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... the edge connectors. To replace the hard drive: 1 If possible, create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are extremely sensitive to replace the hard drive. You also need a small Phillips screwdriver...Reference Guide for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2008 Gateway, Inc. Technical Support See the label on the bottom of the notebook for software and device driver recovery" in the United States and other grounded object. 10 Loosen the three...
... the edge connectors. To replace the hard drive: 1 If possible, create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are extremely sensitive to replace the hard drive. You also need a small Phillips screwdriver...Reference Guide for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2008 Gateway, Inc. Technical Support See the label on the bottom of the notebook for software and device driver recovery" in the United States and other grounded object. 10 Loosen the three...
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... and other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2008 Gateway, Inc. Screw Screw 13 Using the plastic tab, slide the old hard drive, then remove it snaps into place. 22 Slide the battery ... the bracket from CD or DVD" appears, press any key on your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 27 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key to boot from the old drive. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the process you may be prompted to insert ...
... and other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2008 Gateway, Inc. Screw Screw 13 Using the plastic tab, slide the old hard drive, then remove it snaps into place. 22 Slide the battery ... the bracket from CD or DVD" appears, press any key on your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 27 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key to boot from the old drive. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the process you may be prompted to insert ...
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CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook • Consult your insurance company and credit card company to learn about emergency travel assistance if your notebook is lost or damaged. • Take your recovery discs in case you need to install an additional driver or software. Tip You can create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. 86
CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook • Consult your insurance company and credit card company to learn about emergency travel assistance if your notebook is lost or damaged. • Take your recovery discs in case you need to install an additional driver or software. Tip You can create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. 86
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...the battery. For instructions, see "Preparing for the purpose. Caution To prepare your notebook for additional system recovery options, you want to run on AC power, remove the battery. www.gateway.com Consider removing the battery from your notebook when running on AC power, the battery constantly charges, even... remember that when you need to the edge, not around in the technical support pages at www.gateway.com. Recovering your system). This reduces the life of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. If the battery is running on page 93. 91 Problem solving may ...
...the battery. For instructions, see "Preparing for the purpose. Caution To prepare your notebook for additional system recovery options, you want to run on AC power, remove the battery. www.gateway.com Consider removing the battery from your notebook when running on AC power, the battery constantly charges, even... remember that when you need to the edge, not around in the technical support pages at www.gateway.com. Recovering your system). This reduces the life of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. If the battery is running on page 93. 91 Problem solving may ...
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... to a previous state when everything was working correctly, the problem may be solved by returning your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering your system, you need to follow that did not come pre-installed on your system to reinstall Windows from a... software or the hardware drivers. To recover software and drivers that were pre-installed at the factory, see "Recovering your system using Gateway Recovery Center. 92 If you upgrade or exchange your hard drive or if your hard drive is completely erased or corrupted, your only option...
... to a previous state when everything was working correctly, the problem may be solved by returning your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering your system, you need to follow that did not come pre-installed on your system to reinstall Windows from a... software or the hardware drivers. To recover software and drivers that were pre-installed at the factory, see "Recovering your system using Gateway Recovery Center. 92 If you upgrade or exchange your hard drive or if your hard drive is completely erased or corrupted, your only option...
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... like to perform this procedure.) To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. www.gateway.com Preparing for software and device driver recovery You can usually recover your pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD or install a new hard drive...
... like to perform this procedure.) To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. www.gateway.com Preparing for software and device driver recovery You can usually recover your pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD or install a new hard drive...
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..., as they are for disc 1 of the discs and store them in a safe place. 94 If you need to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of x, and so on . 6 If multiple discs are required, insert the additional blank discs when prompted. 7 When the ...process is created, your final disc, then label all of a 3-disc set of recovery discs. 5 If you have enough blank discs of the specified type, click I have enough discs, choose a different disc type, or click Cancel. A dialog...
