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Contents Expansion cards 31 File management 31 Hard drive 31 Internet 33 Keyboard 35 Memory 35 Memory card reader 36 Modem (cable or DSL 36 Modem (dial-up 36 Monitor 40 Mouse 41 Networks 42 Optical disc drives 42 Passwords 44 Power 44 Printer 44 Sound 46 Recovering your system 47 Creating recovery discs...
Contents Expansion cards 31 File management 31 Hard drive 31 Internet 33 Keyboard 35 Memory 35 Memory card reader 36 Modem (cable or DSL 36 Modem (dial-up 36 Monitor 40 Mouse 41 Networks 42 Optical disc drives 42 Passwords 44 Power 44 Printer 44 Sound 46 Recovering your system 47 Creating recovery discs...
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...; Use a printer that came with your Internet connection, drives, and printers. Sharing resources With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer. After the drives and printers on page 21. • Connect your printer...parallel port. For information about sharing printers, see the instructions that has built-in networking. • Use a print server. Sharing drives and printers With a network, you can add a printer to your network. Important To share a printer among the computers connected to ...
...; Use a printer that came with your Internet connection, drives, and printers. Sharing resources With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer. After the drives and printers on page 21. • Connect your printer...parallel port. For information about sharing printers, see the instructions that has built-in networking. • Use a print server. Sharing drives and printers With a network, you can add a printer to your network. Important To share a printer among the computers connected to ...
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... 3: Troubleshooting First steps If you have problems with your computer, try these things first: • Make sure that the power cord is connected to your hard drive is not full. • If an error message appears on . • If a peripheral device (such as a keyboard or mouse) does not work, make sure that...
... 3: Troubleshooting First steps If you have problems with your computer, try these things first: • Make sure that the power cord is connected to your hard drive is not full. • If an error message appears on . • If a peripheral device (such as a keyboard or mouse) does not work, make sure that...
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... Bin was emptied before you try to restore, then click Restore. A file was accidentally deleted If a file was originally deleted from the hard drive using Disk Cleanup. Type file management in the Search box, then press ENTER. To restore deleted files: 1 Double-click the Recycle Bin ...-click the file you have installed the required software. Help For more information about file management, click Start, then click Help and Support. Hard drive You see the documentation that you want to restore a file, the file cannot be restored. For more information, see an "Insufficient disk...
... Bin was emptied before you try to restore, then click Restore. A file was accidentally deleted If a file was originally deleted from the hard drive using Disk Cleanup. Type file management in the Search box, then press ENTER. To restore deleted files: 1 Double-click the Recycle Bin ...-click the file you have installed the required software. Help For more information about file management, click Start, then click Help and Support. Hard drive You see the documentation that you want to restore a file, the file cannot be restored. For more information, see an "Insufficient disk...
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... be the result of a defective area on the hard drive. If the hard drive is full, copy any files not regularly used to another drive. Chapter 3: Troubleshooting • Empty the Recycle Bin by right-clicking the Recycle Bin icon, then clicking Empty Recycle Bin. You see a "Data error" message... • This may need to reinstall the operating system. 32 To fix hard drive problems, run the Error checking program. Caution All deleted files will be lost when you empty the Recycle Bin. • Save your computer has been...
... be the result of a defective area on the hard drive. If the hard drive is full, copy any files not regularly used to another drive. Chapter 3: Troubleshooting • Empty the Recycle Bin by right-clicking the Recycle Bin icon, then clicking Empty Recycle Bin. You see a "Data error" message... • This may need to reinstall the operating system. 32 To fix hard drive problems, run the Error checking program. Caution All deleted files will be lost when you empty the Recycle Bin. • Save your computer has been...
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... more information about troubleshooting Internet connections, click Start, then click Help and Support. You see a "Non-system disk" or "disk error" error message • Your hard drive may have been made correctly. -
... more information about troubleshooting Internet connections, click Start, then click Help and Support. You see a "Non-system disk" or "disk error" error message • Your hard drive may have been made correctly. -
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... the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows OS and all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - To create recovery discs: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. When the disc finishes recording, the drive ejects ...it. 4 Remove the disc from the drive and mark it with a permanent marker. Continue recording discs until the process...
... the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows OS and all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - To create recovery discs: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. When the disc finishes recording, the drive ejects ...it. 4 Remove the disc from the drive and mark it with a permanent marker. Continue recording discs until the process...
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...using either your hard drive or the backup discs you have created. • New software-If you need to recover software that did not come pre-installed on your computer, you need to reinstall the software and device drivers that software's installation instructions. The eMachines Application Recovery main...you are recovering from the factory. To recover your driver and application recovery disc, insert it into the disc drive, then go to Step 3 after the eMachines Application Recovery main menu opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Reinstall applications/drivers. Repeat this step ...
...using either your hard drive or the backup discs you have created. • New software-If you need to recover software that did not come pre-installed on your computer, you need to reinstall the software and device drivers that software's installation instructions. The eMachines Application Recovery main...you are recovering from the factory. To recover your driver and application recovery disc, insert it into the disc drive, then go to Step 3 after the eMachines Application Recovery main menu opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Reinstall applications/drivers. Repeat this step ...
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...the process will be recovered to return your hard drive. 50 If you can access important files on page 51. • If you have created. The Confirm Restoration dialog box opens. 3 Click Yes, then click Start. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click the Restore ...on your system to factory default. A dialog box displays information about the hard drive that the operating system will erase all files on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management.
...the process will be recovered to return your hard drive. 50 If you can access important files on page 51. • If you have created. The Confirm Restoration dialog box opens. 3 Click Yes, then click Start. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click the Restore ...on your system to factory default. A dialog box displays information about the hard drive that the operating system will erase all files on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management.
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... F10 to open the boot menu. The boot menu is where you inserted. 51 Your hard drive's original, factory-loaded contents are recovered. Caution Continuing the process will take a while, but a eMachines Recovery Management screen shows you to continue. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click Restore system from the recovery disc you can select which...
... F10 to open the boot menu. The boot menu is where you inserted. 51 Your hard drive's original, factory-loaded contents are recovered. Caution Continuing the process will take a while, but a eMachines Recovery Management screen shows you to continue. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click Restore system from the recovery disc you can select which...