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Hardware and Software Guide
Software Updates, Restorations and Utilities
Repairing the Operating System
To repair the operating system without deleting your
personal data, use the
Operating System
disc that was shipped
with the notebook:
1. Connect the notebook to external power and turn on
the notebook.
2. Immediately insert the
Operating System
disc (included with
the notebook) into the optical drive.
3. Press and hold the power/standby button for 5 seconds to turn
off the notebook.
4. Press the power/standby button again to start the notebook.
5. When prompted, press any key to boot from the disc. (After a
few minutes, the Welcome to Setup screen is displayed.)
6. Press
enter
to continue. (A Licensing Agreement screen
is displayed.)
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If your system is not recognized as an existing Windows
installation, you will not be able to repair the operating system
without losing data. Press
F3
to exit and refer to the Microsoft
Knowledge Base at
http://support.microsoft.com/
for
information on using Recovery Console.
7. Press
f8
to accept the agreement and continue. (The Setup
window is displayed.)
8. Press
R
to repair the selected Windows installation. (The
repair process begins. The notebook restarts in Windows after
the process is complete.)
