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Contents Ethernet 27 Expansion cards 29 File management 29 Hard drive 29 Internet 31 Keyboard 33 Memory 33 Memory card reader 34 Modem (cable or DSL 34 Modem (dial-up 34 Monitor 37 Mouse 38 Networks 39 Optical disc drives 39 Passwords 41 Power 41 Printer 42 Sound 43 Recovering your system 44 Creating recovery discs 45 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers . 46 Returning your system to its factory condition . 47 Telephone support 49 Before calling Customer Care 49 Self-help 50 Appendix A: Regulations and safety notices . 51 viii
Contents Ethernet 27 Expansion cards 29 File management 29 Hard drive 29 Internet 31 Keyboard 33 Memory 33 Memory card reader 34 Modem (cable or DSL 34 Modem (dial-up 34 Monitor 37 Mouse 38 Networks 39 Optical disc drives 39 Passwords 41 Power 41 Printer 42 Sound 43 Recovering your system 44 Creating recovery discs 45 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers . 46 Returning your system to its factory condition . 47 Telephone support 49 Before calling Customer Care 49 Self-help 50 Appendix A: Regulations and safety notices . 51 viii
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... • Print documents on page 21. • Connect your printer to your computer. Then you can share your Internet connection, drives, and printers. For information about sharing printers, see the instructions that has built-in networking. • Use a print server. ...network Instead of plugging a printer into each of the following: • Connect your network. Sharing drives and printers With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. To...
... • Print documents on page 21. • Connect your printer to your computer. Then you can share your Internet connection, drives, and printers. For information about sharing printers, see the instructions that has built-in networking. • Use a print server. ...network Instead of plugging a printer into each of the following: • Connect your network. Sharing drives and printers With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. 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 supplying power. • If you followed each instruction. • If an error occurs in a program, see the program's printed documentation or the online help...
... 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 supplying power. • If you followed each instruction. • If an error occurs in a program, see the program's printed documentation or the online help...
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...down the SHIFT key, the file cannot be restored. Help For more information about restoring deleted files, click Start, then click Help and Support. Hard drive You see the documentation that came with your computer. • Make sure that you want to restore a file, the file cannot be restored. ...click the Recycle Bin icon. 2 Right-click the file you have installed the required software. If the Recycle Bin was originally deleted from the hard drive using Disk Cleanup. The file is restored to the place where it was emptied before you try to restore, then click Restore. Type System...
...down the SHIFT key, the file cannot be restored. Help For more information about restoring deleted files, click Start, then click Help and Support. Hard drive You see the documentation that came with your computer. • Make sure that you want to restore a file, the file cannot be restored. ...click the Recycle Bin icon. 2 Right-click the file you have installed the required software. If the Recycle Bin was originally deleted from the hard drive using Disk Cleanup. The file is restored to the place where it was emptied before you try to restore, then click Restore. Type System...
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If the hard drive is full, copy any files not regularly used to another drive. Caution All deleted files will be lost when you may be accessed, or you see a "General failure reading drive C" error message • Restart your computer. • Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart your... error" message • This may need to reinstall the operating system. 30 To fix hard drive problems, run the Error checking program. The hard drive cannot be the result of a defective area on the hard drive. Chapter 3: Troubleshooting • Empty the Recycle Bin by right-clicking the Recycle Bin icon...
If the hard drive is full, copy any files not regularly used to another drive. Caution All deleted files will be lost when you may be accessed, or you see a "General failure reading drive C" error message • Restart your computer. • Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart your... error" message • This may need to reinstall the operating system. 30 To fix hard drive problems, run the Error checking program. The hard drive cannot be the result of a defective area on the hard drive. Chapter 3: Troubleshooting • Empty the Recycle Bin by right-clicking the Recycle Bin icon...
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... your setup poster to make sure that you do not have become damaged. You see a "Non-system disk" or "disk error" error message • Your hard drive may have a problem with your Internet service provider (ISP) is plugged into the modem jack and not the Ethernet network jack. Contact your ISP technical...
... your setup poster to make sure that you do not have become damaged. You see a "Non-system disk" or "disk error" error message • Your hard drive may have a problem with your Internet service provider (ISP) is plugged into the modem jack and not the Ethernet network jack. Contact your ISP technical...
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... by other methods, you must create the set of recovery discs beforehand. Continue recording discs until the process is complete. 45 eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 To create recovery discs for only the factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create driver and application backup... need to list, then click Next. Important Write a unique, descriptive label on the screen. OR To create recovery discs for the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows OS and all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - Creating recovery discs ...
... by other methods, you must create the set of recovery discs beforehand. Continue recording discs until the process is complete. 45 eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 To create recovery discs for only the factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create driver and application backup... need to list, then click Next. Important Write a unique, descriptive label on the screen. OR To create recovery discs for the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows OS and all factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create factory default disc. - Creating recovery discs ...
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...can recover 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. eMachines Recovery Management opens. - ...the item you want to reinstall. 46 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. OR If you are ...
...can recover 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. eMachines Recovery Management opens. - ...the item you want to reinstall. 46 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. OR If you are ...
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... your hard drive or the recovery discs you have installed a replacement hard drive, see "Recovering from the hard drive during startup" on your hard drive. 47 Recovering from your recovery discs" on your system. A dialog box displays information about the hard drive that the operating system will erase all software and drivers that were pre-installed on page 48. eMachines Recovery...
... your hard drive or the recovery discs you have installed a replacement hard drive, see "Recovering from the hard drive during startup" on your hard drive. 47 Recovering from your recovery discs" on your system. A dialog box displays information about the hard drive that the operating system will erase all software and drivers that were pre-installed on page 48. eMachines Recovery...
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Caution Continuing the process will erase all files on your hard drive. 3 Click Next to select CDROM/DVD, then press ENTER. Recovering from the hard drive during startup. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click Restore system from , such as the hard drive or an optical disc. 3 Use your computer. Caution Continuing the process will erase all pre-installed software...
Caution Continuing the process will erase all files on your hard drive. 3 Click Next to select CDROM/DVD, then press ENTER. Recovering from the hard drive during startup. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click Restore system from , such as the hard drive or an optical disc. 3 Use your computer. Caution Continuing the process will erase all pre-installed software...