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... hardware guide for Customer Care Information. Do not lay components on the bottom of Gateway, Inc. Locating Components Hard drive bay Preventing static electricity discharge The components inside your online hardware guide. 7 Remove the two hard drive bay cover screws, slide the hard drive bay cover, then remove it to dangerous electrical voltages and moving parts, turn...
... hardware guide for Customer Care Information. Do not lay components on the bottom of Gateway, Inc. Locating Components Hard drive bay Preventing static electricity discharge The components inside your online hardware guide. 7 Remove the two hard drive bay cover screws, slide the hard drive bay cover, then remove it to dangerous electrical voltages and moving parts, turn...
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... regulatory, and legal information. 2 www.gateway.com © 2006 Gateway, Inc. Replacing the Hard Drive Kit 10 Place the new drive, label side up, onto the cover so the screw holes line up. 11 Replace the four screws that secure the hard drive to you see the Windows startup screen....trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gateway, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 Remove the four screws that secure the cover to the drive. 12 Slide the new hard drive kit into your notebook, then replace the cover ...
... regulatory, and legal information. 2 www.gateway.com © 2006 Gateway, Inc. Replacing the Hard Drive Kit 10 Place the new drive, label side up, onto the cover so the screw holes line up. 11 Replace the four screws that secure the hard drive to you see the Windows startup screen....trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of Gateway, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 Remove the four screws that secure the cover to the drive. 12 Slide the new hard drive kit into your notebook, then replace the cover ...
8511264 - User Guide Gateway Notebook
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Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Gateway Web site 2 Using Support 3 Help and Support 4 Searching for a topic 4 Getting help in Media Center 5 BigFix 6 Online help 6 ...items 10 Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 11 Using Tablet PC extensions 11 Working with files and folders 14 Viewing drives 14 Creating folders 15 Copying and moving files and folders 16 Deleting files and folders 17 Browsing for files and folders... files and software 31 Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore 32 Recovering your system from the hard drive 33 i
Contents Chapter 1: Getting Help 1 Thank you for purchasing our notebook 2 Gateway Web site 2 Using Support 3 Help and Support 4 Searching for a topic 4 Getting help in Media Center 5 BigFix 6 Online help 6 ...items 10 Using Windows XP Tablet PC 2005 11 Using Tablet PC extensions 11 Working with files and folders 14 Viewing drives 14 Creating folders 15 Copying and moving files and folders 16 Deleting files and folders 17 Browsing for files and folders... files and software 31 Recovering your system using Microsoft System Restore 32 Recovering your system from the hard drive 33 i
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Contents www.gateway.com Chapter 4: Using the Internet 35 Learning about the Internet 36 Setting up an Internet account 37 Accessing your Internet account 37 Using the World ... your notebook 41 Hardware security 42 Kensington lock slot 42 CompuTrace 42 Data security 43 Trusted Platform Module (TPM 43 Computrace 43 Notebook startup and hard drive password 43 Windows XP user accounts 43 Protecting your notebook from viruses 44 Using McAfee SecurityCenter 45 Using Windows XP Security Center 48 Security updates...
Contents www.gateway.com Chapter 4: Using the Internet 35 Learning about the Internet 36 Setting up an Internet account 37 Accessing your Internet account 37 Using the World ... your notebook 41 Hardware security 42 Kensington lock slot 42 CompuTrace 42 Data security 43 Trusted Platform Module (TPM 43 Computrace 43 Notebook startup and hard drive password 43 Windows XP user accounts 43 Protecting your notebook from viruses 44 Using McAfee SecurityCenter 45 Using Windows XP Security Center 48 Security updates...
