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Contents www.emachines.com Advanced multimedia software features 105 Recording audio 105 Chapter 9: Customizing...10: Protecting Your Computer 119 Hardware security 120 Kensington lock slot 120 Data security 120 About startup and hard drive passwords 120 About Windows XP user accounts 120 Protecting your computer from viruses 121 Using McAfee SecurityCenter 122...and software 135 Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore 136 Recovering your system from the hard drive 137 Chapter 12: Maintaining Your Computer 139 Caring for your computer 140 Setting up a maintenance schedule 140 ...
Contents www.emachines.com Advanced multimedia software features 105 Recording audio 105 Chapter 9: Customizing...10: Protecting Your Computer 119 Hardware security 120 Kensington lock slot 120 Data security 120 About startup and hard drive passwords 120 About Windows XP user accounts 120 Protecting your computer from viruses 121 Using McAfee SecurityCenter 122...and software 135 Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore 136 Recovering your system from the hard drive 137 Chapter 12: Maintaining Your Computer 139 Caring for your computer 140 Setting up a maintenance schedule 140 ...
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www.emachines.com Contents Updating Windows 142 BigFix 142 Managing hard drive space 143 Checking hard drive space 143 Using Disk Cleanup 143 Checking the hard drive for errors 144 Defragmenting the hard drive 145 Backing up files 146 Using the Scheduled Task Wizard 147 Moving from your old computer 147...panel 157 Installing memory 158 Replacing the system battery 159 Adding or replacing a CD or DVD drive 160 Replacing the memory card reader 162 Adding or replacing a hard drive 163 Replacing the rear fan 165 Replacing the power supply 166 Replacing the heat sink 167 ...
www.emachines.com Contents Updating Windows 142 BigFix 142 Managing hard drive space 143 Checking hard drive space 143 Using Disk Cleanup 143 Checking the hard drive for errors 144 Defragmenting the hard drive 145 Backing up files 146 Using the Scheduled Task Wizard 147 Moving from your old computer 147...panel 157 Installing memory 158 Replacing the system battery 159 Adding or replacing a CD or DVD drive 160 Replacing the memory card reader 162 Adding or replacing a hard drive 163 Replacing the rear fan 165 Replacing the power supply 166 Replacing the heat sink 167 ...
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Contents www.emachines.com DVD drives 179 File management 179 Hard drive 180 Internet 180 Keyboard 181 Media Center 182 Memory 184 Memory card reader 184 Modem (dial-up 184 Monitor 187 Mouse 188 Networks 188 Passwords 189 Power 189 Printer 189 Sound 191 Telephone support 191 Before calling eMachines Customer Care 191 Telephone numbers 192 Self-help 192 Appendix A: Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information 193 Index 199 vi
Contents www.emachines.com DVD drives 179 File management 179 Hard drive 180 Internet 180 Keyboard 181 Media Center 182 Memory 184 Memory card reader 184 Modem (dial-up 184 Monitor 187 Mouse 188 Networks 188 Passwords 189 Power 189 Printer 189 Sound 191 Telephone support 191 Before calling eMachines Customer Care 191 Telephone numbers 192 Self-help 192 Appendix A: Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information 193 Index 199 vi
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... Know Your Computer Front Important Your computer hardware options and port locations may be a CD, recordable CD, DVD, or recordable DVD drive. Optical drive Optical drive (optional) USB port (optional) Hard drive access indicator www.emachines.com Memory card reader (optional) Power button/ Power indicator IEEE 1394 ports (optional) USB ports (optional) Microphone jack Headphone jack...
... Know Your Computer Front Important Your computer hardware options and port locations may be a CD, recordable CD, DVD, or recordable DVD drive. Optical drive Optical drive (optional) USB port (optional) Hard drive access indicator www.emachines.com Memory card reader (optional) Power button/ Power indicator IEEE 1394 ports (optional) USB ports (optional) Microphone jack Headphone jack...
