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Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Gateway Web site 2 Using Support 3 Help and Support 4 Searching for a topic 4 Getting help in Media Center 5 BigFix 5 Online help 6 Chapter 2: Using Windows ... Opening a document 24 Printing a document 24 Shortcuts 25 Chapter 3: Recovering Your System 27 System recovery options 28 Drivers and applications recovery 28 Creating drivers and applications recovery discs 29 Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a network 30 Creating discs from recovery files on a network 31 Recovering your system...
Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Gateway Web site 2 Using Support 3 Help and Support 4 Searching for a topic 4 Getting help in Media Center 5 BigFix 5 Online help 6 Chapter 2: Using Windows ... Opening a document 24 Printing a document 24 Shortcuts 25 Chapter 3: Recovering Your System 27 System recovery options 28 Drivers and applications recovery 28 Creating drivers and applications recovery discs 29 Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a network 30 Creating discs from recovery files on a network 31 Recovering your system...
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...latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about your new notebook. Please read this manual carefully to high-quality, brand-name components at affordable prices. Gateway stands behind our value proposition to manage ...of services and support. We sincerely hope that you keep your new Gateway notebook for purchasing our notebook! We have made an excellent decision choosing Gateway. Gateway Web site Gateway's online support is designed to provide best-of performance and portability. This...
...latest technology and passes through the most current drivers, product specifications, tutorials, and personalized information about your new notebook. Please read this manual carefully to high-quality, brand-name components at affordable prices. Gateway stands behind our value proposition to manage ...of services and support. We sincerely hope that you keep your new Gateway notebook for purchasing our notebook! We have made an excellent decision choosing Gateway. Gateway Web site Gateway's online support is designed to provide best-of performance and portability. This...
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... to your notebook. Documents Click Documents to access product documentation, specifications, and guides for Gateway products. Tools Click Tools to access utilities to help you get drivers specific to view and purchase upgrades for your notebook, type your account and general information ... updates for both sales and support. 3 Customer Service Click Customer Service to get a list of Gateway telephone numbers for BIOS and driver upgrades. www.gateway.com Using Support Gateway Web site The Support site is divided into seven major areas: ■ Product Support ■ ...
... to your notebook. Documents Click Documents to access product documentation, specifications, and guides for Gateway products. Tools Click Tools to access utilities to help you get drivers specific to view and purchase upgrades for your notebook, type your account and general information ... updates for both sales and support. 3 Customer Service Click Customer Service to get a list of Gateway telephone numbers for BIOS and driver upgrades. www.gateway.com Using Support Gateway Web site The Support site is divided into seven major areas: ■ Product Support ■ ...
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CHAPTER 3 Recovering Your System • System recovery options • Drivers and applications recovery • Recovering your system 27
CHAPTER 3 Recovering Your System • System recovery options • Drivers and applications recovery • Recovering your system 27
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...may need to reinstall specific software, such as you get your new Gateway system. ■ "Drivers and applications recovery" on page 34 describes how to return your system to record (or burn) the Drivers and Applications Recovery discs. You can immediately create the recovery discs ... your notebook. A backup copy of your Reference Guide or at support.gateway.com. CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System www.gateway.com System recovery options Most computer problems can be solved by using Drivers and Applications Recovery discs, which you create. Finally, in your operating ...
...may need to reinstall specific software, such as you get your new Gateway system. ■ "Drivers and applications recovery" on page 34 describes how to return your system to record (or burn) the Drivers and Applications Recovery discs. You can immediately create the recovery discs ... your notebook. A backup copy of your Reference Guide or at support.gateway.com. CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System www.gateway.com System recovery options Most computer problems can be solved by using Drivers and Applications Recovery discs, which you create. Finally, in your operating ...
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... insert a blank disc into the recordable drive. 29 Important If you continue, make sure that you have a recordable drive, see "Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a drive). 3 Click Burn ISO. The Recovery CD/DVD Creator dialog box opens. 4 Click Start Creation. ...Depending on page 30. www.gateway.com Drivers and applications recovery Creating drivers and applications recovery discs You can create an unlimited number of drivers and applications recovery disc sets. To record a set . 5 Click the type of ...
... insert a blank disc into the recordable drive. 29 Important If you continue, make sure that you have a recordable drive, see "Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a drive). 3 Click Burn ISO. The Recovery CD/DVD Creator dialog box opens. 4 Click Start Creation. ...Depending on page 30. www.gateway.com Drivers and applications recovery Creating drivers and applications recovery discs You can create an unlimited number of drivers and applications recovery disc sets. To record a set . 5 Click the type of ...
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... remove the last disc from a different notebook that has a recordable drive. www.gateway.com 7 Click OK. CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System Important Use a permanent marker to label each disc 1 of x, 2 of x, 3 of drivers and applications recovery discs from the drive, then click OK. 10 Store the discs... in a safe place for future use the marker to label each disc "Gateway Driver and Application Recovery." You are done. A message asks you if you remove each disc from the drive, use . Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a network You can burn unlimited sets of x,...
