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... Loosen the three hard drive bay cover screws (these guidelines: • Avoid static-causing surfaces such as electrostatic discharge (ESD). Gateway and eMachines are extremely sensitive to static electricity, also known as carpeted floors, plastic, and packing foam. • Remove components ...attach it . You also need a small Phillips screwdriver to use them. Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of their edges. Locating Components Hard drive bay Preventing static electricity...
... Loosen the three hard drive bay cover screws (these guidelines: • Avoid static-causing surfaces such as electrostatic discharge (ESD). Gateway and eMachines are extremely sensitive to static electricity, also known as carpeted floors, plastic, and packing foam. • Remove components ...attach it . You also need a small Phillips screwdriver to use them. Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of their edges. Locating Components Hard drive bay Preventing static electricity...
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... of the screws varies by model. 2 12 Remove the four screws that secure the hard drive to the hard drive bracket. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. All other countries. Screw Screw 13 Remove the bracket from CD or...As part of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2007 Gateway, Inc. Replacing the hard drive 10 Remove the two screws connecting the hard drive to your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any Express cards. Important...
... of the screws varies by model. 2 12 Remove the four screws that secure the hard drive to the hard drive bracket. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. All other countries. Screw Screw 13 Remove the bracket from CD or...As part of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2007 Gateway, Inc. Replacing the hard drive 10 Remove the two screws connecting the hard drive to your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any Express cards. Important...
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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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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 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.
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... charged. This reduces the life of the notebook's software (also called recovering or restoring your system). For instructions, see "Preparing for software and device driver recovery" on AC power, remove the battery. If the battery is fully charged and you should create a set of software and... and the notebook is in a circle, using it has a full charge. Cleaning CDs or DVDs Wipe from your system You can solve most conditions. Gateway provides everything you have removed the battery from the center to run on page 89. 87 Caution When the battery is running on page 113...
... charged. This reduces the life of the notebook's software (also called recovering or restoring your system). For instructions, see "Preparing for software and device driver recovery" on AC power, remove the battery. If the battery is fully charged and you should create a set of software and... and the notebook is in a circle, using it has a full charge. Cleaning CDs or DVDs Wipe from your system You can solve most conditions. Gateway provides everything you have removed the battery from the center to run on page 89. 87 Caution When the battery is running on page 113...
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... set of software or hardware have stopped working correctly. You can perform a partial recovery by returning your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering your system using the Windows DVD" on page 99. • To re-install your system to ... reinstalling software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on your system, you upgrade or exchange your hard drive or if your hard drive is completely erased or corrupted, your pre-installed software and device drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 88...
... set of software or hardware have stopped working correctly. You can perform a partial recovery by returning your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering your system using the Windows DVD" on page 99. • To re-install your system to ... reinstalling software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on your system, you upgrade or exchange your hard drive or if your hard drive is completely erased or corrupted, your pre-installed software and device drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 88...
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... we recommend that you prepare for any eventuality and create a set of recovery discs while you have the opportunity. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. dialog box opens. 3 Click Create system recovery discs, then click Next. 89 The ...If this is the case, you like to perform this procedure.) To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. However, if you may have a recordable disc drive to do not come with...
... we recommend that you prepare for any eventuality and create a set of recovery discs while you have the opportunity. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. dialog box opens. 3 Click Create system recovery discs, then click Next. 89 The ...If this is the case, you like to perform this procedure.) To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. However, if you may have a recordable disc drive to do not come with...
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... A dialog box opens that tells you the number of the discs and store them in the upper-right corner to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of the specified type, click I have enough discs, choose a different disc type, or click Cancel. If you are recording multiple...
... A dialog box opens that tells you the number of the discs and store them in the upper-right corner to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of the specified type, click I have enough discs, choose a different disc type, or click Cancel. If you are recording multiple...
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For instructions, see "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. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 93. 91 Important If you have recently reinstalled Windows...
For instructions, see "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. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 93. 91 Important If you have recently reinstalled Windows...
