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is what you wish to do. Selecting "Yes" will proceed with the restore. The system will log you off, complete the restore process and, when you log in next will advise that it has done so. If you have any problems at this point you can return to System Restore and select "Undo System Restore" to back out the changes made.

If your system won't boot into Vista in normal mode you can perform all of these operations in Safe Mode, if the system will operate in that mode. To get into Safe Mode press the "F8" key when Vista is just starting. You will then be given a menu to select various boot modes, use your arrow keys to select Safe Mode and hit enter. (If you've not done this before it might take a few tries to hit "F8" at the right time to bring up the menu.) From there, after you log in as administrator, you can follow the steps to restore your system.

Even if your system won't boot into Vista at all, not even into Safe Mode, it is likely that you can use System Restore to recover your system. Using the Windows Recovery Environment from a Vista installation disk you can run System Restore. The interface in this case is slightly different but close enough to that described above that it should be easy to navigate. More advanced users or technicians can even use restore points to recover your system from a command prompt or other boot environment.

System Restore is a powerful tool that can be used to avoid re-imaging your system and destroying all of your data. As long as you have no actual hardware failures on your hard drive it will likely allow you to return your system to an operating configuration quickly and easily.

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