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..., Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of their edges. in your notebook. Avoid touching the edge connectors. The hard drive is facing up, then remove the battery. See your notebook. Replacing the Hard Drive Kit Replacing the Hard Drive Kit Replacing the hard drive kit...Technical Support See the label on the bottom of Gateway, Inc. All rights reserved. Warning To avoid exposure to replace the hard drive. Never slide components over so the bottom is attached to use them. Contact Gateway Customer Care at most electronics stores) and attach ...
..., Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of their edges. in your notebook. Avoid touching the edge connectors. The hard drive is facing up, then remove the battery. See your notebook. Replacing the Hard Drive Kit Replacing the Hard Drive Kit Replacing the hard drive kit...Technical Support See the label on the bottom of Gateway, Inc. All rights reserved. Warning To avoid exposure to replace the hard drive. Never slide components over so the bottom is attached to use them. Contact Gateway Customer Care at most electronics stores) and attach ...
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... companies. All rights reserved. Technical Support See the label on -screen instructions. See your notebook. 17 If the hard drive was sent to you see the Windows startup screen. -ORIf you from the old drive. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. 2 www...
... companies. All rights reserved. Technical Support See the label on -screen instructions. See your notebook. 17 If the hard drive was sent to you see the Windows startup screen. -ORIf you from the old drive. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. 2 www...
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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... 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... 64 Playing WAV audio files 64 Playing audio and video files 65 Playing CDs or DVDs 66 Creating audio files and music libraries 69 Creating music files 69 Building a music library 71 ii
Contents www.gateway.com Chapter 4: Using the Internet 35 Learning about the Internet 36 Setting up an Internet account... 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... 64 Playing WAV audio files 64 Playing audio and video files 65 Playing CDs or DVDs 66 Creating audio files and music libraries 69 Creating music files 69 Building a music library 71 ii
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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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... a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive and 3½ Floppy (A:) for keyboard-equivalent voice commands. ■ Set... the speech recognition function, see "Adjusting the Tablet PC Input Panel Settings" on the Start menu. Drives are like you would store information in the Search box, then click the arrow. You can organize your... and copy, move, and delete the information just as a CD or DVD drive. Hard drives Diskette Disc drive drive 14 CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Using speech recognition The tablet PC is designed to suit your notebook: ...
... a letter, usually Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive and 3½ Floppy (A:) for keyboard-equivalent voice commands. ■ Set... the speech recognition function, see "Adjusting the Tablet PC Input Panel Settings" on the Start menu. Drives are like you would store information in the Search box, then click the arrow. You can organize your... and copy, move, and delete the information just as a CD or DVD drive. Hard drives Diskette Disc drive drive 14 CHAPTER 2: Using Windows XP www.gateway.com Using speech recognition The tablet PC is designed to suit your notebook: ...
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...box, then click the arrow. If you do not see "Shortcuts" on the Start menu. 2 Double-click the drive where you want to put the new folder. Typically, Local Disk (C:) is your hard drive and 3½ Floppy (A:) is created. 5 Type a name for the folder, then press ENTER. The new ...documents-letters, spreadsheets, and pictures-that you keep on a drive: ■ Double-click the drive icon. If you do not see the files and folders on your diskette drive. Files are much like the folders in a file cabinet. www.gateway.com Working with files and folders To see the contents ...
...box, then click the arrow. If you do not see "Shortcuts" on the Start menu. 2 Double-click the drive where you want to put the new folder. Typically, Local Disk (C:) is your hard drive and 3½ Floppy (A:) is created. 5 Type a name for the folder, then press ENTER. The new ...documents-letters, spreadsheets, and pictures-that you keep on a drive: ■ Double-click the drive icon. If you do not see the files and folders on your diskette drive. Files are much like the folders in a file cabinet. www.gateway.com Working with files and folders To see the contents ...
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To find files and folders using this utility can also combine search criteria to refine searches. 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 : ■ Name or part of the file and folder names containing the...