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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. - 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
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...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. If an AutoPlay dialog box does not appear and Gateway Recovery Center does not start, open Computer and run the file ...Grc_Vista.exe on the 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. If...
...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. If an AutoPlay dialog box does not appear and Gateway Recovery Center does not start, open Computer and run the file ...Grc_Vista.exe on the 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. If...
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OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type 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. - 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 recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. 94
OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type 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. - 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 recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. 94
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... click Help and Support. You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. The Backup and Restore Center opens. 95 In most cases of your system running again. For instructions, see "Manually creating a ...information about using Microsoft System Restore: 1 Click (Start), Control Panel, System and Maintenance, then click Backup and Restore Center. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of hard-to get your system settings and saves them as restore...
... click Help and Support. You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. The Backup and Restore Center opens. 95 In most cases of your system running again. For instructions, see "Manually creating a ...information about using Microsoft System Restore: 1 Click (Start), Control Panel, System and Maintenance, then click Backup and Restore Center. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of hard-to get your system settings and saves them as restore...
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...a Windows user account, click in the Password box and type the user account's password (if any pre-installed software and device drivers. The Welcome to Gateway System Recovery window opens. 7 Click Next. 98 The System Recovery Options menu opens. 6 Click Restore Application. If you cannot ...run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. If Windows starts to load instead, restart the notebook and try again. 3 Press the arrow keys on or restart...
...a Windows user account, click in the Password box and type the user account's password (if any pre-installed software and device drivers. The Welcome to Gateway System Recovery window opens. 7 Click Next. 98 The System Recovery Options menu opens. 6 Click Restore Application. If you cannot ...run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. If Windows starts to load instead, restart the notebook and try again. 3 Press the arrow keys on or restart...
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...-install Windows: 1 If you have backed up to reinstall any important files you must recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. Important Before your hard drive is complete window opens. 10 Click Finish, then click Restart. To perform a full factory recovery without ...data backup in 8, you the progress of valid boot devices appears. 99 Caution Continuing with automatic data backup, then click Next. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with the full factory recovery will delete everything on your backed ...
...-install Windows: 1 If you have backed up to reinstall any important files you must recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. Important Before your hard drive is complete window opens. 10 Click Finish, then click Restart. To perform a full factory recovery without ...data backup in 8, you the progress of valid boot devices appears. 99 Caution Continuing with automatic data backup, then click Next. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with the full factory recovery will delete everything on your backed ...
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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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... hard drive. Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. If you would like more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 88. 2 Back up files" in your online User Guide. 3 ...Follow the guidelines under "Preventing static electricity discharge" on page 102. 4 Turn off your original drive with a higher-capacity drive. www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit ...
... hard drive. Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. If you would like more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 88. 2 Back up files" in your online User Guide. 3 ...Follow the guidelines under "Preventing static electricity discharge" on page 102. 4 Turn off your original drive with a higher-capacity drive. www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit ...
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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 ... bay cover, then tighten the cover screws. 19 Insert the battery, then turn your notebook. 22 When the prompt "Press any key to insert your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key on your keyboard and follow the on your notebook, open the DVD...
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 ... bay cover, then tighten the cover screws. 19 Insert the battery, then turn your notebook. 22 When the prompt "Press any key to insert your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key on your keyboard and follow the on your notebook, open the DVD...
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... control is turned up , then try again. • Shut down and restart your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. 118 CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting • Some music CDs have copy protection software. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and... drivers" on your notebook. • Clean the disc. For more information about using the built-in your notebook. For instructions on playing ...
... control is turned up , then try again. • Shut down and restart your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. 118 CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting • Some music CDs have copy protection software. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and... drivers" on your notebook. • Clean the disc. For more information about using the built-in your notebook. For instructions on playing ...
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... an online/offline button that the printer is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. To set to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click Printers. 136 See the guide that...
... an online/offline button that the printer is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. To set to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click Printers. 136 See the guide that...