Gigabyte S11M Manual - Page 10

English Recovery Guide 9 System Recovery (Restore your laptop operating system) When something is going wrong with the laptop operating system, the storage of the laptop has a hidden partition containing a full back up image of the operating system that can be used to restore the system to factory default settings. Note ˙˙If the storage has been switched or the partition deleted, the recovery option will no longer be available and a recovery service will be needed. ˙˙The recovery function is only available on devices with O/S preinstalled. Devices with DOS do not have the recovery function. Launch System Recovery The system recovery feature is preinstalled before the laptop is shipped from the factory. The option menu allows you to launch the Windows recovery tool to reinstall the operating system to factory default. The brief introduction below will show you how to start the recovery tool and restore your system. All ready to go Make sure your PC is plugged in. This will take a few minutes. Windows 8 Recovery Guide 1 Turn off and restart the laptop. 2 Press and release the Power button to turn on the operation system. Press "-" to enter into GIGABYTE System Recovery. Use Directing Hot Key to operate GIGABYTE Smart Recovery. 3 Choose your keyboard layout. You can press "See more keyboard layouts" to see next page of languages. 4 Choose "Troubleshoot" to enter the recovery settings. (Also you can choose "Continue" to exit recovery system and continue to Windows 8 for files or data backup.) There are two options for system recovery ˙˙Refresh your PC You can refresh your laptop to improve the system stability without losing your files. ˙˙Reset your PC If you want to remove all of your files, you can reset your PC completely. Caution: All personal data and files will be lost.