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... an optional RAID" located in the Reference Guide. Thumb notch To replace the hard drive: 1 If possible, create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. Contact Gateway Customer Care at most electronics stores) and attach it . Locating Components 1 2 Print out the section "Setting up , ...Guide for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2007 Gateway, Inc. Do not lay components on the bottom of their edges. Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of your notebook. ...
... an optional RAID" located in the Reference Guide. Thumb notch To replace the hard drive: 1 If possible, create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. Contact Gateway Customer Care at most electronics stores) and attach it . Locating Components 1 2 Print out the section "Setting up , ...Guide for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2007 Gateway, Inc. Do not lay components on the bottom of their edges. Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of your notebook. ...
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...your notebook, open the DVD drive, insert the Windows DVD, close the DVD drive, then restart your Reference Guide for Customer Care Information. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. If your notebook does not use RAID and the drive you replaced was ...Technical Support See the label on the bottom of the process you replaced was the C drive, go to step Step 21 to insert your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any Express cards. If your notebook does not use RAID and the drive...
...your notebook, open the DVD drive, insert the Windows DVD, close the DVD drive, then restart your Reference Guide for Customer Care Information. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. If your notebook does not use RAID and the drive you replaced was ...Technical Support See the label on the bottom of the process you replaced was the C drive, go to step Step 21 to insert your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any Express cards. If your notebook does not use RAID and the drive...
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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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... problems by following the information in "Troubleshooting" on fixed power. Gateway provides everything you have removed the battery from your system You can solve most conditions. This reduces the life of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. Caution When the battery is .... Caution To prepare your notebook when running on page 89. 87 www.gateway.com Consider removing the battery from your notebook for the purpose. For instructions, see "Preparing for software and device driver recovery" on AC power, the battery constantly charges, even though it with...
... problems by following the information in "Troubleshooting" on fixed power. Gateway provides everything you have removed the battery from your system You can solve most conditions. This reduces the life of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. Caution When the battery is .... Caution To prepare your notebook when running on page 89. 87 www.gateway.com Consider removing the battery from your notebook for the purpose. For instructions, see "Preparing for software and device driver recovery" on AC power, the battery constantly charges, even though it with...
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... (you want to return your system to factory condition, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 88. For instructions on reinstalling software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 88 If you created. • To re-install Windows using the Windows...
... (you want to return your system to factory condition, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 88. For instructions on reinstalling software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 88 If you created. • To re-install Windows using the Windows...
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...install a new hard drive, you like to do not come with a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. www.gateway.com Preparing for any eventuality and create a set of recovery discs while ...recovery discs, we recommend that you need to use them later for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. You should create your hard drive. Caution Although you may have shipped with your notebook...
...install a new hard drive, you like to do not come with a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. www.gateway.com Preparing for any eventuality and create a set of recovery discs while ...recovery discs, we recommend that you need to use them later for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. You should create your hard drive. Caution Although you may have shipped with your notebook...
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... to create a full set , Recovery23 for . If an AutoPlay dialog box opens, click the x in the upper-right corner to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of the discs and store them in a safe place. 90 If you are recording multiple discs, as they are required...
... to create a full set , Recovery23 for . If an AutoPlay dialog box opens, click the x in the upper-right corner to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of the discs and store them in a safe place. 90 If you are recording multiple discs, as they are required...
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... discs" on page 93. 91 For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using software and driver recovery discs 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.
... discs" on page 93. 91 For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using software and driver recovery discs 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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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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...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. To recover software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover, try another disc...
...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. To recover software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover, try another disc...
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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 want to recover. - OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of driver you have a multiple-disc set 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 want to recover. - OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of driver you have a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. 94
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You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. For instructions, see "Manually creating a restore point" on page 97. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. To restore using ... and Maintenance, then click Backup and Restore Center. In most cases of hard-to get your system settings and saves them as restore points. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again.
You can return to one of these restore points to -resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. For instructions, see "Manually creating a restore point" on page 97. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. To restore using ... and Maintenance, then click Backup and Restore Center. In most cases of hard-to get your system settings and saves them as restore points. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again.
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...deletes everything on your hard drive and re-install all factory software: 1 If you can access important files on or restart your notebook. Gateway System Recovery starts, and the System Recovery Options dialog box opens. 4 Select a language and keyboard layout, then click Next. 5 ...the notebook and try again. 3 Press the arrow keys on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any pre-installed software and device drivers. The System Recovery Options menu opens. 6 Click Restore Application. CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook Recovering your system to its factory condition If...
...deletes everything on your hard drive and re-install all factory software: 1 If you can access important files on or restart your notebook. Gateway System Recovery starts, and the System Recovery Options dialog box opens. 4 Select a language and keyboard layout, then click Next. 5 ...the notebook and try again. 3 Press the arrow keys on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any pre-installed software and device drivers. The System Recovery Options menu opens. 6 Click Restore Application. CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook Recovering your system to its factory condition If...
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...with automatic data backup in step 8, you can still run Windows, back up your personal files, and create a set of software and driver recovery discs (if you must recover your hard drive. OR - Make sure that was not pre-installed on your notebook's pre-installed software...your keyboard. A list of the system recovery. Important Before your hard drive is complete window opens. 10 Click Finish, then click Restart. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup, then click Next. To perform a full factory ...
...with automatic data backup in step 8, you can still run Windows, back up your personal files, and create a set of software and driver recovery discs (if you must recover your hard drive. OR - Make sure that was not pre-installed on your notebook's pre-installed software...your keyboard. A list of the system recovery. Important Before your hard drive is complete window opens. 10 Click Finish, then click Restart. www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup, then click Next. To perform a full factory ...
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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. 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
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For more information, see "Backing up any Express cards. 107 www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit Tools You need a small Phillips screwdriver and the Windows Vista DVD to the new hard drive. For more hard ... replace the hard drive kit. 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...
For more information, see "Backing up any Express cards. 107 www.gateway.com Replacing the hard drive kit Tools You need a small Phillips screwdriver and the Windows Vista DVD to the new hard drive. For more hard ... replace the hard drive kit. 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...
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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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... on your notebook is facing up . For more information, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on playing a DVD, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 87. For more information about using your volume control, see "Front" on page 6. • If you are plugged in speakers, make...87. • Your notebook may not be experiencing some temporary memory problems. Shut down and restart your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. You may be able to adjust the volume control in Windows, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on page 88. For instructions on how ...
... on your notebook is facing up . For more information, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on playing a DVD, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 87. For more information about using your volume control, see "Front" on page 6. • If you are plugged in speakers, make...87. • Your notebook may not be experiencing some temporary memory problems. Shut down and restart your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. You may be able to adjust the volume control in Windows, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on page 88. For instructions on how ...
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... printer will not turn on but will not print • Check the cable between the printer and your printer for instructions on installing the printer driver. See the guide that the printer is not set to is plugged into an AC power source. You see a "Printer queue is full" error message... • Make sure that you may need to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. Make sure that it in the Search Help box, then press ENTER.
... printer will not turn on but will not print • Check the cable between the printer and your printer for instructions on installing the printer driver. See the guide that the printer is not set to is plugged into an AC power source. You see a "Printer queue is full" error message... • Make sure that you may need to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. Make sure that it in the Search Help box, then press ENTER.