... remove the last disc from a different notebook that has a recordable drive. www.gateway.com 7 Click OK. CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System Important Use a permanent marker to label each disc 1 of x, 2 of x, 3 of drivers and applications recovery discs from the drive, then click OK. 10 Store the discs... in a safe place for future use the marker to label each disc "Gateway Driver and Application Recovery." You are done. A message asks you if you remove each disc from the drive, use . Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a network You can burn unlimited sets of x,...
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You are for a Gateway 7200XL in a folder that they are CD-R and not CD-RW discs. If the ISO filenames start with CD, you use a blank DVD+R or DVD-R ... copied, see the message "The Recovery ISO Image has been created successfully," click OK. Important If you want to save the driver and application recovery files to. 3 Click OK. www.gateway.com Drivers and applications recovery 2 Click Create ISO, then find the network location you are recording to CDs, make sure that they...
You are for a Gateway 7200XL in a folder that they are CD-R and not CD-RW discs. If the ISO filenames start with CD, you use a blank DVD+R or DVD-R ... copied, see the message "The Recovery ISO Image has been created successfully," click OK. Important If you want to save the driver and application recovery files to. 3 Click OK. www.gateway.com Drivers and applications recovery 2 Click Create ISO, then find the network location you are recording to CDs, make sure that they...
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... see "Recovering your hard drive has failed and you can restore specific drivers and programs from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for installation. If you have created. 32 www.gateway.com Important Use a permanent marker to follow the software's own instructions for... disc that you have problems with your notebook and you need to label each disc "Gateway Drivers and Applications Recovery." Recovering specific files and software You can find the Gateway Customer Care contact information on the label located on page 34. - CHAPTER 3: Recovering ...
... see "Recovering your hard drive has failed and you can restore specific drivers and programs from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for installation. If you have created. 32 www.gateway.com Important Use a permanent marker to follow the software's own instructions for... disc that you have problems with your notebook and you need to label each disc "Gateway Drivers and Applications Recovery." Recovering specific files and software You can find the Gateway Customer Care contact information on the label located on page 34. - CHAPTER 3: Recovering ...
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....gateway.com Recovering your notebook, then insert the drivers and applications recovery disc #1 (if available) into the CD or DVD drive. The Application Recovery program opens. 2 Click the driver or application you want to install more drivers or applications. 4 Click Yes to install more drivers ...are done. 6 If your system using Microsoft System Restore" on your system To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click Start, All Programs, System Recovery, then click Application & Driver Recovery. The Application Recovery program opens. - The items you want to exit. 5 Store the...
....gateway.com Recovering your notebook, then insert the drivers and applications recovery disc #1 (if available) into the CD or DVD drive. The Application Recovery program opens. 2 Click the driver or application you want to install more drivers or applications. 4 Click Yes to install more drivers ...are done. 6 If your system using Microsoft System Restore" on your system To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click Start, All Programs, System Recovery, then click Application & Driver Recovery. The Application Recovery program opens. - The items you want to exit. 5 Store the...
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CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System www.gateway.com Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore Before using Microsoft System Restore: 1 Press F1. Every time you install new device drivers or software, and every 24 hours (while your notebook is turned on the screen). 34 The Microsoft Windows XP Help ... System Restore dialog box opens. 3 Click Restore my computer to one of your computer with System Restore. To restore using Gateway System Recovery, you should try Microsoft System Restore to determine whether you can restore your system to get your system running again.
CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System www.gateway.com Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore Before using Microsoft System Restore: 1 Press F1. Every time you install new device drivers or software, and every 24 hours (while your notebook is turned on the screen). 34 The Microsoft Windows XP Help ... System Restore dialog box opens. 3 Click Restore my computer to one of your computer with System Restore. To restore using Gateway System Recovery, you should try Microsoft System Restore to determine whether you can restore your system to get your system running again.
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... XP and your notebook's system software up to download high-priority, Windows software, and hardware driver updates. Windows XP Security Center Use the Windows XP Security Center to fix the problem. CHAPTER 5: Protecting your notebook www.gateway.com 2 Click Internet Options or Windows Firewall. 3 For more information about Security Center. These updates...
... XP and your notebook's system software up to download high-priority, Windows software, and hardware driver updates. Windows XP Security Center Use the Windows XP Security Center to fix the problem. CHAPTER 5: Protecting your notebook www.gateway.com 2 Click Internet Options or Windows Firewall. 3 For more information about Security Center. These updates...
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... them as though they were attached directly to your computer. After the drives and printers on each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Then you want to share, then click Sharing and Security. If you share a folder, only the contents of that drive...a network, you want to share a drive or folder, use the following instructions. The folder properties dialog box opens. CHAPTER 7: Wireless Networking www.gateway.com Sharing resources With a network, you share a drive, the entire contents of that folder will be available to everyone on your network. If...
