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...Customer Care Information. Before working with notebook components, follow these screws cannot be removed). Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of your workbench or other grounded object. 1 To replace the hard ... system disc that came with your notebook. Warning To avoid exposure to a bare metal part of Gateway, Inc. For more information, see "Preparing for software and device driver recovery" in your notebook over any Express and memory cards. 7 Turn your Reference Guide. 8...
...Customer Care Information. Before working with notebook components, follow these screws cannot be removed). Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of your workbench or other grounded object. 1 To replace the hard ... system disc that came with your notebook. Warning To avoid exposure to a bare metal part of Gateway, Inc. For more information, see "Preparing for software and device driver recovery" in your notebook over any Express and memory cards. 7 Turn your Reference Guide. 8...
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... keyboard and follow the on your notebook, open the DVD drive, insert the Windows DVD, close the DVD drive, then restart your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key to boot from the old drive. All other countries. As... Replace the screws removed in the United States and other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gateway, Inc. See your notebook. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2007...
... keyboard and follow the on your notebook, open the DVD drive, insert the Windows DVD, close the DVD drive, then restart your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key to boot from the old drive. All other countries. As... Replace the screws removed in the United States and other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gateway, Inc. See your notebook. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2007...
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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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...battery is running on page 113 or in a circle, using it has a full charge. This reduces the life of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. Gateway provides everything you want to recover your notebook while using a product made especially for software and device... driver recovery" on AC power, remove the battery. Caution When the battery is in "Troubleshooting" on fixed power. For instructions, see "Preparing...
...battery is running on page 113 or in a circle, using it has a full charge. This reduces the life of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. Gateway provides everything you want to recover your notebook while using a product made especially for software and device... driver recovery" on AC power, remove the battery. Caution When the battery is in "Troubleshooting" on fixed power. For instructions, see "Preparing...
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...on page 99. • To re-install your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 88 To recover software and drivers that were pre-installed at the factory. For instructions, see "Using Microsoft ...discs (you must create the discs) or by recovering the software and device drivers that were pre-installed at the factory, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on reinstalling software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see that product's documentation or support Web site...
...on page 99. • To re-install your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 88 To recover software and drivers that were pre-installed at the factory. For instructions, see "Using Microsoft ...discs (you must create the discs) or by recovering the software and device drivers that were pre-installed at the factory, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on reinstalling software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see that product's documentation or support Web site...
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... have shipped with your notebook, you like to recover your hard drive. www.gateway.com Preparing for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. Caution Although you may want to need...
... have shipped with your notebook, you like to recover your hard drive. www.gateway.com Preparing for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. Caution Although you may want to need...
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.... 9 Remove your notebook names the disc Recovery13 for disc 1 of which notebook the discs are completed. If you need to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of a 3-disc set of recovery discs. 5 If you are recording multiple discs, as they are for disc 2, and so on...
.... 9 Remove your notebook names the disc Recovery13 for disc 1 of which notebook the discs are completed. If you need to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of a 3-disc set of recovery discs. 5 If you are recording multiple discs, as they are for disc 2, and so on...
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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. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 93. 91 The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 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. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 93. 91 The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 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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....exe on the disc. The Gateway Recovery Center starts. 93 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. If a recovery disc does not offer the software or driver you created a multiple-disc set of recovery ...
....exe on the disc. The Gateway Recovery Center starts. 93 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. If a recovery disc does not offer the software or driver you created a multiple-disc set of recovery ...
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CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 2 To recover pre-installed software, click Application recovery, then click the software you want to recover. 3 Click Next. 4 If the software or driver is not shown on the list and you have a multiple-disc set of driver 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 want to recover. 3 Click Next. 4 If the software or driver is not shown on the list and you have a multiple-disc set of driver 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
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... also create a restore point manually. You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. To restore using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then ... For more 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 your system running again.
... also create a restore point manually. You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. To restore using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then ... For more 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 your system running again.
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... Your notebook restarts. 2 If you cannot run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. This process is starting up now. To delete everything on your hard drive, back... to load instead, restart the notebook and try again. 3 Press the arrow keys on your notebook. Gateway System Recovery starts, and the System Recovery Options dialog box opens. 4 Select a language and keyboard layout...Windows and any pre-installed software and device drivers. The System Recovery Options menu opens. 6 Click Restore Application.
... Your notebook restarts. 2 If you cannot run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. This process is starting up now. To delete everything on your hard drive, back... to load instead, restart the notebook and try again. 3 Press the arrow keys on your notebook. Gateway System Recovery starts, and the System Recovery Options dialog box opens. 4 Select a language and keyboard layout...Windows and any pre-installed software and device drivers. The System Recovery Options menu opens. 6 Click Restore Application.
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...install Windows: 1 If you can find your personal files will delete everything on your personal files, and create a set of software and driver recovery discs (if you have backed up to reinstall any software that you have not already done so). OR - Recovering your system using ...the Windows Vista operating system DVD. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in step 8, you can still run Windows,...
...install Windows: 1 If you can find your personal files will delete everything on your personal files, and create a set of software and driver recovery discs (if you have backed up to reinstall any software that you have not already done so). OR - Recovering your system using ...the Windows Vista operating system DVD. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in step 8, you can still run Windows,...
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CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 4 Press the arrow keys to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on page 93. 100 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 recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers.
CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 4 Press the arrow keys to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on page 93. 100 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 recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers.
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..." on page 102. 4 Turn off your original drive with a higher-capacity drive. Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. For more hard drive capacity, you would like more information, see "Backing up any Express cards. 107 If you can...
..." on page 102. 4 Turn off your original drive with a higher-capacity drive. Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. For more hard drive capacity, you would like more information, see "Backing up any Express cards. 107 If you can...
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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 key on -screen instructions. As part of the process you may be prompted...
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 key on -screen instructions. As part of the process you may be prompted...
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...notebook is turned up . You may not be able to play these CDs on page 88. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on your notebook. • Your notebook may be able to play these CDs on your notebook. • Clean the DVD. For more information, ...been installed on your volume control, see "Front" on page 6. • If you are plugged in your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. For more information about using the built-in speakers, make sure that the label or side you want to adjust the volume control in Windows...
...notebook is turned up . You may not be able to play these CDs on page 88. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on your notebook. • Your notebook may be able to play these CDs on your notebook. • Clean the DVD. For more information, ...been installed on your volume control, see "Front" on page 6. • If you are plugged in your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. For more information about using the built-in speakers, make sure that the label or side you want to adjust the volume control in Windows...
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... Sound. 3 Click Printers. 136 The printer will not print • Check the cable between the printer and your printer for instructions on installing the printer driver. Make sure that the printer is on but will not turn on • Make sure that it is connected to is online. Press the button... an online/offline button that the printer is not set to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. Many printers have selected it in the Search Help box, then press ENTER.
... Sound. 3 Click Printers. 136 The printer will not print • Check the cable between the printer and your printer for instructions on installing the printer driver. Make sure that the printer is on but will not turn on • Make sure that it is connected to is online. Press the button... an online/offline button that the printer is not set to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. Many printers have selected it in the Search Help box, then press ENTER.