Gateway C-140XL 8512715 - Gateway Notebook Reference Guide R3 for Windows Vist - Page 110

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CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click or tap Recovery with automatic data backup, then click or tap Next. Important Before your hard drive is recovered, your personal files will be automatically backed up to c:\backup. - OR To perform a full factory recovery without data backup, click or tap Full factory recovery, then click or tap Next. 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. 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. 102

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CHAPTER
7
: Maintaining Your Notebook
102
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.