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Contents Overclocking the processor 87 Recovering your system 88 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 89 Using Microsoft System Restore 94 Recovering your system to its factory condition 97 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . . . 98 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your ...
Contents Overclocking the processor 87 Recovering your system 88 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers 89 Using Microsoft System Restore 94 Recovering your system to its factory condition 97 Recovering your system using the Windows DVD . . . . . 98 Chapter 8: Upgrading Your ...
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Tip You can create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. For more information, see "Preparing for software and device driver recovery" on page 89. 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. For more information, see "Preparing for software and device driver recovery" on page 89. 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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... your system to factory condition, see that were pre-installed at www.gateway.com. To recover software and drivers that product's documentation or support Web site. • If re-installing software or drivers does not help, then the problem may be solved by returning your ... To re-install your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 93. 88 CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook Recovering your system You can solve most conditions. Gateway provides everything was working correctly, the problem may be...
... your system to factory condition, see that were pre-installed at www.gateway.com. To recover software and drivers that product's documentation or support Web site. • If re-installing software or drivers does not help, then the problem may be solved by returning your ... To re-install your pre-installed software and device drivers using recovery discs, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 93. 88 CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook Recovering your system You can solve most conditions. Gateway provides everything was working correctly, the problem may be...
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...installed on your system, you need to follow that you need to use them later for software and device driver recovery You can usually recover your pre-installed software and drivers from your hard drive. However, if you ever re-install Windows from a set . If you need ... recordable disc drive to perform this is the case, you may want to recover your pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers You can perform a partial recovery by using a set of discs for recovering your own set of recovery discs...
...installed on your system, you need to follow that you need to use them later for software and device driver recovery You can usually recover your pre-installed software and drivers from your hard drive. However, if you ever re-install Windows from a set . If you need ... recordable disc drive to perform this is the case, you may want to recover your pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers You can perform a partial recovery by using a set of discs for recovering your own set of recovery discs...
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... media, then click Next. CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. If an AutoPlay dialog box opens, click the x in the upper-right corner to create a full set of recovery discs. 90 A dialog box...
... media, then click Next. CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. If an AutoPlay dialog box opens, click the x in the upper-right corner to create a full set of recovery discs. 90 A dialog box...
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...Recovery23 for disc 1 of x, and so on page 93. 91 For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on . The Gateway Recovery Center opens. If you are recording multiple discs, as an option, you must recover your final disc, then label... type, or click Cancel. Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using software and driver recovery discs you do not have created. window opens. 8 Click Finish. 9 Remove your software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs...
...Recovery23 for disc 1 of x, and so on page 93. 91 For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on . The Gateway Recovery Center opens. If you are recording multiple discs, as an option, you must recover your final disc, then label... type, or click Cancel. Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using software and driver recovery discs you do not have created. window opens. 8 Click Finish. 9 Remove your software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center To recover specific drivers and software: 1 Click (Start), All Programs...
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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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...disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers. If an AutoPlay dialog box appears, click Run Grc_Vista.exe. If an AutoPlay dialog box does not appear and Gateway Recovery Center does not start, open Computer and double-click 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. The Gateway Recovery Center starts. 93 To recover software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover,...
...disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains a unique set of software and drivers. If an AutoPlay dialog box appears, click Run Grc_Vista.exe. If an AutoPlay dialog box does not appear and Gateway Recovery Center does not start, open Computer and double-click 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. The Gateway Recovery Center starts. 93 To recover software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover,...
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OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of driver 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 recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft...
OR To recover pre-installed device drivers, click Device driver recovery, then click the type of driver 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 recovery discs, close Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc. Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft...
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... Restore Center. To restore using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each time you install software or device drivers. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The Choose a restore...
... Restore Center. To restore using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. www.gateway.com Windows automatically creates an additional restore point each day, and also each time you install software or device drivers. Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. The Choose a restore...
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...Password box and type the user account's password (if any pre-installed software and device drivers. If you cannot run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The System Recovery Options menu opens. 6 Click Restore Application. Caution A complete... factory recovery deletes everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any ), then click Next. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. Your notebook restarts. 2 If you can still run Windows: a Turn on or restart your hard drive and re...
...Password box and type the user account's password (if any pre-installed software and device drivers. If you cannot run Windows: a Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The System Recovery Options menu opens. 6 Click Restore Application. Caution A complete... factory recovery deletes everything on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and any ), then click Next. The Gateway Recovery Center opens. Your notebook restarts. 2 If you can still run Windows: a Turn on or restart your hard drive and re...
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... opens. 10 Click Finish, then click Restart. The Factory image recovery window opens, which shows you the progress of software and driver recovery discs (if you can still run Windows, back up your backed up files in its original factory condition. If you selected... Your notebook restarts in c:\backup. You still need to reinstall any important files you must recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. You also need to recover your system using the Windows Vista® operating system DVD. CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 8 To perform a...
... opens. 10 Click Finish, then click Restart. The Factory image recovery window opens, which shows you the progress of software and driver recovery discs (if you can still run Windows, back up your backed up files in its original factory condition. If you selected... Your notebook restarts in c:\backup. You still need to reinstall any important files you must recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. You also need to recover your system using the Windows Vista® operating system DVD. CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 8 To perform a...
