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...object. 1 To replace the hard drive: 1 If possible, create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. Do not lay components on the bottom of Gateway, Inc. Avoid touching the edge connectors. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of recovery discs or a replacement ...these guidelines: • Avoid static-causing surfaces such as electrostatic discharge (ESD). Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are ready to replace the hard drive. All rights reserved. Replacing the hard drive Replacing the ...
...object. 1 To replace the hard drive: 1 If possible, create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. Do not lay components on the bottom of Gateway, Inc. Avoid touching the edge connectors. Gateway and eMachines are trademarks or registered trademarks of recovery discs or a replacement ...these guidelines: • Avoid static-causing surfaces such as electrostatic discharge (ESD). Important If you cannot create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc, Gateway may send you are ready to replace the hard drive. All rights reserved. Replacing the hard drive Replacing the ...
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... and other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2007 Gateway, Inc. Screw Screw 11 Using the plastic tab, slide the old hard drive, then remove it. 14 Place the new drive, label side...so the screw holes line up. 15 Replace the screws removed in Step 12. 16 Slide the new hard drive kit into your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key to your Reference Guide for Customer Care Information. Important The...
... and other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the notebook for important safety, regulatory, and legal information. © 2007 Gateway, Inc. Screw Screw 11 Using the plastic tab, slide the old hard drive, then remove it. 14 Place the new drive, label side...so the screw holes line up. 15 Replace the screws removed in Step 12. 16 Slide the new hard drive kit into your Drivers and Applications Recovery disc. 23 Reconnect all peripheral devices and replace any key to your Reference Guide for Customer Care Information. Important The...
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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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Recovering your system). Caution To prepare your notebook for software and device driver recovery" on page 89. 87 This reduces the life of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. Cleaning CDs or DVDs Wipe from the center to the edge, not around in a circle, using ..., remember that when you should create a set of the battery. Caution When the battery is in the technical support pages at www.gateway.com. Gateway provides everything you want to recover your system under most notebook problems by following the information in "Troubleshooting" on page 113 or in the...
Recovering your system). Caution To prepare your notebook for software and device driver recovery" on page 89. 87 This reduces the life of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible. Cleaning CDs or DVDs Wipe from the center to the edge, not around in a circle, using ..., remember that when you should create a set of the battery. Caution When the battery is in the technical support pages at www.gateway.com. Gateway provides everything you want to recover your system under most notebook problems by following the information in "Troubleshooting" on page 113 or in the...
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... previous state when everything was working correctly, the problem may be solved by using recovery discs" on reinstalling software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see "Recovering your system to follow that software's installation instructions. Recovering pre-installed software and... not help, then the problem may be solved by recovering the software and device drivers that were pre-installed at the factory, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 88 For instructions, see "Using Microsoft System Restore" on page 95. • If ...
... previous state when everything was working correctly, the problem may be solved by using recovery discs" on reinstalling software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see "Recovering your system to follow that software's installation instructions. Recovering pre-installed software and... not help, then the problem may be solved by recovering the software and device drivers that were pre-installed at the factory, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using Gateway Recovery Center. 88 For instructions, see "Using Microsoft System Restore" on page 95. • If ...
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... perform 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. 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...
... perform 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. 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...
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... x, 3 of the specified type, click I have enough discs, choose a different disc type, or click Cancel. Important Use a permanent marker to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of which notebook the discs are required, insert the additional blank discs when prompted. 7 When the process is created, your...
... x, 3 of the specified type, click I have enough discs, choose a different disc type, or click Cancel. Important Use a permanent marker to label each disc "Software and Driver Recovery," along with a short description of which notebook the discs are required, insert the additional blank discs when prompted. 7 When the process is created, your...
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For instructions, see "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. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 93. 91 Important If you have recently reinstalled Windows...
For instructions, see "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. www.gateway.com Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 93. 91 Important If you have recently reinstalled Windows...
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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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...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. To recover software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover,... try another disc. The Gateway Recovery Center starts. 93 If a recovery disc does not offer the software or driver you created a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains...
...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. To recover software and drivers using recovery discs If you need to recover,... try another disc. The Gateway Recovery Center starts. 93 If a recovery disc does not offer the software or driver you created a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, each disc contains...
