Fujitsu LIFEBOOK E549 Operating Manual page 106

Appendix
Use a recovery drive to reinstall Windows
Note: This process utilizes the USB Recovery Drive that you created in the
previous section "Create a Recovery Drive".
1. Connect the recovery drive and turn on your PC.
2. On the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot - Reset this PC, and then
choose the reset option that's best for you.
If that doesn't fix the problem, try Troubleshoot - Recover from a drive. This will remove your personal
files, apps and drivers you installed, and changes you made to settings. If you repartitioned the
drive Windows is installed on, note that this will restore the drive's default partitions.
Use installation media to reinstall Windows
If you have installation media, like a Recovery DVD that you purchased from
Fujitsu, you can use it to reinstall Windows. You will need to install additional
drivers and applications after reinstalling Windows.
To reinstall Windows, follow the steps below:
1. Power on your system. When the Fujitsu logo appears on the screen, press the
2. Insert the bootable disc in your DVD drive.
3. Highlight the CD/DVD option from the Boot Menu and press
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to restore the image.
• Select the language.
• At the Windows Setup dialog window, enter your OS, language and other
preferences and click Next to continue.
• Click Install now to proceed with reinstalling Windows.
• At License terms, check on I accept the license terms and click Next.
• At Which type of installation do you want, click on Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).
• Delete all partitions on the drive and click Next. Installation of Windows will start. This will
take some time so please wait until the installation is finished and the system restarts.
5. When the system restarts, perform all set-up steps to arrive at the Desktop.
6. Connect to the Internet.
7. Use the Backup of the contents of the C:\Drivers folder to install needed drivers and
applications to your system. If it is not available, download the software from the
Fujitsu Support Site, as described below in the "Auto Installation support for the
software downloaded from support website" section below.
Auto Installation support for the software downloaded from support website
1. Download FSDM (Fujitsu Software Download Manager) from the support site and download all
the drivers applicable to the model and OS using FSDM if they are not downloaded yet.
2. When the software packages are downloaded from the web, it is important to
download the Auto Installer Software package and the model/language-specific
Readme file if you prefer to auto install the software.
3. It is important to have the extracted Auto Installer software package folder and
Readme file in the same location as the other software folders. Otherwise
auto-installation of the software will not be supported.
4. Inside the Auto Installer software package, launch FjAutoinstall.exe as administrator.
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