Recovering Pre-Installed Software And Drivers - Gateway MT6704 Reference Manual

If you upgrade or exchange your hard drive or if your hard
drive is completely erased or corrupted, your only option for
system recovery may be to reinstall Windows from the
Windows DVD, then recover your pre-installed software and
device drivers using recovery discs that you created. (Your
computer must have a DVD-compatible drive to use these
options.)
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Recovering pre-installed software and drivers

You can perform a partial recovery by recovering the software
and device drivers that were pre-installed at the factory. If you
need to recover software that did not come pre-installed on
your system, you need to follow that software's installation
instructions.
You can recover pre-installed software and drivers from a set
of recovery discs (you must create the discs) or by using
Gateway Recovery Center.
Preparing for software and device driver recovery
You can usually recover your pre-installed software and
drivers from your hard drive. However, if you ever re-install
Windows from the Windows DVD or install a new hard drive,
you need to recover your pre-installed software and drivers
using a set of software and driver recovery discs. Because
these discs do not come with your computer, you should
create your own set.
recommend that you prepare for any eventuality and create a set of recovery
discs while you have the opportunity.
You should create a set of discs for recovering your
pre-installed software and device drivers, in case you need to
use them later for a complete system recovery. (Your
computer must have a recordable disc drive to perform this
procedure.)
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To re-install Windows using the Windows DVD, see
"Recovering your system using the Windows DVD" on
page 83.
To re-install your pre-installed software and device
drivers using recovery discs, see
pre-installed software and drivers using recovery discs"
on page 77.
Caution
Although you may not be expecting to need recovery discs, we
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