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...with notebook components, follow these screws cannot be removed). For more information, see "Preparing for software and device driver recovery" in your notebook. Contact Gateway Customer Care at most electronics stores) and attach it . Screw Screw Screw 9 Lift the hard drive bay cover...these guidelines: • Avoid static-causing surfaces such as electrostatic discharge (ESD). Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of your notebook and unplug the AC adapter, modem cable, and network...
...with notebook components, follow these screws cannot be removed). For more information, see "Preparing for software and device driver recovery" in your notebook. Contact Gateway Customer Care at most electronics stores) and attach it . Screw Screw Screw 9 Lift the hard drive bay cover...these guidelines: • Avoid static-causing surfaces such as electrostatic discharge (ESD). Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of your notebook and unplug the AC adapter, modem cable, and network...
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... are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. All rights reserved. As part of Gateway, Inc. Screw Screw 11 Using the plastic tab, slide the old hard drive, then remove it. 14 Place the new drive, label side up, onto ... in the United States and other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the process you may be prompted to insert your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key on your keyboard and follow the on the bottom of the screws...
... are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. All rights reserved. As part of Gateway, Inc. Screw Screw 11 Using the plastic tab, slide the old hard drive, then remove it. 14 Place the new drive, label side up, onto ... in the United States and other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the process you may be prompted to insert your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key on your keyboard and follow the on the bottom of the screws...
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www.gateway.com Recalibrating the battery 68 Extending battery life 69 Maximizing battery performance 69 Conserving battery power 69 Using alternate power sources 70 Changing power modes ... the notebook screen 85 Maintaining the battery 86 Storing batteries 86 Cleaning CDs or DVDs 87 Recovering your system 87 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 88 Using Microsoft System Restore 95 Recovering your system to its factory condition 98 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD 99 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your...
www.gateway.com Recalibrating the battery 68 Extending battery life 69 Maximizing battery performance 69 Conserving battery power 69 Using alternate power sources 70 Changing power modes ... the notebook screen 85 Maintaining the battery 86 Storing batteries 86 Cleaning CDs or DVDs 87 Recovering your system 87 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 88 Using Microsoft System Restore 95 Recovering your system to its factory condition 98 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD 99 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your...
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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. 82
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. 82
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..., not around in a circle, using it has a full charge. Caution When the battery is in the technical support pages at www.gateway.com. This reduces the life of the notebook's software (also called recovering or restoring your system You can solve most conditions. Problem solving... may also involve re-installing some or all of the battery. Gateway provides everything you should create a set of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. For instructions, see "Preparing for software and device driver recovery" on fixed power. If the battery is running on page...
..., not around in a circle, using it has a full charge. Caution When the battery is in the technical support pages at www.gateway.com. This reduces the life of the notebook's software (also called recovering or restoring your system You can solve most conditions. Problem solving... may also involve re-installing some or all of the battery. Gateway provides everything you should create a set of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. For instructions, see "Preparing for software and device driver recovery" on fixed power. If the battery is running on page...
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... the factory, see "Recovering your system to factory condition, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 88. For instructions on reinstalling software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 88 If you created. • To re-install Windows using the Windows...
... the factory, see "Recovering your system to factory condition, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 88. For instructions on reinstalling software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 88 If you created. • To re-install Windows using the Windows...
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...box opens. 3 Click Create system recovery discs, then click Next. 89 www.gateway.com Preparing for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The What would you have shipped with your notebook, you need to... case, you need recovery discs, we recommend that you prepare for any eventuality and create a set . The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. Important Your notebook may want to recover your hard drive. If this procedure.)...
...box opens. 3 Click Create system recovery discs, then click Next. 89 www.gateway.com Preparing for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The What would you have shipped with your notebook, you need to... case, you need recovery discs, we recommend that you prepare for any eventuality and create a set . The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. Important Your notebook may want to recover your hard drive. If this procedure.)...
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... of the specified type, click I have enough discs, choose a different disc type, or click Cancel. Important Use a permanent marker to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of a 3-disc set, Recovery23 for . The disc recording begins. If you are recording multiple discs, as they are for disc...
... of the specified type, click I have enough discs, choose a different disc type, or click Cancel. Important Use a permanent marker to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of a 3-disc set, Recovery23 for . The disc recording begins. If you are recording multiple discs, as they are for disc...
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For instructions, 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. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 93. 91 Important If you have recently reinstalled Windows...
