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Recovering factory-installed programs and files 9-23
Recovering factory-installed
programs and files
Your Aptiva comes with preinstalled system and program
files. If you accidentally erase any of these files, or if some of
these files become corrupted when you install a new
program, you can recover them. To recover lost or corrupted
files that were installed at the factory, you need the Aptiva
Product Recovery CD-ROM that came with your computer.
The preinstalled software is licensed, not sold. The licenses
to preinstalled software allow you to make a backup copy to
prevent accidental loss or destruction of the software.
To protect your personal data and any special system
configuration, you should make regular backups of your data
and configuration files. You will need these backup copies if
you ever need to recover your system. In some cases, the
recovery process formats the hard drive, erasing all the files
there, and then installs new copies of the system and
program files on the clean drive.
It’s a good idea to duplicate the directory structure that is on
your hard drive when you make backup copies of files.
Otherwise, you need to keep notes about where your files
belong on the hard drive. If you ever have to recover your
system, you will need to copy your personal data and
configuration files back to their original hard drive location.
To recover the factory installed system and program files,
follow these steps:
1.
Make sure your computer is turned on.
2.
Put the Aptiva Product Recovery CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive.
3.
Turn off your computer.
4.
Wait for 30 seconds.
5.
Turn on your monitor and computer.
6.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
7.
After the Aptiva software has been reinstalled, copy
your personal configuration and data files back into
their original directories on the hard drive.
Note:
If you have entered Setup and selected a hard disk to
boot before your CD-ROM drive as your startup
device, you might not be able to use the Aptiva
Product Recovery CD to recover lost files.
Refer to the section “Boot from CD-ROM” on
page 5-14.
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