Restore

1. Also known as a system restore, restore is a term used to describe the process of reverting a computer back to its original configuration. Often a restore is done because of one or more of the following reasons.
   
   a.) Serious data corruption or other serious error that cannot be resolved.
   b.) Wish to remove all old software and programs and get it back to how it was when you first purchased it.
   c.) Wish to remove all personal data because plan on selling the computer or plan on giving it away.
   
   Additional information about restoring your computer back to its original configuration can be found on document CH000186.
   
    
2. A term used to describe the process of recovering lost or old data from a backup.
3. The process of taking a window that has been minimized and restoring it back to maximized or its original setting. In Microsoft Windows the user does this by clicking on the window button in the Windows Taskbar.

Also see: Recover, Rollback