore your files? window, click to select In the original location or In the following location and then click the Restore button.After you have added all desired files and folders, click the Next button.Click to select the folder and then click the Add folders button.In the Browse the backup for folders or drives window, navigate to the location of the desired folder.Click to select the file and then click the Add files button.In the Browse the backup for files window, navigate to the location of desired file.Click to check the box next to the files or folders you would like to restore and then click the OK button.In the Search for files to restore window, in the Search for: textbox, type the desired search phrase and then click the Search button.In the Browse or search you backup for files and folders to restore window, you can search for or select files or folders that you would like to restore from the backup.In the Back up or restore your files window, in the Restore section, click the Restore my files button.In the Control Panel window, under System and Security, click Back up your computer.Click the Start button and then click Control Panel.Connect the external hard drive, USB drive, or insert the disc that contains the backup.Method 1: Use the Recovery Control Panel.In order to use Method 3 you must have already created a system repair disc.If the operating system on your computer will not start, you must use either Method 2 or Method 3.Make sure the removable media that contains the system image backup is available before proceeding.There are three different methods available to restore the computer from a system image backup, and you already must have created a system image backup for any of these methods to work.While Windows Backup and Restore backups can be browsed or explored, the content cannot be restored by copying or moving backup files to a computer hard drive. A backup created with the Windows Backup and Restore feature must be restored using the Windows Backup and Restore feature.Sony cannot guarantee that all or any data can be backed up, and once backed up, cannot guarantee that data can be restored from the backup. The Windows Backup and Restore feature is part of the operating system. Follow these steps to restore files using a backup you already created. The Windows Backup and Restore feature allows you back up and restore files on your computer.

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