More about that at http://forums.cnet.com/5208-19681_102-0.html?messageID=3196452&tag=forums06;posts#3196452
As to protecting your files, that's easy. Put a few copies on your usb memory stick, hard drive and elsewhere where you can get them if the machine or this hard drive fails.
Bob
I have upgraded from vist to window 7 around 6 months agao and since then my computer viao keeps shutting down by itself and restarts by itself intermittently. I am not a computer viz so do not know how to protect my files and reload window 7. Please help.
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