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Troubleshooting
Reinstalling Software
What is “Reinstallation”?
Reinstallation refers to formatting the hard disk,
and reinstalling Windows.
When reinstalling Windows using the data of the
recovery area on the hard disk, you can select
the OS to be installed (either Windows 7 (32-bit)
or Windows 7 (64-bit)).
When reinstallation procedure is performed, the
contents of the hard disk will be erased. Be sure
to back up data on your hard disk to another
media or to an external hard disk before running
the reinstallation procedure.
When the hard disk has already been divided into
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several partitions, you can keep the partition for
data.
CAUTION
Do not delete the recovery area on the hard disk.
The recovery partition and HDD recovery partition
are used as recovery partitions.
Hard Disk
HDD recovery partition
Recovery partition
Area usable by Windows
Recovery area
The disk space in the
area is not available to
store data.
The recovery data cannot be backed up to other
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media. Nor can it be backed up to an external
hard disk or other devices.
If the recovery area become corrupted or you
cannot reinstall from the hard disk, use the
Recovery Disc. (
page 85)
Dynamic disks (a type of disk management
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system) are not supported for hard disk recovery.
Do not convert to a dynamic disk.
Reinstallation Procedure
Back up data on your hard disk.
Make a note of the network’s settings, user
name, and password.
Return the Setup Utility settings to their default
values.
Execute reinstallation (Approx. 15 minutes).
Setup Windows.
Change the settings in the Setup Utility. (Only
when necessary)
If you can connect to the Internet, perform
Windows Update.
Preparation
Remove all peripherals and SD memory cards.
Especially, when a USB floppy disk drive, a USB
CD/DVD drive, or an external hard disk drive is
connected, the reinstallation does not operate
properly. Remove them.
CAUTION
Even if reinstallation is performed, the number
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of times of DVD’s region code setting will not
be reset.
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