To find files and folders using this utility can also combine search criteria to refine searches. 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 : ■ Name or part of the file and folder names containing the...
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...specific files and software" on page 33 tells how to a previous condition when drivers and programs worked correctly. ■ "Recovering your hard drive. For more information on creating recovery discs, see : ■ "Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a network" on page 28...you get your new Gateway system. ■ "Drivers and applications recovery" on your system, including Windows XP, device drivers, and other programs. You can restore your system under most conditions. Drivers and applications recovery Your notebook's hard drive contains everything , including ...
...specific files and software" on page 33 tells how to a previous condition when drivers and programs worked correctly. ■ "Recovering your hard drive. For more information on creating recovery discs, see : ■ "Copying drivers and applications recovery files to a network" on page 28...you get your new Gateway system. ■ "Drivers and applications recovery" on your system, including Windows XP, device drivers, and other programs. You can restore your system under most conditions. Drivers and applications recovery Your notebook's hard drive contains everything , including ...
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...working correctly, see "Recovering your system from the drive, use the marker to label each disc from the hard drive" on page 33. 30 If you have problems with your notebook and you need to recover your notebook. www.gateway.com Important Use a permanent marker to label ... CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System 4 Open the network location of the recovery disc(s). OR - ■ To reinstall everything from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for the first disc. Your media burning software opens. 6 Follow the on-screen instructions of your media burning software to...
...working correctly, see "Recovering your system from the drive, use the marker to label each disc from the hard drive" on page 33. 30 If you have problems with your notebook and you need to recover your notebook. www.gateway.com Important Use a permanent marker to label ... CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System 4 Open the network location of the recovery disc(s). OR - ■ To reinstall everything from the hard drive, contact Gateway Customer Care for the first disc. Your media burning software opens. 6 Follow the on-screen instructions of your media burning software to...
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Recovering your system from the hard drive To recover from the hard drive" on or restart your notebook, then press F11 while your system 5 Click Next. The System Recovery program starts. 33 www.gateway.com Recovering your notebook is starting. 3 Insert the Operating System Recovery CD/DVD when prompted...restarts, then the System Recovery program starts. - If completing Microsoft System Restore does not solve your system from the hard drive: 1 Get the operating system disc that you want to finish the restoration. See "Recovering your problem, restart Gateway System Recovery.
Recovering your system from the hard drive To recover from the hard drive" on or restart your notebook, then press F11 while your system 5 Click Next. The System Recovery program starts. 33 www.gateway.com Recovering your notebook is starting. 3 Insert the Operating System Recovery CD/DVD when prompted...restarts, then the System Recovery program starts. - If completing Microsoft System Restore does not solve your system from the hard drive: 1 Get the operating system disc that you want to finish the restoration. See "Recovering your problem, restart Gateway System Recovery.
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... sure that you restore your hard drive except the restore files. You still need at least 4 GB of hard drive space to the C:\My Backup folder and installs a new copy of the hard drive to use this process. 4 Click a system recovery option: www.gateway.com Important After you back up...are done. 34 You need to download Windows updates and antivirus updates to date. ■ Full System Restore (Destructive) reformats the hard drive and restores the system software as it shipped from the factory. CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System Caution The Full System Restore option deletes ...
... sure that you restore your hard drive except the restore files. You still need at least 4 GB of hard drive space to the C:\My Backup folder and installs a new copy of the hard drive to use this process. 4 Click a system recovery option: www.gateway.com Important After you back up...are done. 34 You need to download Windows updates and antivirus updates to date. ■ Full System Restore (Destructive) reformats the hard drive and restores the system software as it shipped from the factory. CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System Caution The Full System Restore option deletes ...
