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CHAPTER 7 : Maintaining Your Notebook
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8
To perform a recovery with data backup
(recommended), click or tap
Recovery with automatic
data backup , then click or tap Next .
- OR -
To perform a full factory recovery without data backup,
click or tap
Full factory recovery , then click or tap
Next .
9
Click or tap Yes , then click or tap Next . The Factory
image recovery window opens, which shows you the
progress of the system recovery.
When recovery is finished, the Recovery is complete
window opens.
10
Click or tap Finish , then click or tap Restart . Your
convertible notebook restarts in its original factory
condition. You still need to reinstall any software that
was not pre-installed on your convertible notebook.
If you selected Recovery with automatic data
backup in Step 8 , you can find your backed up files in
c:\backup.
Important
Before your hard drive is recovered, your personal files will be
automatically backed up to c:\backup.
Caution
Continuing with the full factory recovery will delete everything
on your hard drive. Make sure that you have backed up any important
files you want to save.