Recovering Your System; Recovering Specific Files And Software - Gateway 200E User Manual

CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System
Important
Use a permanent marker to label each
disc "Gateway Drivers and Applications
Recovery." As you remove each disc from
the drive, use the marker to label each
disc 1 of x, 2 of x, 3 of x, and so on.

Recovering your system

Important
If your hard drive has failed and you
cannot restore the software from the
hard drive, contact Gateway Customer
Care for help. For a fee, Customer Care
may be able to provide a set of recovery
discs to restore your notebook.
For more help, you can find the Gateway
Customer Care contact information on
the label located on the bottom of your

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Open the network location
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of the recovery files.
Double-click the file for the
5
first disc. Your media
burning software opens.
Follow the on-screen
6
instructions of your media
burning software to
complete the burning of the
recovery disc(s).
When the disc is complete, remove that disc and insert another.
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Repeat steps 5-7 for each recovery file until each file is recorded onto a
8
disc. You are done.
If you have problems with your notebook and you need to recover your system,
you can restore specific drivers and programs from a set of recovery discs, roll
back your system to a previous condition when drivers and programs were
working correctly, or reinstall everything from the notebook's hard drive.
To selectively restore device drivers or programs, see
■
files and software" on page
- OR -
notebook.
To restore your system to a previous condition when software and device
■
drivers were working correctly, see
Microsoft System Restore" on page
- OR -
To reinstall everything, see
■
on page
You can perform a partial recovery by recovering specific files, such as device
drivers and most pre-installed software. If you need to recover software that did
not come pre-installed on your system, you need to follow the software's own
instructions for installation.
You can recover specific files using either the Start menu or a drivers and
applications recovery disc that you have created.
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