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...: ■ Click Start, then click My Computer on the Start menu. Viewing drives Drives are like you would store information in the Search box, then click the arrow. Hard drives Diskette drive Disc drive 29 Clicking the maximize button again restores the window to fit the entire computer display...window to its former size. You may also have additional drives, such as Print or Save. A computer usually has more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com Working with files and folders You can store these files...
...: ■ Click Start, then click My Computer on the Start menu. Viewing drives Drives are like you would store information in the Search box, then click the arrow. Hard drives Diskette drive Disc drive 29 Clicking the maximize button again restores the window to fit the entire computer display...window to its former size. You may also have additional drives, such as Print or Save. A computer usually has more information about the Windows desktop, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com Working with files and folders You can store these files...
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... 4 Click File, New, then click Folder. Typically, Local Disk (C:) is your hard drive and 3½ Floppy (A:) is your computer. To create a folder: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer on your diskette drive. Folders Files Help and Support For more information about renaming folders, see the contents ...of the drive, click Show the contents of this drive. 3 If you want to put the new folder. CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP www.emachines.com To see the ...
... 4 Click File, New, then click Folder. Typically, Local Disk (C:) is your hard drive and 3½ Floppy (A:) is your computer. To create a folder: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer on your diskette drive. Folders Files Help and Support For more information about renaming folders, see the contents ...of the drive, click Show the contents of this drive. 3 If you want to put the new folder. CHAPTER 4: Using Windows XP www.emachines.com To see the ...
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... you do not remember where they are stored on your hard drive, you can use the Search utility to search by file or folder name, type in all of the file and folder names containing the letters you want to refine searches. www.emachines.com Searching for files Searching for files If you...
... you do not remember where they are stored on your hard drive, you can use the Search utility to search by file or folder name, type in all of the file and folder names containing the letters you want to refine searches. www.emachines.com Searching for files Searching for files If you...
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... Your Computer www.emachines.com ■ Refer to the network. With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer. The folder properties dialog box opens. Follow the instructions included with your printer to your computer. Then you can : ■ View a network drive ■ Open...
... Your Computer www.emachines.com ■ Refer to the network. With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer. The folder properties dialog box opens. Follow the instructions included with your printer to your computer. Then you can : ■ View a network drive ■ Open...
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... Windows Media Player, you can copy the tracks from these CDs. WMA and MP3 are methods for digitally compressing high-fidelity music into your computer's hard drive as WMA or MP3 files. If a dialog box does not open the Format list, then click either mp3 or Windows Media Audio. The Windows... Media Player opens. 3 Click Tools, Options, then click the Rip Music tab. 4 Click the arrow to your CD or DVD drive. 2 If a dialog box opens with a list of files, click Learn more about MP3 formats. 88 OR - WMA files end in the file extension WMA,...
... Windows Media Player, you can copy the tracks from these CDs. WMA and MP3 are methods for digitally compressing high-fidelity music into your computer's hard drive as WMA or MP3 files. If a dialog box does not open the Format list, then click either mp3 or Windows Media Audio. The Windows... Media Player opens. 3 Click Tools, Options, then click the Rip Music tab. 4 Click the arrow to your CD or DVD drive. 2 If a dialog box opens with a list of files, click Learn more about MP3 formats. 88 OR - WMA files end in the file extension WMA,...
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A progress bar appears next to each track as WMA files. Windows Media Player records the tracks to your hard drive as it is recorded. Building a music library Caution During the download process, WMA and MP3 files may become corrupt. You can organize your music library.... music tracks to your music library by sorting, and add information to a music file. www.emachines.com Creating audio files and music libraries 5 Click File, CDs and Devices, Rip Audio CD, then click the drive that you download are automatically added to your music tracks (individual MP3 or WMA audio files...
A progress bar appears next to each track as WMA files. Windows Media Player records the tracks to your hard drive as it is recorded. Building a music library Caution During the download process, WMA and MP3 files may become corrupt. You can organize your music library.... music tracks to your music library by sorting, and add information to a music file. www.emachines.com Creating audio files and music libraries 5 Click File, CDs and Devices, Rip Audio CD, then click the drive that you download are automatically added to your music tracks (individual MP3 or WMA audio files...
