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Recovering your system using the Windows DVD, Recovery with automatic data, backup

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www.gateway.com 8 To perform a recovery with data backup (recommended), click Recovery with automatic data backup, then click 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 Full factory recovery, then click 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 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 93. 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. 103

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8
To perform a recovery with data backup
(recommended), click
Recovery with automatic data
backup
, then click
Next
.
- OR -
To perform a full factory recovery without data backup,
click
Full factory recovery
, then click
Next
.
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 93
.
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.
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.