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Contents www.gateway.com Adding devices to your network 107 Adding a desktop computer to your network 107 Adding a printer to your network 107 Chapter 10: Sending and Receiving ... Your Notebook 131 Caring for your notebook 132 Cleaning your notebook 132 Protecting your notebook from viruses 133 Updating Windows 134 Using BigFix 134 Managing hard drive space 135 Checking hard drive space 135 Deleting unnecessary files 136 Checking the hard drive for errors 136 Defragmenting the hard drive 137 Backing up files 138 iv
Contents www.gateway.com Adding devices to your network 107 Adding a desktop computer to your network 107 Adding a printer to your network 107 Chapter 10: Sending and Receiving ... Your Notebook 131 Caring for your notebook 132 Cleaning your notebook 132 Protecting your notebook from viruses 133 Updating Windows 134 Using BigFix 134 Managing hard drive space 135 Checking hard drive space 135 Deleting unnecessary files 136 Checking the hard drive for errors 136 Defragmenting the hard drive 137 Backing up files 138 iv
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www.gateway.com Contents Scheduling maintenance tasks 139 Moving from Your Old Computer 139 Using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard 139 Transferring files 140 Transferring Internet ... tips 146 Chapter 14: Troubleshooting 147 Safety guidelines 148 First steps 148 Troubleshooting 148 Audio 148 Battery 148 CD drives 148 Device installation 149 Diskette drive 149 Display 150 DVD drives 151 File management 152 Hard drive 153 Internet 153 Keyboard 154 Media Center 155 Memory 157 Memory card reader 157 Modem (cable or DSL...
www.gateway.com Contents Scheduling maintenance tasks 139 Moving from Your Old Computer 139 Using the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard 139 Transferring files 140 Transferring Internet ... tips 146 Chapter 14: Troubleshooting 147 Safety guidelines 148 First steps 148 Troubleshooting 148 Audio 148 Battery 148 CD drives 148 Device installation 149 Diskette drive 149 Display 150 DVD drives 151 File management 152 Hard drive 153 Internet 153 Keyboard 154 Media Center 155 Memory 157 Memory card reader 157 Modem (cable or DSL...
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... about files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. To view the drives on your notebook: ■ Click Start, then click My Computer on page 127. Hard drives Diskette Disc drive drive 14 Working with files and folders You can store these files in folders and copy, move... the speech recognition function, see "Adjusting the Tablet PC Input Panel Settings" on the Start menu. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Using speech recognition The tablet PC is designed to suit your preferences much like file cabinets because they hold files and folders.
... about files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. To view the drives on your notebook: ■ Click Start, then click My Computer on page 127. Hard drives Diskette Disc drive drive 14 Working with files and folders You can store these files in folders and copy, move... the speech recognition function, see "Adjusting the Tablet PC Input Panel Settings" on the Start menu. CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Using speech recognition The tablet PC is designed to suit your preferences much like file cabinets because they hold files and folders.
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..., then click the arrow. Type the keyword creating files and folders in files. Typically, Local Disk (C:) is your hard drive and 3½ Floppy (A:) is created. 5 Type a name for the folder, then press ENTER. www.gateway.com Working with files and folders To see the files and folders on page 24. 15 Folders are...
..., then click the arrow. Type the keyword creating files and folders in files. Typically, Local Disk (C:) is your hard drive and 3½ Floppy (A:) is created. 5 Type a name for the folder, then press ENTER. www.gateway.com Working with files and folders To see the files and folders on page 24. 15 Folders are...
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... not remember where they are looking for files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Searching for files Searching for files If you are stored on your hard drive, you can use the Search utility to search by file or folder name, type in all or part of...
... not remember where they are looking for files and folders, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Searching for files Searching for files If you are stored on your hard drive, you can use the Search utility to search by file or folder name, type in all or part of...
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... follow troubleshooting steps, you may need to completely reinstall the original factory software. Drivers and applications recovery Your notebook's hard drive contains everything you need to record (or burn) the Drivers and Applications Recovery discs. You can use Microsoft System...29 26 For more information on creating recovery discs, see : ■ "Copying drivers and applications recovery files to working condition. Gateway provides everything , including the operating system, so your notebook has its original factory settings. ■ "Recovering your system, including ...
... follow troubleshooting steps, you may need to completely reinstall the original factory software. Drivers and applications recovery Your notebook's hard drive contains everything you need to record (or burn) the Drivers and Applications Recovery discs. You can use Microsoft System...29 26 For more information on creating recovery discs, see : ■ "Copying drivers and applications recovery files to working condition. Gateway provides everything , including the operating system, so your notebook has its original factory settings. ■ "Recovering your system, including ...
