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Question posted by phillip55874 on July 9th, 2013

Emachines E732z Laptop Recovery Mode Not Working From Function Keys.

We once got the recovery mode to work with Alt F10 but now nothing wants to activate the recovery mode. System only alows F2 and F12 but the boot sequence under F12 shows only one device, the DVD.

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Answer #1: Posted by pcsettlement on July 9th, 2013 2:31 PM

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If you can get to windows start up let it start then try going into the start menu search for create backup it might allow you to make a back up disc that will enable you to manually restore from a disc at start up hope this helps!

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