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Question posted by mfsb277 on January 10th, 2014

I Would Like To Use This Disk Emachine Et1161-05 Drivers Recovery & Restore Prod

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Answer #1: Posted by TexasDeviL on January 10th, 2014 7:49 PM

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press F2 to enter the bios at start up and make sure the the disc drive is first in the boot list.

Insert the recovery disc and power down the machine.

Now when you power up the machine it will boot from the recovery disc.

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