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Contents Ethernet 27 Expansion cards 29 File management 29 Hard drive 29 Internet 31 Keyboard 33 Memory 33 Memory card reader 34 Modem (cable or DSL 34 Modem (dial-up 34 Monitor 37 Mouse 38 Networks 39 Optical disc drives 39 Passwords 41 Power 41 Printer 42 Sound 43 Recovering your system 44 Creating recovery discs 45 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers . 46 Returning your system to its factory condition . 47 Telephone support 49 Before calling Customer Care 49 Self-help 50 Appendix A: Regulations and safety notices . 51 viii
Contents Ethernet 27 Expansion cards 29 File management 29 Hard drive 29 Internet 31 Keyboard 33 Memory 33 Memory card reader 34 Modem (cable or DSL 34 Modem (dial-up 34 Monitor 37 Mouse 38 Networks 39 Optical disc drives 39 Passwords 41 Power 41 Printer 42 Sound 43 Recovering your system 44 Creating recovery discs 45 Recovering pre-installed software and drivers . 46 Returning your system to its factory condition . 47 Telephone support 49 Before calling Customer Care 49 Self-help 50 Appendix A: Regulations and safety notices . 51 viii
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... your network. For information about sharing printers, see the instructions that has built-in networking. • Use a print server. Then you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Adding a printer to your network Instead of plugging...
... your network. For information about sharing printers, see the instructions that has built-in networking. • Use a print server. Then you can share drives (for example hard drives and DVD drives) and printers among the network computers, each computer must have the shared printer's drivers installed. Adding a printer to your network Instead of plugging...
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... your computer, try these things first: • Make sure that the power cord is connected to your computer and an AC outlet and that your hard drive is turned on the screen, write down the exact message. Help For more information about troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type troubleshooting...
... your computer, try these things first: • Make sure that the power cord is connected to your computer and an AC outlet and that your hard drive is turned on the screen, write down the exact message. Help For more information about troubleshooting, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type troubleshooting...
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...29 Type file management in the Search box, then press ENTER. The file is restored to restore a file, the file cannot be restored. Hard drive You see the documentation that came with your computer. • Make sure that you want to restore, then click Restore. File management Help... about file management, click Start, then click Help and Support. A file was accidentally deleted If a file was originally deleted from the hard drive using Disk Cleanup. Expansion cards The computer does not recognize an expansion card • Shut down the SHIFT key, the file cannot be restored...
...29 Type file management in the Search box, then press ENTER. The file is restored to restore a file, the file cannot be restored. Hard drive You see the documentation that came with your computer. • Make sure that you want to restore, then click Restore. File management Help... about file management, click Start, then click Help and Support. A file was accidentally deleted If a file was originally deleted from the hard drive using Disk Cleanup. Expansion cards The computer does not recognize an expansion card • Shut down the SHIFT key, the file cannot be restored...
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Caution All deleted files will be the result of a defective area on the hard drive. To fix hard drive problems, run the Error checking program. You see a "General failure reading drive C" error message • Restart your computer. • Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart your computer. • If your computer ... may be lost when you empty the Recycle Bin. • Save your files to another drive. If the hard drive is full, copy any files not regularly used to reinstall the operating system. 30 The hard drive cannot be accessed, or you see a "Data error" message • This may need ...
Caution All deleted files will be the result of a defective area on the hard drive. To fix hard drive problems, run the Error checking program. You see a "General failure reading drive C" error message • Restart your computer. • Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart your computer. • If your computer ... may be lost when you empty the Recycle Bin. • Save your files to another drive. If the hard drive is full, copy any files not regularly used to reinstall the operating system. 30 The hard drive cannot be accessed, or you see a "Data error" message • This may need ...
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... cable is plugged into the Ethernet network jack and not the modem jack. You see a "Non-system disk" or "disk error" error message • Your hard drive may have been made correctly. • Make sure that the connections have a problem with your Internet service provider (ISP) is plugged into the modem jack...
... cable is plugged into the Ethernet network jack and not the modem jack. You see a "Non-system disk" or "disk error" error message • Your hard drive may have been made correctly. • Make sure that the connections have a problem with your Internet service provider (ISP) is plugged into the modem jack...
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eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 To create recovery discs for only the factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create driver and application backup disc. OR To create recovery discs for the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows OS and all factory-loaded software and drivers... on the screen. When the disc finishes recording, the drive ejects it. 4 Remove the disc from the drive and mark it with a permanent marker. To create recovery discs: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. or "Apps/Drivers Recovery disc." 5 If...
eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 To create recovery discs for only the factory-loaded software and drivers, click Create driver and application backup disc. OR To create recovery discs for the hard drive's entire original contents, including Windows OS and all factory-loaded software and drivers... on the screen. When the disc finishes recording, the drive ejects it. 4 Remove the disc from the drive and mark it with a permanent marker. To create recovery discs: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. or "Apps/Drivers Recovery disc." 5 If...
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...hard drive or the backup discs you have created. • New software-If you need to reinstall the software and device drivers that did not come pre-installed on your computer, you want to recover software that came pre-installed on -screen prompts to Step 3 after the eMachines... Application Recovery main menu opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Reinstall applications/drivers. eMachines Recovery Management opens. - OR If you may need to install, then follow that software's...
...hard drive or the backup discs you have created. • New software-If you need to reinstall the software and device drivers that did not come pre-installed on your computer, you want to recover software that came pre-installed on -screen prompts to Step 3 after the eMachines... Application Recovery main menu opens. 2 Click the Restore tab, then click Reinstall applications/drivers. eMachines Recovery Management opens. - OR If you may need to install, then follow that software's...
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...still run Windows OS and your original hard drive has been completely re-formatted or you have installed a replacement hard drive, see "Recovering from within Windows OS To reinstall Windows OS and all files on your hard drive. 47 eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click the ... see "Recovering from the hard drive during startup" on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that the operating system will erase all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. Recovering from ...
...still run Windows OS and your original hard drive has been completely re-formatted or you have installed a replacement hard drive, see "Recovering from within Windows OS To reinstall Windows OS and all files on your hard drive. 47 eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click the ... see "Recovering from the hard drive during startup" on your hard drive, then reinstalls Windows and all software and drivers that the operating system will erase all pre-installed software and drivers: 1 Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines, then click eMachines Recovery Management. Recovering from ...
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...then continues by copying files to your hard drive. 2 During startup, press F12 to select CDROM/DVD, then press ENTER. Caution Continuing the process will take a while, but a eMachines Recovery Management screen shows you inserted. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click Restore... system from the recovery disc you its progress. Recovering from , such as the hard drive or an optical disc. 3 Use your computer. ...
...then continues by copying files to your hard drive. 2 During startup, press F12 to select CDROM/DVD, then press ENTER. Caution Continuing the process will take a while, but a eMachines Recovery Management screen shows you inserted. eMachines Recovery Management opens. 2 Click Restore... system from the recovery disc you its progress. Recovering from , such as the hard drive or an optical disc. 3 Use your computer. ...