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..., also known as carpeted floors, plastic, and packing foam. • Remove components from their edges. Contact Gateway Customer Care at most electronics stores) and attach it . Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of antistatic bags because only the inside your...
..., also known as carpeted floors, plastic, and packing foam. • Remove components from their edges. Contact Gateway Customer Care at most electronics stores) and attach it . Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are trademarks or registered trademarks of antistatic bags because only the inside your...
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in the Reference Guide, then go to step Step 21 to install Windows. -OR- Technical Support See the label on the bottom of Gateway, Inc. If your notebook does not use RAID and the drive you replaced was the C drive, go to step Step 23. -OR- See your Reference ..." in the United States and other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the process you may be prompted to insert your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key on your keyboard and follow the on-screen instructions. As part of...
in the Reference Guide, then go to step Step 21 to install Windows. -OR- Technical Support See the label on the bottom of Gateway, Inc. If your notebook does not use RAID and the drive you replaced was the C drive, go to step Step 23. -OR- See your Reference ..." in the United States and other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the process you may be prompted to insert your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key on your keyboard and follow the on-screen instructions. As part of...
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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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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. Tip You can create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. 82
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... electrical outlet, the automatic battery charger no longer keeps the battery charged. Caution To prepare your notebook for software and device driver recovery" on AC power, remove the battery. Problem solving may also involve re-installing some or all of the battery. .... This reduces the life of the notebook's software (also called recovering or restoring your system). Gateway provides everything you should create a set of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. www.gateway.com Consider removing the battery from your notebook when running on fixed power.
... electrical outlet, the automatic battery charger no longer keeps the battery charged. Caution To prepare your notebook for software and device driver recovery" on AC power, remove the battery. Problem solving may also involve re-installing some or all of the battery. .... This reduces the life of the notebook's software (also called recovering or restoring your system). Gateway provides everything you should create a set of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. www.gateway.com Consider removing the battery from your notebook when running on fixed power.
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...your hard drive is completely erased or corrupted, your only option for system recovery may be solved by using Gateway Recovery Center. 88 For instructions on reinstalling software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see that were pre-installed at the factory. If you need to follow that... your system, you want to return your system to factory condition, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 88. You can perform a partial recovery by recovering the software and device drivers that you must create the discs) or by re-installing the software or the hardware...
...your hard drive is completely erased or corrupted, your only option for system recovery may be solved by using Gateway Recovery Center. 88 For instructions on reinstalling software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see that were pre-installed at the factory. If you need to follow that... your system, you want to return your system to factory condition, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 88. You can perform a partial recovery by recovering the software and device drivers that you must create the discs) or by re-installing the software or the hardware...
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...set . If 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. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. dialog box opens. 3 Click Create system .... You should create your hard drive. Because these discs do ? www.gateway.com Preparing for software and device driver recovery You can usually recover your pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD or install a new hard drive, you need to...
...set . If 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. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. 2 Click Applications and drivers external media, then click Next. dialog box opens. 3 Click Create system .... You should create your hard drive. Because these discs do ? www.gateway.com Preparing for software and device driver recovery You can usually recover your pre-installed software and drivers from the Windows DVD or install a new hard drive, you need to...
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A dialog box opens that tells you the number of blank discs you need to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of the specified type, click I have enough discs, then click Next. Label the discs as you remove each disc from ...
A dialog box opens that tells you the number of blank discs you need to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of the specified type, click I have enough discs, then click Next. Label the discs as you remove each disc from ...
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... Start menu does not contain Gateway Recovery Center as an option, you have created. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. Important If you must recover your software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 93. 91 www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All...
... Start menu does not contain Gateway Recovery Center as an option, you have created. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. Important If you must recover your software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 93. 91 www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All...
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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 OR To recover device drivers that was pre-installed, click Programs, then click Application recovery. -
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... created a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers. The Gateway Recovery Center starts. 93 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. If... an AutoPlay dialog box appears, click Run Grc_Vista.exe. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs: 1 Insert a software and driver recovery disc into ...
... created a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers. The Gateway Recovery Center starts. 93 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. If... an AutoPlay dialog box appears, click Run Grc_Vista.exe. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs: 1 Insert a software and driver recovery disc into ...
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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 have a multiple-disc set 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. -
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 have a multiple-disc set 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. -
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...restore point" on page 97. 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 Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Windows automatically creates an... additional restore point each day, and also each time you can also create a restore point manually. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again. In most cases of hard-to get...
...restore point" on page 97. 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 Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. Windows automatically creates an... additional restore point each day, and also each time you can also create a restore point manually. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of your system running again. In most cases of hard-to get...
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... box to select 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 This process is starting up now. b While the notebook is called a factory recovery. Caution A complete factory...
... box to select 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 This process is starting up now. b While the notebook is called a factory recovery. Caution A complete factory...
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... save. 9 Click Yes, then click Next. Recovering your notebook. For instructions, see "To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers:" on page 89. 2 Insert the Windows DVD into your notebook's DVD drive, then turn on your system using the Windows Vista operating ...Click Finish, then click Restart. To completely re-install Windows: 1 If you can still run Windows, back up to c:\backup. - www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in its original factory condition. Important Before your notebook...
... save. 9 Click Yes, then click Next. Recovering your notebook. For instructions, see "To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers:" on page 89. 2 Insert the Windows DVD into your notebook's DVD drive, then turn on your system using the Windows Vista operating ...Click Finish, then click Restart. To completely re-install Windows: 1 If you can still run Windows, back up to c:\backup. - www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in its original factory condition. Important Before your notebook...
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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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... the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. 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 information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 102. 4 Turn off...
... the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. 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 information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 102. 4 Turn off...
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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 ... the on-screen instructions. As part of the process you may be prompted to boot from CD or DVD" appears, press any key on your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any Express cards. 111
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 ... the on-screen instructions. As part of the process you may be prompted to boot from CD or DVD" appears, press any key on your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any Express cards. 111
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... the volume" on page 45. • Make sure that a DVD player program has been installed on your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. For more information, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on page 87. • Make sure that the disc's regional code and your DVD drive's ...you are using powered speakers, make sure that they are using your online User Guide. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on the notebook. For more information about using the built-in your volume control, see "Playing music and movies" in speakers, make ...
... the volume" on page 45. • Make sure that a DVD player program has been installed on your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. For more information, see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on page 87. • Make sure that the disc's regional code and your DVD drive's ...you are using powered speakers, make sure that they are using your online User Guide. For more information, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on the notebook. For more information about using the built-in your volume control, see "Playing music and movies" in speakers, make ...
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...button that you may need to the correct port. • Make sure that the printer is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. Make sure that you may need to work offline. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click Printers. 136 ...To set to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. The printer is online. Many printers have selected it is connected to press so the printer can start printing. You see a "Printer queue is ...
...button that you may need to the correct port. • Make sure that the printer is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. Make sure that you may need to work offline. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click Printers. 136 ...To set to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. The printer is online. Many printers have selected it is connected to press so the printer can start printing. You see a "Printer queue is ...