Gateway M-6873h, Reference Manual

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CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook
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Recovering your system to its factory condition
If your notebook’s problems are not solved by any of the other
recovery options, you may need to recover its hard drive to its
factory condition. This process is called a factory recovery.
To delete everything on your hard drive and re-install all
factory software:
1
If you can still run Windows:
a
Click (Start), All Programs, Gateway Recovery
Center, then click Gateway Recovery Center. The
Gateway Recovery Center opens.
b
Click Recovery, then click Next. Your notebook
restarts.
2
If you cannot run Windows:
a
Turn on or restart your notebook.
b
While the notebook is starting up, repeatedly press
F8 until the Recovery Options screen opens. If
Windows starts to load instead, restart the notebook
and try again.
3
Press the arrow keys on your keyboard to select Repair
Your Computer, then press E
NTER
.
Gateway System Recovery starts, and the System
Recovery Options dialog box opens.
4
Select a language and keyboard layout, then click Next.
5
Click the User name box to select a Windows user
account, click in the Password box and type the user
account’s password (if any), then click Next. The System
Recovery Options menu opens.
6
Click Restore Application. The Welcome to Gateway
System Recovery window opens.
7
Click Next.
Caution
A complete factory recovery deletes everything on your hard drive, then
reinstalls Windows and any pre-installed software and device drivers. If you can
access important files on your hard drive, back them up now.