Recovering Your System To Its Factory Condition - Gateway FX7026 Reference Manual

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Recovering your system to its factory condition

If your computer's problems are not solved by any of the other
recovery options, you may need to recover its hard drive to its
factory condition. This process is called a factory recovery.
reinstalls Windows and any pre-installed software and device drivers. If you can
access important files on your hard drive, back them up now.
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CHAPTER 6: Troubleshooting
On the left side of the window, click Create a restore
point or change settings, then click Next. The System
Properties dialog box opens to the System Protection tab.
Click Create. The Create a restore point dialog box opens.
Type a description for the restore point (such as the date
and time), then click Create. The restore point is created.
Click OK.
Caution
A complete factory recovery deletes everything on your hard drive, then