Gateway NE510 User Manual - Page 30

Recovering from a recovery backup, F12 Boot Menu, Enabled, Changes and Exit, Exit Saving Changes

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30 - Recovery 4. The recovery process begins by restarting your computer, then continues by copying files to your hard drive. This process takes about 30 minutes. Recovering from a recovery backup To recover from a recovery backup on a USB drive: 1. Find your recovery backup. 2. If your computer does not have a built-in keyboard, make sure a keyboard is attached to your computer. 3. Plug in the USB drive and turn on your computer. 4. If it is not already enabled, you must enable the F12 Boot Menu: a. Press when starting your computer. b. Use the left or right arrow keys to select the Main menu. c. Press the down key until F12 Boot Menu is selected, press to change this setting to Enabled. d. Use the left or right arrow keys to select the Exit menu. e. Depending on the type of BIOS your computer uses, select Save Changes and Exit or Exit Saving Changes and press Enter. Select OK or Yes to confirm. f. Your computer will restart. 5. During startup, press to open the boot menu. The boot menu allows you to select which device to start from, select the USB drive. a. Use your arrow keys to select USB Device, then press Enter. b. Windows starts from the recovery backup instead of the normal startup process. 6. Select your keyboard type. 7. Select Troubleshoot and then choose the type of recovery to use: a. Click Advanced then System Restore to start Microsoft System Restore: Microsoft System Restore periodically takes a 'snapshot' of your system settings and saves them as restore points. In most cases of hard-to-resolve software problems, you can return to one of these restore points to get your system running again.

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30 - Recovery
4.The recovery process begins by restarting your computer, then
continues by copying files to your hard drive. This process takes
about 30 minutes.
Recovering from a recovery backup
To recover from a recovery backup on a USB drive:
1. Find your recovery backup.
2. If your computer does not have a built-in keyboard, make sure a
keyboard is attached to your computer.
3.Plug in the USB drive and turn on your computer.
4. If it is not already enabled, you must enable the
F12 Boot Menu
:
a.Press <
F2
> when starting your computer.
b. Use the left or right arrow keys to select the
Main
menu.
c. Press the down key until
F12 Boot Menu
is selected, press <
F5
>
to change this setting to
Enabled
.
d. Use the left or right arrow keys to select the
Exit
menu.
e. Depending on the type of BIOS your computer uses, select
Save
Changes and Exit
or
Exit Saving Changes
and press
Enter
.
Select
OK
or
Yes
to confirm.
f.
Your computer will restart.
5.During startup, press <
F12
> to open the boot menu. The boot menu
allows you to select which device to start from, select the USB drive.
a. Use your arrow keys to select
USB Device
, then press
Enter
.
b.Windows starts from the recovery backup instead of the normal
startup process.
6.Select your keyboard type.
7.Select
Troubleshoot
and then choose the type of recovery to use:
a. Click
Advanced
then
System Restore
to start Microsoft System
Restore:
Microsoft System Restore periodically takes a ’snapshot’ of your
system settings and saves them as restore points. In most cases
of hard-to-resolve software problems, you can return to one of
these restore points to get your system running again.