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System recovery Repairing the operating system An operating system repair does not delete your personal data. To repair the operating system, use the Operating System disc that was shipped with the notebook: 1. Connect the notebook to an AC outlet through the AC adapter, and then turn on the notebook. 2. Immediately insert the Operating System disc into the notebook. 3. Shut down the notebook using the standard shutdown procedure for your operating system. ✎ If you are unable to shut down the notebook using the operating system, press and hold the power button for 5 seconds. (If your notebook has a power/standby button, a power switch, or a power/standby switch instead of a power button, refer to "Quick troubleshooting" in Appendix A, "Troubleshooting.") 4. Turn the notebook on by briefly pressing the power button. 5. When prompted, press any key to boot from the disc. (After a few minutes, the setup wizard opens and the "Welcome to Setup" page is displayed.) ✎ On the "Welcome to Setup" page do not press R (step 8 in this procedure) until you have completed steps 6 and 7. 6. Press enter to continue. (A Licensing Agreement page is displayed.) 7. Press f8 to accept the agreement and continue. (The "Setup" page is displayed.) 8. Press R to repair the selected Windows installation. (The repair process begins.) This process may take up to 2 hours to complete. The notebook restarts in Windows after the process is complete. Getting Started B-5

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System recovery
Repairing the operating system
An operating system repair does not delete your personal data. To repair the
operating system, use the
Operating System
disc that was shipped with the
notebook:
1. Connect the notebook to an AC outlet through the AC adapter, and then
turn on the notebook.
2. Immediately insert the
Operating System
disc into the notebook.
3. Shut down the notebook using the standard shutdown procedure for
your operating system.
✎
If you are unable to shut down the notebook using the operating
system, press and hold the power button for 5 seconds. (If your
notebook has a power/standby button, a power switch, or a
power/standby switch instead of a power button, refer to “Quick
troubleshooting” in
Appendix A, “Troubleshooting.”
)
4. Turn the notebook on by briefly pressing the power button.
5. When prompted, press any key to boot from the disc. (After a few
minutes, the setup wizard opens and the “Welcome to Setup” page
is displayed.)
✎
On the “Welcome to Setup” page do
not
press
R
(step 8 in this
procedure) until you have completed steps 6 and 7.
6. Press
enter
to continue. (A Licensing Agreement page is displayed.)
7. Press
f8
to accept the agreement and continue. (The “Setup” page is
displayed.)
8. Press
R
to repair the selected Windows installation. (The repair process
begins.)
This process may take up to 2 hours to complete. The notebook restarts in
Windows after the process is complete.
Getting Started
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