..., as they are for disc 1 of the discs and store them in a safe place. 94 If you need to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of x, and so on . 6 If multiple discs are required, insert the additional blank discs when prompted. 7 When the ...process is created, your final disc, then label all of a 3-disc set of recovery discs. 5 If you have enough blank discs of the specified type, click I have enough discs, choose a different disc type, or click Cancel. A dialog...
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..., see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. Important If you have recently reinstalled Windows or installed a new hard drive, and your Start menu does not contain Gateway Recovery Center as an option, you must recover your...
..., see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. Important If you have recently reinstalled Windows or installed a new hard drive, and your Start menu does not contain Gateway Recovery Center as an option, you must recover your...
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CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover software that were pre-installed, click Hardware, then click Device driver recovery. 3 Click the software or driver you want to recover, then click Next. 96 OR To recover device drivers that was pre-installed, click Programs, then click Application recovery. -
CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover software that were pre-installed, click Hardware, then click Device driver recovery. 3 Click the software or driver you want to recover, then click Next. 96 OR To recover device drivers that was pre-installed, click Programs, then click Application recovery. -
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...software or driver you created a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs: 1 Insert a software and driver recovery disc into the CD or DVD drive. To recover ...software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover, try another disc...
...software or driver you created a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs: 1 Insert a software and driver recovery disc into the CD or DVD drive. To recover ...software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover, try another disc...
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CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover pre-installed software, click Application recovery, then click the software you have a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. 98 OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of driver you want to recover. 3 Click Next. 4 If the software or driver is not shown on the list and you want to recover. -
CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover pre-installed software, click Application recovery, then click the software you have a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. 98 OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of driver you want to recover. 3 Click Next. 4 If the software or driver is not shown on the list and you want to recover. -
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...your notebook's problems are not solved by any of the other recovery options, you cannot run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The System Recovery Options menu opens. 6 Click Restore Application. Your notebook restarts. ...), then click Next. Caution A complete factory recovery deletes everything on your keyboard to select Repair Your Computer, then press ENTER. b While the notebook is called a factory recovery. Gateway System Recovery starts, and the System Recovery Options dialog box opens. 4 Select a language...
...your notebook's problems are not solved by any of the other recovery options, you cannot run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The System Recovery Options menu opens. 6 Click Restore Application. Your notebook restarts. ...), then click Next. Caution A complete factory recovery deletes everything on your keyboard to select Repair Your Computer, then press ENTER. b While the notebook is called a factory recovery. Gateway System Recovery starts, and the System Recovery Options dialog box opens. 4 Select a language...
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...original hard drive, you must recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. You still need to c:\backup. - If you selected Recovery with automatic data backup, then click Next. To completely re-install Windows: 1 If you can find your personal files, and create a...progress of valid boot devices appears. 103 Recovering your system using the Windows Vista operating system DVD. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in step 8, you can still run Windows, back up your backed up files ...
...original hard drive, you must recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. You still need to c:\backup. - If you selected Recovery with automatic data backup, then click Next. To completely re-install Windows: 1 If you can find your personal files, and create a...progress of valid boot devices appears. 103 Recovering your system using the Windows Vista operating system DVD. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in step 8, you can still run Windows, back up your backed up files ...
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For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on -screen instructions. 5 After Windows is completely re-installed, use the software and driver recovery discs you created to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on page 97. 104 CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 4 Press the arrow keys to recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers.
For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on -screen instructions. 5 After Windows is completely re-installed, use the software and driver recovery discs you created to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on page 97. 104 CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 4 Press the arrow keys to recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers.
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Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit Tools You need a small Phillips screwdriver and the Windows Vista DVD to the notebook and remove any data you ...
Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit Tools You need a small Phillips screwdriver and the Windows Vista DVD to the notebook and remove any data you ...
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... DVD drive, then restart your keyboard and follow the on your notebook. 22 When the prompt "Press any key to insert your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key on -screen instructions. As part of the process you may be prompted to boot from...