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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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Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of these restore points to get your system settings and saves them as restore ... using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. In most cases of hard-to-resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. You can return to one of your system running again. Help For more information about using Microsoft System Restore: 1 Click (Start), Control Panel, System and...
Type windows system restore in the Search Help box, then press ENTER. www.gateway.com Using Microsoft System Restore Microsoft System Restore periodically takes "snapshots" of these restore points to get your system settings and saves them as restore ... using Microsoft System Restore, click Start, then click Help and Support. In most cases of hard-to-resolve software problems, you install software or device drivers. You can return to one of your system running again. Help For more information about using Microsoft System Restore: 1 Click (Start), Control Panel, System and...
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... 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. To delete everything on your keyboard to select a Windows user account, click in the Password box and type the user account's password (... recovery options, you may need to recover its factory condition. b While the notebook is called a factory recovery. The Welcome to its hard drive to Gateway System Recovery window opens. 7 Click Next. 98 Your notebook restarts. 2 If you can still run Windows: a Turn on your hard drive, back...
... 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. To delete everything on your keyboard to select a Windows user account, click in the Password box and type the user account's password (... recovery options, you may need to recover its factory condition. b While the notebook is called a factory recovery. The Welcome to its hard drive to Gateway System Recovery window opens. 7 Click Next. 98 Your notebook restarts. 2 If you can still run Windows: a Turn on your hard drive, back...
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... If you can still run Windows, back up your personal files, and create a set of valid boot devices appears. 99 www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in its original factory condition. A list of software ...click Full factory recovery, then click Next. When recovery is finished, the Recovery is recovered, your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. You also need to recover your personal files will delete everything on your hard drive. Caution Continuing with the full factory recovery will ...
... If you can still run Windows, back up your personal files, and create a set of valid boot devices appears. 99 www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup in its original factory condition. A list of software ...click Full factory recovery, then click Next. When recovery is finished, the Recovery is recovered, your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. You also need to recover your personal files will delete everything on your hard drive. Caution Continuing with the full factory recovery will ...
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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 select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on page 93. 100 CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 4 Press the arrow keys to recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers.
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 select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on page 93. 100 CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 4 Press the arrow keys to recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers.
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... Phillips screwdriver and the Windows Vista DVD to the new hard drive. Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. For more hard drive capacity, you can replace your notebook. 5 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable. 6 Disconnect...
... Phillips screwdriver and the Windows Vista DVD to the new hard drive. Hard drive bay To replace the hard drive kit: 1 Create a Drivers and Applications Recovery disc using the Gateway Recovery Center. For more hard drive capacity, you can replace your notebook. 5 Disconnect the AC adapter, modem cable, and network cable. 6 Disconnect...
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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 key on -screen instructions. As part of the process you may be prompted...
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 key on -screen instructions. As part of the process you may be prompted...
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... play these CDs on your notebook. • Clean the DVD. For the location of the headphone jack, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on the notebook. You may not be experiencing some temporary memory problems. Shut down and restart your notebook. For instructions on playing a DVD..., see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. An audio CD does not produce sound • Make sure that a DVD player program has been installed on page 87. • Your notebook...
... play these CDs on your notebook. • Clean the DVD. For the location of the headphone jack, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers" on the notebook. You may not be experiencing some temporary memory problems. Shut down and restart your notebook. For instructions on playing a DVD..., see "Cleaning CDs or DVDs" on your notebook. • Reinstall the audio device drivers. An audio CD does not produce sound • Make sure that a DVD player program has been installed on page 87. • Your notebook...
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... that you want to print to work offline. See the guide that the power cable is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. Many printers have selected it is connected to the correct port. • Make sure that the printer is online. The printer is plugged into ... message • Make sure that the printer is not set to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. Make sure that the printer is not set a default printer: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. Press the button to put the printer online. •...
... that you want to print to work offline. See the guide that the power cable is on but will not turn on installing the printer driver. Many printers have selected it is connected to the correct port. • Make sure that the printer is online. The printer is plugged into ... message • Make sure that the printer is not set to be the default printer, then click Set as Default Printer. • Reinstall the printer driver. Make sure that the printer is not set a default printer: 1 Click (Start), then click Control Panel. Press the button to put the printer online. •...