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... other grounded connection. • Touch a bare metal surface on the bottom of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2007 Gateway, Inc. Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of recovery discs or a replacement hard drive with the...
... other grounded connection. • Touch a bare metal surface on the bottom of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2007 Gateway, Inc. Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of recovery discs or a replacement hard drive with the...
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...See the label on -screen instructions. Replacing the hard drive 10 Remove the two screws connecting the hard drive to insert your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any Express cards. Important The location of their respective companies.... See your Reference Guide for Customer Care Information. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the screws varies by model. 2 12 Remove the four screws that secure the hard...
...See the label on -screen instructions. Replacing the hard drive 10 Remove the two screws connecting the hard drive to insert your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any Express cards. Important The location of their respective companies.... See your Reference Guide for Customer Care Information. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the screws varies by model. 2 12 Remove the four screws that secure the hard...
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www.gateway.com Recalibrating the battery 68 Extending battery life 69 Maximizing battery performance 69 Conserving battery power 69 Using alternate power sources 70 Changing power modes ... the notebook screen 85 Maintaining the battery 86 Storing batteries 86 Cleaning CDs or DVDs 87 Recovering your system 87 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 88 Using Microsoft System Restore 95 Recovering your system to its factory condition 98 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD 99 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your...
www.gateway.com Recalibrating the battery 68 Extending battery life 69 Maximizing battery performance 69 Conserving battery power 69 Using alternate power sources 70 Changing power modes ... the notebook screen 85 Maintaining the battery 86 Storing batteries 86 Cleaning CDs or DVDs 87 Recovering your system 87 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 88 Using Microsoft System Restore 95 Recovering your system to its factory condition 98 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD 99 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your...
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CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook • Consult your insurance company and credit card company to learn about emergency travel assistance if your notebook is lost or damaged. • Take your recovery discs in case you need to install an additional driver or software. Tip You can create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. 82
CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook • Consult your insurance company and credit card company to learn about emergency travel assistance if your notebook is lost or damaged. • Take your recovery discs in case you need to install an additional driver or software. Tip You can create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. 82
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... battery from the center to the edge, not around in the technical support pages at www.gateway.com. However, remember that when you should create a set of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. Recovering your system You can solve most conditions. Caution To...fixed power. Cleaning CDs or DVDs Wipe from your notebook while using a product made especially for software and device driver recovery" on AC power, remove the battery. Gateway provides everything you want to recover your system). This reduces the life of the notebook's software (also called ...
... battery from the center to the edge, not around in the technical support pages at www.gateway.com. However, remember that when you should create a set of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. Recovering your system You can solve most conditions. Caution To...fixed power. Cleaning CDs or DVDs Wipe from your notebook while using a product made especially for software and device driver recovery" on AC power, remove the battery. Gateway provides everything you want to recover your system). This reduces the life of the notebook's software (also called ...
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... product's documentation or support Web site. • If re-installing software or drivers does not help, then the problem may be solved by using Gateway Recovery Center. 88 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers You can recover pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD, then recover your system to a previous state when...
... product's documentation or support Web site. • If re-installing software or drivers does not help, then the problem may be solved by using Gateway Recovery Center. 88 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers You can recover pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD, then recover your system to a previous state when...
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... a new hard drive, you may have a recordable disc drive to do not come with a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. www.gateway.com Preparing for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. If this is the case, you need to use them later for a complete...
... a new hard drive, you may have a recordable disc drive to do not come with a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. www.gateway.com Preparing for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. If this is the case, you need to use them later for a complete...
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... you remove each disc from the drive, use the marker to create a full set , Recovery23 for . If you need to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of x, and so on . 6 If multiple discs are for disc 2, and so on . Tip After a recovery disc is created, your...
... you remove each disc from the drive, use the marker to create a full set , Recovery23 for . If you need to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of x, and so on . 6 If multiple discs are for disc 2, and so on . Tip After a recovery disc is created, your...
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... Windows or installed a new hard drive, and your Start menu does not contain Gateway Recovery Center as an option, you have created. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The Gateway Recovery Center opens.
... Windows or installed a new hard drive, and your Start menu does not contain Gateway Recovery Center as an option, you have created. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The Gateway Recovery Center opens.
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CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover software that were pre-installed, click Hardware, then click Device driver recovery. 3 Click the software or driver you want to recover, then click Next. 92 OR To recover device drivers that was pre-installed, click Programs, then click Application recovery. -
CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover software that were pre-installed, click Hardware, then click Device driver recovery. 3 Click the software or driver you want to recover, then click Next. 92 OR To recover device drivers that was pre-installed, click Programs, then click Application recovery. -
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... a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers. To recover software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover, try another disc. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs: 1 Insert a software and driver recovery disc into the CD or DVD drive.