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For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. A list of valid boot devices appears. 4 Press the arrow keys to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on-screen instructions. 5 After Windows is completely re-installed, use the software and driver recovery discs you created to boot from CD or DVD" appears, press any key to recover your keyboard. www.gateway.com 3 When the prompt "Press any key on page 93. 99
For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. A list of valid boot devices appears. 4 Press the arrow keys to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on-screen instructions. 5 After Windows is completely re-installed, use the software and driver recovery discs you created to boot from CD or DVD" appears, press any key to recover your keyboard. www.gateway.com 3 When the prompt "Press any key on page 93. 99
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Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using recovery discs" on page 102. 4 Turn off your online User Guide. 3 Follow the guidelines under "Preventing static electricity discharge" on ... 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 using the Gateway Recovery Center. For more hard drive capacity, you want to transfer to replace a hard drive kit.
Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using recovery discs" on page 102. 4 Turn off your online User Guide. 3 Follow the guidelines under "Preventing static electricity discharge" on ... 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 using the Gateway Recovery Center. For more hard drive capacity, you want to transfer to replace a hard drive kit.
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... your notebook does not use RAID and the drive 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 key to insert your keyboard and follow the on your notebook, open the...
... your notebook does not use RAID and the drive 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 key to insert your keyboard and follow the on your notebook, open the...
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... CD label is facing up, then try again. • Make sure that they are using your volume control, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 50. • Shut down and restart your notebook. • Clean the disc. For the location of the headphone jack, see "...CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting • Try a different disc. You may not be able to play these CDs on your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. You may be able to play these CDs on page 8. • If you want to adjust the volume control in Windows, see "Cleaning CDs or...
... CD label is facing up, then try again. • Make sure that they are using your volume control, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on page 50. • Shut down and restart your notebook. • Clean the disc. For the location of the headphone jack, see "...CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting • Try a different disc. You may not be able to play these CDs on your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. You may be able to play these CDs on page 8. • If you want to adjust the volume control in Windows, see "Cleaning CDs or...
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... • Make sure that the power cable is not set to the correct port. • Make sure that the printer is on installing the printer driver. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click Printers. 134 The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click ... have an online/offline button that you may need to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. Many printers have selected it is connected to work offline: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. The printer will not turn on ...
... • Make sure that the power cable is not set to the correct port. • Make sure that the printer is on installing the printer driver. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click Printers. 134 The Control Panel window opens. 2 Click Hardware and Sound. 3 Click ... have an online/offline button that you may need to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. Many printers have selected it is connected to work offline: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. The printer will not turn on ...
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..., check with FCC requirements this notebook may be in the specific country sections (or country group sections). Caution Only use drivers approved for use in any move or trip for service. Caution In order to use of the wireless device or devices ...than the one provided with any restrictions on the system rating label. The wireless devices in radio frequency safety standards and recommendations, Gateway believes these devices are present. Important Every country has different restrictions on wireless devices. Because the wireless devices (which the device...
..., check with FCC requirements this notebook may be in the specific country sections (or country group sections). Caution Only use drivers approved for use in any move or trip for service. Caution In order to use of the wireless device or devices ...than the one provided with any restrictions on the system rating label. The wireless devices in radio frequency safety standards and recommendations, Gateway believes these devices are present. Important Every country has different restrictions on wireless devices. Because the wireless devices (which the device...
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www.gateway.com power 9, 16 printer 7, 8 projector 63 scanner 7, 8 speaker 8 television 62 USB 7, 8, 60 VGA 9, 63 video camera 8 wired Ethernet 18 wired network 18 copyright notice 148 D ... troubleshooting 113 diskette drive troubleshooting 113 display brightness 43 switching 26 troubleshooting 114 display properties adjusting 64 documentation User Guide 2 double-clicking 36 dragging 37 drivers recovery discs 90, 93 re-installing 88, 89 drives DVD 50 DVD/CD-RW 7, 50 DVD±RW 7, 50 hard drive 10, 106 HD DVD...
www.gateway.com power 9, 16 printer 7, 8 projector 63 scanner 7, 8 speaker 8 television 62 USB 7, 8, 60 VGA 9, 63 video camera 8 wired Ethernet 18 wired network 18 copyright notice 148 D ... troubleshooting 113 diskette drive troubleshooting 113 display brightness 43 switching 26 troubleshooting 114 display properties adjusting 64 documentation User Guide 2 double-clicking 36 dragging 37 drivers recovery discs 90, 93 re-installing 88, 89 drives DVD 50 DVD/CD-RW 7, 50 DVD±RW 7, 50 hard drive 10, 106 HD DVD...
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... troubleshooting 118 tutorial 29 using 29 Firewire port 8 Fn key 25, 26 152 folders opening 36 function keys 24 G Gateway contact information 2 model number 2 serial number 2 Support 3 Gateway Recovery Center re-installing drivers 91 re-installing programs 91 re-installing software 91 H hard drive bay 10 indicator 23 installing 106 replacing 106 troubleshooting...
... troubleshooting 118 tutorial 29 using 29 Firewire port 8 Fn key 25, 26 152 folders opening 36 function keys 24 G Gateway contact information 2 model number 2 serial number 2 Support 3 Gateway Recovery Center re-installing drivers 91 re-installing programs 91 re-installing software 91 H hard drive bay 10 indicator 23 installing 106 replacing 106 troubleshooting...