... DVD drive, then restart your keyboard and follow the on your notebook. 22 When the prompt "Press any key to insert your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key on -screen instructions. As part of the process you may be prompted to boot from...
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www.gateway.com VGA 10, 64 wired Ethernet 22 wired network 22 copyright notice 152 D default printer 138 dialing codes 82 dial-up modem 10, 23 adjusting ... 117 diskette drive troubleshooting 117 display brightness 48 switching 31 troubleshooting 118 display properties adjusting 65 documentation User Guide 2 double-clicking 41 dragging 42 drivers recovery discs 93, 97 re-installing 92 drives DVD 56 DVD/CD-RW 9, 56 DVD±RW 9, 56 hard drive 11, 111 HD DVD 56 HD...
www.gateway.com VGA 10, 64 wired Ethernet 22 wired network 22 copyright notice 152 D default printer 138 dialing codes 82 dial-up modem 10, 23 adjusting ... 117 diskette drive troubleshooting 117 display brightness 48 switching 31 troubleshooting 118 display properties adjusting 65 documentation User Guide 2 double-clicking 41 dragging 42 drivers recovery discs 93, 97 re-installing 92 drives DVD 56 DVD/CD-RW 9, 56 DVD±RW 9, 56 hard drive 11, 111 HD DVD 56 HD...
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... 13, 14 password bank 38 troubleshooting 122 tutorial 34 using 34 Fn key 30, 31 folders opening 41 function keys 30 G Gateway contact information 2 model number 2 serial number 2 Support 3 Gateway Recovery Center re-installing drivers 95 re-installing programs 95 156 re-installing software 95 H hard drive bay 11 indicator 28 installing 111...
... 13, 14 password bank 38 troubleshooting 122 tutorial 34 using 34 Fn key 30, 31 folders opening 41 function keys 30 G Gateway contact information 2 model number 2 serial number 2 Support 3 Gateway Recovery Center re-installing drivers 95 re-installing programs 95 156 re-installing software 95 H hard drive bay 11 indicator 28 installing 111...
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... 72 recharging battery 70 recovering defaults 102 drivers 92 programs 92 software 92 system 91 Windows 92 with Gateway Recovery Center 95 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 recovery discs creating 93 drivers 93, 97 programs 93, 97 software 93, 97 using 97 Recycle Bin deleting... emptying 122 regional code DVD 57 re-installing defaults 102 drivers 92 programs 91, 92 software 91, 92 Windows 91, 92 with Gateway Recovery Center 95 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 replacing See installing resetting notebook 26 restarting notebook 26 restoring defaults 102 drivers...
... 72 recharging battery 70 recovering defaults 102 drivers 92 programs 92 software 92 system 91 Windows 92 with Gateway Recovery Center 95 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 recovery discs creating 93 drivers 93, 97 programs 93, 97 software 93, 97 using 97 Recycle Bin deleting... emptying 122 regional code DVD 57 re-installing defaults 102 drivers 92 programs 91, 92 software 91, 92 Windows 91, 92 with Gateway Recovery Center 95 with Windows DVD 103 with Windows System Restore 99 replacing See installing resetting notebook 26 restarting notebook 26 restoring defaults 102 drivers...
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... opening menu 42 shutting down notebook 25, 26 Sleep mode 25, 31, 75 system key 31 Snapshot button 47 160 SO-DIMM See memory software recovery discs 93, 97 re-installing 92 sound adjusting 33, 49 controls 49 muting 33, 44, 45, 49 troubleshooting 139 speakers built-in 12, 14 jack...
... opening menu 42 shutting down notebook 25, 26 Sleep mode 25, 31, 75 system key 31 Snapshot button 47 160 SO-DIMM See memory software recovery discs 93, 97 re-installing 92 sound adjusting 33, 49 controls 49 muting 33, 44, 45, 49 troubleshooting 139 speakers built-in 12, 14 jack...