... them as though they were attached directly to your computer. After the drives and printers on each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Then you want to share, then click Sharing and Security. If you share a folder, only the contents of that drive...a network, you want to share a drive or folder, use the following instructions. The folder properties dialog box opens. CHAPTER 7: Wireless Networking www.gateway.com Sharing resources With a network, you share a drive, the entire contents of that folder will be available to everyone on your network. If...
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Printing files across the network Important Before you can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the CD that shipped with your printer or from . www.gateway.com Using the network Opening files across the network To open files across the network: 1 Start the program for the printer on ... across the network: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. Copying files across the network To copy files across the network, you must install the driver for the file you want to open. 2 Click File, then click Open. 3 Browse to the network drive that contains the file you want to...
Printing files across the network Important Before you can obtain the printer driver and installation instructions from the CD that shipped with your printer or from . www.gateway.com Using the network Opening files across the network To open files across the network: 1 Start the program for the printer on ... across the network: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. Copying files across the network To copy files across the network, you must install the driver for the file you want to open. 2 Click File, then click Open. 3 Browse to the network drive that contains the file you want to...
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... changing scheme 100 Computrace 44, 45 connecting to hotspots 88 to Internet 39 to Web site 40 connections digital video camera 64 Firewire 64 i.Link 64 IEEE 1394 64 video camera 64 copying data CD 76 data DVD 76 files across network 87 files and folders 17, 25 music CD 76 text and... 99 properties 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103 using screen saver 102 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 4 Help and Support 4 online help 6 documents creating 22 opening 24 printing 24 saving 23 downloading files 41 drivers updating 3 drives backing up files 114 checking for errors 112 checking for free space 111...
... changing scheme 100 Computrace 44, 45 connecting to hotspots 88 to Internet 39 to Web site 40 connections digital video camera 64 Firewire 64 i.Link 64 IEEE 1394 64 video camera 64 copying data CD 76 data DVD 76 files across network 87 files and folders 17, 25 music CD 76 text and... 99 properties 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103 using screen saver 102 documentation Gateway Web site 2 help 4 Help and Support 4 online help 6 documents creating 22 opening 24 printing 24 saving 23 downloading files 41 drivers updating 3 drives backing up files 114 checking for errors 112 checking for free space 111...
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www.gateway.com Index minimize button 10 modem cable 39 dial-up 38 DSL 39 monitor changing ...listening with Windows Media Player 77 recordable drive See DVD drive recording audio file 60 CD tracks 61, 76 recovering device drivers 32 files and folders 18 programs 32 system 32 Recycle Bin 9 deleting files and folders 18 emptying 18 recovering files...software 118 removing files and folders 9, 18, 25, 112 renaming files and folders 25 resolution changing 99 restoring device drivers 32 files and folders 18 programs 32 system 32 S saving documents 23 video 66 scanner installing 118 Scheduled Tasks ...
www.gateway.com Index minimize button 10 modem cable 39 dial-up 38 DSL 39 monitor changing ...listening with Windows Media Player 77 recordable drive See DVD drive recording audio file 60 CD tracks 61, 76 recovering device drivers 32 files and folders 18 programs 32 system 32 Recycle Bin 9 deleting files and folders 18 emptying 18 recovering files...software 118 removing files and folders 9, 18, 25, 112 renaming files and folders 25 resolution changing 99 restoring device drivers 32 files and folders 18 programs 32 system 32 S saving documents 23 video 66 scanner installing 118 Scheduled Tasks ...
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...from old computer 115, 116 Internet settings from old computer 117 settings from old computer 115 video to computer 64 Trusted Platform Module 45 U un-sharing drives 85 folders 85 updating device drivers 3 McAfee SecurityCenter 49 Windows 110 user accounts adding in Windows XP 108 switching in Windows XP 108 V... computer 64 Video Capture Wizard 65 viewing shared drives 86 shared folders 86 virus protecting against 46 removing 46 voice recognition 11 volume adjusting 54 controls 54 muting 54 W WAV file 57 Web browser 38, 39 Web page 39 Web site 39 connecting to 40 downloading files 41 Gateway 2 ...
...from old computer 115, 116 Internet settings from old computer 117 settings from old computer 115 video to computer 64 Trusted Platform Module 45 U un-sharing drives 85 folders 85 updating device drivers 3 McAfee SecurityCenter 49 Windows 110 user accounts adding in Windows XP 108 switching in Windows XP 108 V... computer 64 Video Capture Wizard 65 viewing shared drives 86 shared folders 86 virus protecting against 46 removing 46 voice recognition 11 volume adjusting 54 controls 54 muting 54 W WAV file 57 Web browser 38, 39 Web page 39 Web site 39 connecting to 40 downloading files 41 Gateway 2 ...