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www.gateway.com 2 On the left side of the window, click Create a restore point or change settings, then click Next. The System Properties dialog box opens to the System Protection tab. 3 Click Create. The Create a restore point dialog box opens. 4 Type a description for the restore point (such as the date and time), then click Create. The restore point is created. 5 Click OK. 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. 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. 95

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2
On the left side of the window, click
Create a restore
point or change settings
, then click
Next
. The
System
Properties
dialog box opens to the
System Protection
tab.
3
Click
Create
. The
Create a restore point
dialog box
opens.
4
Type a description for the restore point (such as the date
and time), then click
Create
. The restore point is
created.
5
Click
OK
.
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
.
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.