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... wizard, or click Help, then click Help Topics in your camera and captures it . Some of hard drive space for storage with additional space required for editing. CHAPTER 8: Using Drives and Ports Caution Video files may require more than one clip or combining two or more about the ... play your video back to a recordable CD. ■ Click Send in Windows Movie Maker. www.emachines.com 4 Complete the screens in the Video Capture Wizard, clicking Next after each one clip ■ Trimming unwanted material from the beginning or end of free hard drive space depending on your settings.
... wizard, or click Help, then click Help Topics in your camera and captures it . Some of hard drive space for storage with additional space required for editing. CHAPTER 8: Using Drives and Ports Caution Video files may require more than one clip or combining two or more about the ... play your video back to a recordable CD. ■ Click Send in Windows Movie Maker. www.emachines.com 4 Complete the screens in the Video Capture Wizard, clicking Next after each one clip ■ Trimming unwanted material from the beginning or end of free hard drive space depending on your settings.
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.... CHAPTER 8: Using Drives and Ports www.emachines.com 2 Click Copy disc in the left-hand column, then click OK. If you are using one drive, Power2Go copies the tracks or files to close. If you are using one drive, a message prompts you are using two drives, Power2Go copies the tracks from your hard drive to the writable... Copy. The Copy Disc dialog box opens. 104 3 Insert the music CD, data CD, or data DVD you that contains your hard drive. Remove the source CD or DVD, insert a blank, writable CD or DVD, then wait for the message box to your source disc. 5 Click the arrow ...
.... CHAPTER 8: Using Drives and Ports www.emachines.com 2 Click Copy disc in the left-hand column, then click OK. If you are using one drive, Power2Go copies the tracks or files to close. If you are using one drive, a message prompts you are using two drives, Power2Go copies the tracks from your hard drive to the writable... Copy. The Copy Disc dialog box opens. 104 3 Insert the music CD, data CD, or data DVD you that contains your hard drive. Remove the source CD or DVD, insert a blank, writable CD or DVD, then wait for the message box to your source disc. 5 Click the arrow ...
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... off monitor, or Turn off . The Power Options Properties dialog box opens. To change power saving options, such as when the monitor or hard drive is in the Search box, then click the arrow. 3 Click the arrow button to open the Power Schemes list, then click the power ...click Control Panel. OR - Help and Support For more information about changing the power scheme, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com Changing Power-Saving Settings Changing Power-Saving Settings Changing the power scheme Power schemes (groups of the defined power schemes or create a custom...
... off monitor, or Turn off . The Power Options Properties dialog box opens. To change power saving options, such as when the monitor or hard drive is in the Search box, then click the arrow. 3 Click the arrow button to open the Power Schemes list, then click the power ...click Control Panel. OR - Help and Support For more information about changing the power scheme, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.emachines.com Changing Power-Saving Settings Changing Power-Saving Settings Changing the power scheme Power schemes (groups of the defined power schemes or create a custom...
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...arrow button to open a Power buttons list, then click the power setting mode you want to the hard drive, then turns your computer, it reads the memory information from the hard drive and opens the programs and documents that were open when you assign different power saving modes to the power...power management in Category View, click Performance and Maintenance. 2 Click/Double-click the Power Options icon. CHAPTER 9: Customizing Your Computer www.emachines.com Changing advanced power settings Advanced power settings let you activated Hibernate mode. 116 The Control Panel window opens.
...arrow button to open a Power buttons list, then click the power setting mode you want to the hard drive, then turns your computer, it reads the memory information from the hard drive and opens the programs and documents that were open when you assign different power saving modes to the power...power management in Category View, click Performance and Maintenance. 2 Click/Double-click the Power Options icon. CHAPTER 9: Customizing Your Computer www.emachines.com Changing advanced power settings Advanced power settings let you activated Hibernate mode. 116 The Control Panel window opens.
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...hard drive passwords Tips & Tricks Make sure that you use a password you can buy a cable lock at most electronics stores and many department stores. When you set up user accounts, Windows sets up a user account for each account. Kensington lock slot Data security The first step in your computer to eMachines... If you forget your password, you will have to prevent theft of the Kensington lock slot, see your files. Use a startup and hard drive password to a solid object like a desk or table. These passwords are set up a My Documents folder for each person who uses ...
