Restoring Pre-Installed Software; Restoring The Factory Image - Fujitsu Lifebook N3530 User Manual

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RESTORING PRE-INSTALLED SOFTWARE

The Recovery and Utility Disc contains sets of device
drivers and Fujitsu utilities (in specific directories) that
are unique to your notebook configuration for use as
documented below
.
If you have access to the internet, visit the
Fujitsu Support web site at http://
www.computers.us.fujitsu.com/support to
check for the most current information,
drivers and hints on how to perform
recovery and system updates.
Automatically Downloading Driver
Updates on page 74 for more information)
Re-Installing Individual Drivers and Applications
The Drivers and Applications CD can be used to selec-
tively re-install drivers and/or applications that may have
been un-installed or corrupted.
There may be certain free third-party
applications pre-installed on your system
that are not on the DAR CD. The latest
versions of the applications can be
downloaded from the third-party's website.
To re-install drivers and/or applications:
1. Boot up the system and insert the DAR CD after
Windows has started. A Fujitsu Installer screen is
displayed after the CD is inserted.
2. After reading the License Agreement, click [I agree].
3. A window will appear containing a list of applica-
tions, drivers, and utilities that you can install from
the Drivers and Applications CD
The components listed are color-coded in
terms of their install status. Blue indicates
that the component can be installed. Green
indicates that the component needs to be
installed separately. Grey indicates a
component that is already installed; grey
items can be reinstalled, but prior to
installation you will receive a reminder that
the component is already installed.
4. In the list, check off all the components you want to
install. If you want to install all components, click
[Select All]. Clicking [Select All] will select all of the
blue-coded components; you must select grey and
green components separately.
5. Once you have selected the components you wish to
install, click [Install Selected Subsystems]; the
components will be installed.
6. After the components are installed, click [OK], then

RESTORING THE FACTORY IMAGE

The Recovery and Utility Disc that came with your
system contains two utilities:
(See
BOOT Priority Change
Before restoring an image, you must first verify that your
system is set up to boot from the DVD drive. To verify/
change the boot-up priority (rather than booting-up
from the hard drive or an external floppy disk drive),
perform the following steps:
1. Start your system and press the [F2] key when the
.
2. Using the arrow keys, go to the Boot menu.
3. Arrow down to the Boot Device Priority submenu.
4. If "Optical Media Drive" or "CD-ROM Drive" is not
5. If you have an external DVD drive connected,
6. If you have an external DVD drive connected:
T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g
[Yes] when asked if you want to reboot the system.
The Recovery utility allows you to restore the original
contents of the C: drive.
The Hard Disk Data Delete utility on this disc is used
to delete all data on your hard disk and prevent it from
being reused. Do not use the Hard Disk Data Delete
utility unless you are absolutely certain that you want
to erase your entire hard disk, including all partitions.
• The use of this disc requires that you
have a device capable of reading DVDs
attached to your system. If you do not
have a built-in DVD drive, you will need
to attach an external drive. For more
information on available external devices,
visit our Web site at:
http://www.computers.us.fujitsu.com.
• This disc can only be used with the
system with which it was purchased.
Fujitsu logo appears. You will enter the BIOS Setup
Utility.
Press [Enter].
at the top of the list, arrow down to the drive in the
list, and press the space bar (or the + key) to move it
to the top of the list. (The system attempts to boot
from the devices in the order in which they are
listed.). Note that the BIOS for some systems will
indicate "CD-ROM Drive", even when a DVD drive
is connected.
proceed to step 6; otherwise, proceed to step 7.
• Select the Advance menu in the BIOS window.
• Scroll down to the USB Features submenu and
press the Enter key to open it.
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