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... device drivers were working correctly, or reinstall everything , see "Recovering your system from the hard drive" on -screen instructions of your media burning software to restore your hard drive has failed and you cannot restore the software from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for help , you can restore specific drivers and programs from a set of...
... device drivers were working correctly, or reinstall everything , see "Recovering your system from the hard drive" on -screen instructions of your media burning software to restore your hard drive has failed and you cannot restore the software from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for help , you can restore specific drivers and programs from a set of...
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... restore point you can still run Windows, click Start, All Programs, System Recovery, System Recovery, then click Yes. www.gateway.com Recovering your problem, restart Gateway System Recovery. Recovering your system from the hard drive: 1 Get the operating system disc that you want to finish the restoration. The Confirm Restore Point Selection dialog box...
... restore point you can still run Windows, click Start, All Programs, System Recovery, System Recovery, then click Yes. www.gateway.com Recovering your problem, restart Gateway System Recovery. Recovering your system from the hard drive: 1 Get the operating system disc that you want to finish the restoration. The Confirm Restore Point Selection dialog box...
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...■ Full System Restore with Backup (recommended) moves the contents of the hard drive to the C:\My Backup folder and installs a new copy of hard drive space to use this process. 4 Click a system recovery option: www.gateway.com Important After you restore your system, it will appear with the same... files and programs it had when it was when you back up to date. ■ Full System Restore (Destructive) reformats the hard drive and restores the system software as it...
...■ Full System Restore with Backup (recommended) moves the contents of the hard drive to the C:\My Backup folder and installs a new copy of hard drive space to use this process. 4 Click a system recovery option: www.gateway.com Important After you restore your system, it will appear with the same... files and programs it had when it was when you back up to date. ■ Full System Restore (Destructive) reformats the hard drive and restores the system software as it...
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...available. Use a startup and hard drive password to get TPM up and running. You can reset it . Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Tips & Tricks Use the TPM user guide or the program's online help to keep other people from your password, you will have to Gateway so we can assign a ...password to guess. If you forget your hard drive. Type the keyword user accounts in your files. Your notebook may be hard for someone else to each account. You have to return your notebook ...
...available. Use a startup and hard drive password to get TPM up and running. You can reset it . Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Tips & Tricks Use the TPM user guide or the program's online help to keep other people from your password, you will have to Gateway so we can assign a ...password to guess. If you forget your hard drive. Type the keyword user accounts in your files. Your notebook may be hard for someone else to each account. You have to return your notebook ...
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www.gateway.com Creating audio files and music libraries Creating audio files and music libraries Creating music files You can copy the tracks from these CDs. Help & Support For more information about playing WAV files, see your notebook's hard drive as WMA or MP3 files. Recording WAV audio files Sound recorder is a simple Windows...
www.gateway.com Creating audio files and music libraries Creating audio files and music libraries Creating music files You can copy the tracks from these CDs. Help & Support For more information about playing WAV files, see your notebook's hard drive as WMA or MP3 files. Recording WAV audio files Sound recorder is a simple Windows...
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... list, then click either mp3 or Windows Media Audio. For more about MP3 formats. 5 Click File, CDs and Devices, Rip Audio CD, then click the drive that contains the audio CD. 6 Click to clear the check box for any track you do not want to your CD or DVD... opens with a list of CD players, click Windows Media Player. The Windows Media Player opens. - CHAPTER 7: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com To create WMA or MP3 files: 1 Insert a music CD into your hard drive as it is recorded. 70 The Windows Media Player opens. 3 Click Tools, Options, then click the Rip Music tab...
... list, then click either mp3 or Windows Media Audio. For more about MP3 formats. 5 Click File, CDs and Devices, Rip Audio CD, then click the drive that contains the audio CD. 6 Click to clear the check box for any track you do not want to your CD or DVD... opens with a list of CD players, click Windows Media Player. The Windows Media Player opens. - CHAPTER 7: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com To create WMA or MP3 files: 1 Insert a music CD into your hard drive as it is recorded. 70 The Windows Media Player opens. 3 Click Tools, Options, then click the Rip Music tab...