...hard drive passwords Tips & Tricks Make sure that you use a password you can buy a cable lock at most electronics stores and many department stores. When you set up user accounts, Windows sets up a user account for each account. Kensington lock slot Data security The first step in your computer to eMachines... If you forget your password, you will have to prevent theft of the Kensington lock slot, see your files. Use a startup and hard drive password to a solid object like a desk or table. These passwords are set up a My Documents folder for each person who uses ...
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...the information in order to working condition. Finally, in "Troubleshooting" on page 175 or at eMachines.com. Copying driver and application recovery files Your computer's hard drive contains everything you need to install specific, factory-installed software and device drivers. You can immediately ...create the recovery discs (recommended), or you how to completely restore your hard drive. Problem-solving may need to reinstall specific software, such as you get your new eMachines system. ■ "Copying driver and application recovery files" on page 135 describes ...
...the information in order to working condition. Finally, in "Troubleshooting" on page 175 or at eMachines.com. Copying driver and application recovery files Your computer's hard drive contains everything you need to install specific, factory-installed software and device drivers. You can immediately ...create the recovery discs (recommended), or you how to completely restore your hard drive. Problem-solving may need to reinstall specific software, such as you get your new eMachines system. ■ "Copying driver and application recovery files" on page 135 describes ...
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... Repeat steps 5-7 for each recovery file until each file is completed, you are done. As you remove each disc from the hard drive, contact eMachines Customer Care for help , you can restore specific drivers and programs from a set of recovery discs to a previous condition when ...working correctly, or reinstall everything , see "Recovering your system from the computer's hard drive. ■ To selectively restore device drivers or programs, see "Recovering your system, you can find the eMachines Customer Care contact information on the label located on -screen instructions of your ...
... Repeat steps 5-7 for each recovery file until each file is completed, you are done. As you remove each disc from the hard drive, contact eMachines Customer Care for help , you can restore specific drivers and programs from a set of recovery discs to a previous condition when ...working correctly, or reinstall everything , see "Recovering your system from the computer's hard drive. ■ To selectively restore device drivers or programs, see "Recovering your system, you can find the eMachines Customer Care contact information on the label located on -screen instructions of your ...
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.... 6 Make sure that you want to use the restore point you selected, and read all Internet connections before recovering your system. www.emachines.com Recovering your system from the hard drive" on page 137 for instructions. See "Recovering your system 4 Click a bold date on the calendar (Step 1 on the screen), then click a restore...
.... 6 Make sure that you want to use the restore point you selected, and read all Internet connections before recovering your system. www.emachines.com Recovering your system from the hard drive" on page 137 for instructions. See "Recovering your system 4 Click a bold date on the calendar (Step 1 on the screen), then click a restore...
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...Software www.emachines.com 2 If you purchased your existing data files, but all personal data files before continuing this restore option. 5 Click Next. OR - Make sure that you restore your system, it will appear with Backup) (recommended) moves the contents of the hard drive to the... Internet cable and all files on or restart your computer and press F11 while your hard drive. Your computer restarts, then the System Recovery program starts. - This process deletes your hard drive except the restore files. You are restored to bring your computer's software up all programs...
...Software www.emachines.com 2 If you purchased your existing data files, but all personal data files before continuing this restore option. 5 Click Next. OR - Make sure that you restore your system, it will appear with Backup) (recommended) moves the contents of the hard drive to the... Internet cable and all files on or restart your computer and press F11 while your hard drive. Your computer restarts, then the System Recovery program starts. - This process deletes your hard drive except the restore files. You are restored to bring your computer's software up all programs...
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CHAPTER 12 Maintaining Your Computer • Caring for your computer • Updating Windows • BigFix • Managing hard drive space • Moving from your old computer
CHAPTER 12 Maintaining Your Computer • Caring for your computer • Updating Windows • BigFix • Managing hard drive space • Moving from your old computer