Cleaning Cds Or Dvds; Recovering Your System - Gateway MX8711 - Pentium Dual Core 1.6 GHz Reference Manual

Cleaning CDs or DVDs

Wipe from the center to the edge, not around in a circle, using
a product made especially for the purpose.

Recovering your system

You can solve most computer problems by following the
information in
technical support pages at www.gateway.com. Problem
solving may also involve re-installing some or all of the
computer's software (also called recovering or restoring your
system). Gateway provides everything you need to recover
your system under most conditions.
should create a set of software and driver recovery discs as soon as possible.
For instructions, see
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CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook
"Troubleshooting" on page 95
Caution
To prepare your computer for additional system recovery options, you
"Preparing for software and device driver recovery" on
73.
If only one or two items of software or hardware have
stopped working correctly, the problem may be solved
by re-installing the software or the hardware drivers.
To recover software and drivers that were pre-installed
at the factory, see
and drivers" on page
software and drivers that were not pre-installed, see
that product's documentation or support Web site.
If re-installing software or drivers does not help, then
the problem may be solved by returning your system
to a previous state when everything was working
correctly. For instructions, see
Restore" on page
If nothing else has solved the problem and you want
to return your system to factory condition, see
"Recovering your system to its factory condition" on
page 82.
"Recovering pre-installed software
73. For instructions on reinstalling
"Using Microsoft System
79.
or in the