Steps to Restore Files in Windows Vista:

• Click on Start button, select Control Panel and then select “Backup and Restore Center” and finally choose “Restore files”.
• You will be given two options that are “Files from the latest backup” or “Files from an older backup” for restore and select the one you wish to restore.
• The dialog boxes for “Restore Files” will popup. Select on to “Add files” or “Add folders” in order to choose the certain files and folders from the backup that you created earlier. Moreover, you have the right to click on “Search” tab in order to make any search via backup files in order to match your criteria. Then Click on to “Next” button.
• Choose the place where you want to save the restored files or folders whether “In the original location” or some other one. For latter option you will have to click on “Browse” tab and finally navigate to the desired place.

Select “Start Restore” button in order to begin restoring the files or folders that you have chosen.

How to backup with Windows Vista?

1. From Start Button go to Control Panel.
2. Select the option System and Maintenance.
3. Beneath the “Backup and Restore Center” topic, choose “Back up your computer” button.
4. Then select “Back up files.”
5. Select the radio button which is next to the option ”type of location” on which you actually wish to backup the files, whether on a hard disk, CD or a DVD or on some online network. If you are going for hard disk, you need to choose the right disk from the options present in the drop down box. In case you want to backup files on some location online then select on to “Browse” button. Choose the right location and click OK.
6. Then select the check boxes which are present under the types of files that you want to backup. Finally click on Next button.
7. After that select the time period that you want the backup to be done that are from the options, monthly, weekly or daily along with the time of that day.
8. Finally choose “Save settings and start backup” button in order to start with backing up of the files.

In Windows Vista your files are stored in a different location compared to fiels stored on a Windows XP computer. On Windows XP your files were in documents and settings, then your username. In Windows Vista your files and folders are stored in C:\Users\your username. Watch this video tutorial to see all the details on where your files are now on Windows Vista and how to access them.