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Recovering your system using the Windows DVD

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www.gateway.com 9 Click Yes, then click 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 Finish, then click Restart. Your notebook restarts in its original factory condition. You still need to reinstall any software that was not pre-installed on your notebook. If you selected Recovery with automatic data backup in Step 8, you can find your backed up files in c:\backup. Recovering your system using the Windows DVD If you install a new hard drive or completely re-format your original hard drive, you must recover your system using the Windows Vista operating system DVD. You also need to recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. To completely re-install Windows: 1 If you can still run Windows, back up your personal files, and create a set of software and driver recovery discs (if you have not already done so). For instructions, see "To create discs for recovering pre-installed software and drivers:" on page 88. 2 Insert the Windows DVD into your notebook's DVD drive, then turn on or restart your notebook. 3 When the prompt "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD" appears, press any key on your keyboard. A list of valid boot devices appears. 4 Press the arrow keys to select the drive containing the Windows DVD, then press ENTER and follow the on-screen instructions. 5 After Windows is completely re-installed, use the software and driver recovery discs you created to recover your notebook's pre-installed software and device drivers. For instructions, see "Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs" on page 91. 97

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www.gateway.com
97
9
Click
Yes
, then click
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
Finish
, then click
Restart
. Your notebook restarts
in its original factory condition. You still need to reinstall
any software that was not pre-installed on your
notebook.
If you selected
Recovery with automatic data
backup
in
Step 8
, you can find your backed up files in
c:\backup.
Recovering your system using the
Windows DVD
If you install a new hard drive or completely re-format your
original hard drive, you must recover your system using the
Windows Vista operating system DVD. You also need to
recover your notebook’s pre-installed software and device
drivers.
To completely re-install Windows:
1
If you can still run Windows, back up your personal files,
and create a set of software and driver recovery discs
(if you have not already done so). For instructions, see
“To create discs for recovering pre-installed software
and drivers:” on page 88
.
2
Insert the Windows DVD into your notebook’s DVD
drive, then turn on or restart your notebook.
3
When the prompt “Press any key to boot from CD
or DVD” appears, press any key on your keyboard. A list
of valid boot devices appears.
4
Press the arrow keys to select the drive containing the
Windows DVD, then press
E
NTER
and follow the
on-screen instructions.
5
After Windows is completely re-installed, use the
software and driver recovery discs you created to
recover your notebook’s pre-installed software and
device drivers. For instructions, see
“Recovering
pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs”
on page 91
.