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... Maker. For information about the settings in the Video Capture Wizard, click Learn more than 10 GB of hard drive space for storage with additional space required for editing. After you finish editing your video, you can edit ...your television. 74 Under Movie Tasks: ■ Click Save to My Computer to save your movie to your hard drive. ■ Click Save to CD to save it to your video camera so you reach the final screen,... click Help, then click Help Topics in Windows Movie Maker. www.gateway.com 4 Complete the screens in the Video Capture Wizard, clicking Next after each one.
... Maker. For information about the settings in the Video Capture Wizard, click Learn more than 10 GB of hard drive space for storage with additional space required for editing. After you finish editing your video, you can edit ...your television. 74 Under Movie Tasks: ■ Click Save to My Computer to save your movie to your hard drive. ■ Click Save to CD to save it to your video camera so you reach the final screen,... click Help, then click Help Topics in Windows Movie Maker. www.gateway.com 4 Complete the screens in the Video Capture Wizard, clicking Next after each one.
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If you are using two drives, Power2Go copies the tracks from your hard drive. Power2Go copies the files from the source disc to the blank, recordable disc. 7 If you that the recording is complete, click OK. 86 Remove the ... CD or DVD, insert a blank, writable CD or DVD, then wait for the message box to your hard drive to insert a CD or DVD. CHAPTER 7: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com 6 Click Copy. If you are using one drive, a message prompts you to the writable CD or DVD. 8 When a message tells you are using one...
If you are using two drives, Power2Go copies the tracks from your hard drive. Power2Go copies the files from the source disc to the blank, recordable disc. 7 If you that the recording is complete, click OK. 86 Remove the ... CD or DVD, insert a blank, writable CD or DVD, then wait for the message box to your hard drive to insert a CD or DVD. CHAPTER 7: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com 6 Click Copy. If you are using one drive, a message prompts you to the writable CD or DVD. 8 When a message tells you are using one...
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... features Power2Go includes the following disc utilities: ■ Burn Disc Image and Save Disc Image create an exact image of a disc on your hard drive and then burn that exact image onto a disc. ■ Erase Disc erases a rewritable disc. ■ Rip Audio copies audio tracks from...Internet radio, and to a different audio format. 87 www.gateway.com Advanced multimedia software features Advanced multimedia software features Windows Media Player advanced features You can use Windows Media Player to transfer WMA and MP3 files to your hard drive as an MP3, WAV, or WMA file. ■...
... features Power2Go includes the following disc utilities: ■ Burn Disc Image and Save Disc Image create an exact image of a disc on your hard drive and then burn that exact image onto a disc. ■ Erase Disc erases a rewritable disc. ■ Rip Audio copies audio tracks from...Internet radio, and to a different audio format. 87 www.gateway.com Advanced multimedia software features Advanced multimedia software features Windows Media Player advanced features You can use Windows Media Player to transfer WMA and MP3 files to your hard drive as an MP3, WAV, or WMA file. ■...
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...times when you will have access to most devices except memory. If your notebook) or power inverter. www.gateway.com Extending battery life ■ Use the CD or DVD drive only when necessary. Changing power modes You can use alternate power sources whenever possible. ■ If traveling... battery" on your notebook reduces or turns off . Using alternate power sources To extend battery life, use the following power modes to the hard drive, then turns your AC power adapter, also take electrical adapters. The next time you turn off. ■ Hibernate - (also called save...
...times when you will have access to most devices except memory. If your notebook) or power inverter. www.gateway.com Extending battery life ■ Use the CD or DVD drive only when necessary. Changing power modes You can use alternate power sources whenever possible. ■ If traveling... battery" on your notebook reduces or turns off . Using alternate power sources To extend battery life, use the following power modes to the hard drive, then turns your AC power adapter, also take electrical adapters. The next time you turn off. ■ Hibernate - (also called save...