Recovering Your System; Recovering From Your Hard Disk; Recovering Using The Recovery Cds; Reinstalling Software Or Driver - BenQ Joybook 5000 series User Manual

Recovering Your System

Before following any of the methods below to restore your system, you should try
to use Microsoft Windows XP System Restore tool to restore under Windows. If you
don't know where the System Restore tool is, you can just insert the Recovery CD
Disc 1 into CD-ROM drive under Windows, then Recovery CD will auto-launch the
Windows XP System Restore tool.
System recovery is a data destructive process. You should backup all data and
applications prior to restoring. Please make sure your system is connected to AC
Power before continuing.

Recovering From Your Hard Disk

Your Joybook provides you with a One-Button Quick Recovery method from its
hard drive.
To use One-Button Quick Recovery:
1. Restart your Joybook.
2. During the restart process, press the F10 key when you see "<-+>" symbols dis-
played on the upper-left part of the screen. The system will then enter the Quick
Recovery mode.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Recovering Using the Recovery CDs

You should receive a Recovery CD pack containing CDs that you can use to
rebuild your system. These Recovery CDs will help you to restore the hard disk
with the original content that was installed when you purchased your Joybook.
Follow the steps below to rebuild your hard disk.
The Primary Partition (Drive C:) will be reformatted. The data files on Extended Par-
tition (Drive D:) will not be erased.
To recover your system using the recovery CDs:
1. When Joybook starts up, press the E E sc key to enter the Boot Menu during
Power-On Self-Test (POST) while the BenQ Joybook logo is being displayed.
2. Insert the Recovery CD Disc 1 into the CD-ROM drive.
3. Select C C D-ROM/DVD from Boot Menu and press the E E nter key.
4. Then system will boot from CD-ROM and you will see the Quick Restore
screen.
5. When you finish the recovery process, remember to remove the Recovery CD.

Reinstalling Software or Driver

To install/reinstall the software or driver that was installed when you purchased
your Joybook, you could find the source files on the Recovery CD Disc 2.
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