... a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers. To recover software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover, try another disc. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs: 1 Insert a software and driver recovery disc into the CD or DVD drive.
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OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. 94 CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover pre-installed software, click Application recovery, then click the software you have a multiple-disc set of driver you want to recover. 3 Click Next. 4 If the software or driver is not shown on the list and you want to recover. -
OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. 94 CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover pre-installed software, click Application recovery, then click the software you have a multiple-disc set of driver you want to recover. 3 Click Next. 4 If the software or driver is not shown on the list and you want to recover. -
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...-to get your system settings and saves them as restore points. To restore using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again. Help For more information about using Microsoft System Restore... "Manually creating a restore point" on page 97. You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers.
...-to get your system settings and saves them as restore points. To restore using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again. Help For more information about using Microsoft System Restore... "Manually creating a restore point" on page 97. You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers.
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... Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. Your notebook restarts. 2 If you can access important files on your notebook's problems are not solved by any pre-installed software and device drivers. If Windows starts to load instead, restart the notebook and try again. 3 Press the arrow keys on your keyboard to select Repair...
... Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. Your notebook restarts. 2 If you can access important files on your notebook's problems are not solved by any pre-installed software and device drivers. If Windows starts to load instead, restart the notebook and try again. 3 Press the arrow keys on your keyboard to select Repair...
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... key to recover your hard drive. To completely re-install Windows: 1 If you can find your backed up files in c:\backup. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in its original factory condition. Recovering your system... using the Windows Vista operating system DVD. A list of software and driver recovery discs (if you have backed up any software that you must recover your personal files will delete everything on your keyboard. When...
... key to recover your hard drive. To completely re-install Windows: 1 If you can find your backed up files in c:\backup. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in its original factory condition. Recovering your system... using the Windows Vista operating system DVD. A list of software and driver recovery discs (if you have backed up any software that you must recover your personal files will delete everything on your keyboard. When...
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CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 4 Press the arrow keys to recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on -screen instructions. 5 After Windows is completely re-installed, use the software and driver recovery discs you created to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on page 93. 100
CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 4 Press the arrow keys to recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on -screen instructions. 5 After Windows is completely re-installed, use the software and driver recovery discs you created to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on page 93. 100
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... would like more hard drive capacity, you want to transfer to the new hard drive. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 102. 4 Turn off your original drive with a higher-capacity drive. For more information, see "Backing up files" in your ... 2 Back up any Express cards. 107 Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit Tools You need a small Phillips screwdriver and the Windows Vista DVD to the notebook...
... would like more hard drive capacity, you want to transfer to the new hard drive. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 102. 4 Turn off your original drive with a higher-capacity drive. For more information, see "Backing up files" in your ... 2 Back up any Express cards. 107 Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit Tools You need a small Phillips screwdriver and the Windows Vista DVD to the notebook...
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www.gateway.com 17 Slide the new hard drive kit into your notebook, then replace the screws that secure the hard drive kit to the notebook. 18 ... DVD, close the DVD drive, then restart your notebook. 22 When the prompt "Press any key to insert your keyboard and follow the on your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any Express cards. 111 As part of the process you may be prompted to...
www.gateway.com 17 Slide the new hard drive kit into your notebook, then replace the screws that secure the hard drive kit to the notebook. 18 ... DVD, close the DVD drive, then restart your notebook. 22 When the prompt "Press any key to insert your keyboard and follow the on your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any Express cards. 111 As part of the process you may be prompted to...
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...your notebook. • Your notebook may not be experiencing some temporary memory problems. Shut down and restart your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. For more information, see "Front" on page 6. • If you want to play is plugged into the headphone jack on page 87. ... For the location of the headphone jack, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on the notebook. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on playing a DVD, see "Adjusting the volume" on page 45. • Make sure that Mute controls are turned off. • If you...
...your notebook. • Your notebook may not be experiencing some temporary memory problems. Shut down and restart your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. For more information, see "Front" on page 6. • If you want to play is plugged into the headphone jack on page 87. ... For the location of the headphone jack, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on the notebook. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on playing a DVD, see "Adjusting the volume" on page 45. • Make sure that Mute controls are turned off. • If you...
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... of the printer you have selected it is not set to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. See the guide that the printer is plugged into an AC power source. Type the keyword printer troubleshooting in the printer setup. To set to... online/offline button that you may need to press. • Make sure that the printer is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. To make sure that you want to print to is not the default printer, make sure that the power cable is online. Many printers have...
... of the printer you have selected it is not set to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. See the guide that the printer is plugged into an AC power source. Type the keyword printer troubleshooting in the printer setup. To set to... online/offline button that you may need to press. • Make sure that the printer is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. To make sure that you want to print to is not the default printer, make sure that the power cable is online. Many printers have...