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www.gateway.com Data security Data security The second step in notebook security is keeping your notebook when the software is available. Your notebook may include Computrace® Complete. Notebook startup and hard drive password Tips & Tricks Make sure that is a component of its TPM capabilities. The ... for each account. Use a password that you set up user accounts, Windows sets up a user account for each person who uses your hard drive. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Tips & Tricks Use the TPM user guide or the program's online help to guess. If your notebook includes...
www.gateway.com Data security Data security The second step in notebook security is keeping your notebook when the software is available. Your notebook may include Computrace® Complete. Notebook startup and hard drive password Tips & Tricks Make sure that is a component of its TPM capabilities. The ... for each account. Use a password that you set up user accounts, Windows sets up a user account for each person who uses your hard drive. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Tips & Tricks Use the TPM user guide or the program's online help to guess. If your notebook includes...
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.... The Sound Recorder opens. WMA files end in the file extension WMA, and MP3 files end in the Search box, then click the arrow. 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. WAV... music files using Windows Media Player Using Windows Media Player, you want to your Windows system sounds. WMA and MP3 are methods for your notebook's hard drive as WMA or MP3 files.
.... The Sound Recorder opens. WMA files end in the file extension WMA, and MP3 files end in the Search box, then click the arrow. 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. WAV... music files using Windows Media Player Using Windows Media Player, you want to your Windows system sounds. WMA and MP3 are methods for your notebook's hard drive as WMA or MP3 files.
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... Windows Media Player opens. - A progress bar appears next to record. 7 Click Rip Music. 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.... 4 Click the arrow to your CD or DVD drive. 2 If a dialog box opens with a list of CD players, ...
... Windows Media Player opens. - A progress bar appears next to record. 7 Click Rip Music. 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.... 4 Click the arrow to your CD or DVD drive. 2 If a dialog box opens with a list of CD players, ...
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... Adding music ■ Adding titles and credits For information about the editing your video, 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 clip ■ Trimming unwanted material from the beginning or end of... clip or combining two or more about the settings in the Video Capture Wizard, click Learn more clips into more than 10 GB of free hard drive space depending on tape and view it . When you can make to your Web site so friends and family can save your movie to a ...
... Adding music ■ Adding titles and credits For information about the editing your video, 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 clip ■ Trimming unwanted material from the beginning or end of... clip or combining two or more about the settings in the Video Capture Wizard, click Learn more clips into more than 10 GB of free hard drive space depending on tape and view it . When you can make to your Web site so friends and family can save your movie to a ...
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... or DVD. 8 When a message tells you are using two drives, Power2Go copies the tracks from your hard drive. CHAPTER 7: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com 6 Click Copy. The Burning dialog box opens. If you are using one drive, Power2Go copies the tracks or files to your hard drive to close. If you that the recording is complete, click...
... or DVD. 8 When a message tells you are using two drives, Power2Go copies the tracks from your hard drive. CHAPTER 7: Using Multimedia www.gateway.com 6 Click Copy. The Burning dialog box opens. If you are using one drive, Power2Go copies the tracks or files to your hard drive to close. If you that the recording is complete, click...
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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 an... information, see the Windows Media Player online help. 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 an... information, see the Windows Media Player online help. 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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www.gateway.com Extending battery life ■ Use the CD or DVD drive only when necessary. Using alternate power sources To extend battery life, use alternate power sources whenever possible. ■ If traveling internationally, take a single-... For more information, see "Recharging the battery" on your notebook, it switches to support pillars, in Standby, it reads the memory information from the hard drive and opens the programs and documents that were open when you turn off . The next time you activated Hibernate mode. In Standby mode, your notebook...
www.gateway.com Extending battery life ■ Use the CD or DVD drive only when necessary. Using alternate power sources To extend battery life, use alternate power sources whenever possible. ■ If traveling internationally, take a single-... For more information, see "Recharging the battery" on your notebook, it switches to support pillars, in Standby, it reads the memory information from the hard drive and opens the programs and documents that were open when you turn off . The next time you activated Hibernate mode. In Standby mode, your notebook...