For instructions, 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. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 93. 91 Important If you have recently reinstalled Windows...
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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. 92 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. 92 OR To recover device drivers that was pre-installed, click Programs, then click Application recovery. -
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...-disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers. To recover software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover, try another disc. If an AutoPlay dialog box does not appear and Gateway Recovery Center does not start, open Computer and run the file Grc_Vista.exe...
...-disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers. To recover software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover, try another disc. If an AutoPlay dialog box does not appear and Gateway Recovery Center does not start, open Computer and run the file Grc_Vista.exe...
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OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. 94 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 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. -
OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. 94 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 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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...settings and saves them as restore points. You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The Backup and Restore Center opens. 95 Help For more information about ... Help and Support. Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each time you can also create a restore point manually. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again.
...settings and saves them as restore points. You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The Backup and Restore Center opens. 95 Help For more information about ... Help and Support. Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each time you can also create a restore point manually. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again.
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... name box to select a Windows user account, click in the Password box and type the user account's password (if any pre-installed software and device drivers. CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook Recovering your system to its factory condition. If Windows starts to Gateway System Recovery window opens. 7 Click Next. 98
... name box to select a Windows user account, click in the Password box and type the user account's password (if any pre-installed software and device drivers. CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook Recovering your system to its factory condition. If Windows starts to Gateway System Recovery window opens. 7 Click Next. 98
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www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with the... not already done so). Make sure that was not pre-installed on your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. When recovery is finished, the Recovery is recovered, your personal files will delete everything on or restart your notebook...any software that you can find your system using the Windows Vista operating system DVD. A list of software and driver recovery discs (if you have backed up files in c:\backup. Caution Continuing with automatic data backup, then click ...
www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with the... not already done so). Make sure that was not pre-installed on your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. When recovery is finished, the Recovery is recovered, your personal files will delete everything on or restart your notebook...any software that you can find your system using the Windows Vista operating system DVD. A list of software and driver recovery discs (if you have backed up files in c:\backup. Caution Continuing with automatic data backup, then click ...
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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 93. 100 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 93. 100 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. For more information, see "Backing up files" in your online User Guide. 3 Follow the guidelines under "Preventing static electricity discharge" on page 88... Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable. 6 Disconnect all peripheral devices connected to the notebook and remove any Express cards. 107 www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit Tools You need a small Phillips screwdriver and the Windows Vista DVD to the new hard drive. If you would...
Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. For more information, see "Backing up files" in your online User Guide. 3 Follow the guidelines under "Preventing static electricity discharge" on page 88... Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable. 6 Disconnect all peripheral devices connected to the notebook and remove any Express cards. 107 www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit Tools You need a small Phillips screwdriver and the Windows Vista DVD to the new hard drive. If you would...
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As part of the process you may be prompted to boot from CD or DVD" appears, press any Express cards. 111 www.gateway.com 17 Slide the new hard drive kit into your notebook, then replace the screws that secure the hard drive kit to the notebook. 18 ... DVD, close the DVD drive, then restart your notebook. 22 When the prompt "Press any key to insert your keyboard and follow the on 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 CD or DVD" appears, press any Express cards. 111 www.gateway.com 17 Slide the new hard drive kit into your notebook, then replace the screws that secure the hard drive kit to the notebook. 18 ... DVD, close the DVD drive, then restart your notebook. 22 When the prompt "Press any key to insert your keyboard and follow the on your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key on -screen instructions.
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...in speakers, make sure that they are using your volume control, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. For more information, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on page 87. • Make sure that the disc's regional code and your online User Guide.... For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 45. • Make sure that a DVD player program has been installed on your notebook. • Your notebook may not be able...
...in speakers, make sure that they are using your volume control, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. For more information, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on page 87. • Make sure that the disc's regional code and your online User Guide.... For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 45. • Make sure that a DVD player program has been installed on your notebook. • Your notebook may not be able...
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... printer will not turn on but will not print • Check the cable between the printer and your printer for instructions on installing the printer driver. To set to work offline: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click Printers... • Make sure that the printer is connected to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. The printer is on • Make sure that it in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting Printer Help For more...
... printer will not turn on but will not print • Check the cable between the printer and your printer for instructions on installing the printer driver. To set to work offline: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click Printers... • Make sure that the printer is connected to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. The printer is on • Make sure that it in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting Printer Help For more...