Recovering Pre-Installed Software And Drivers - Gateway P-6831 Reference Manual

Recovering pre-installed software and drivers

You can perform a partial recovery by recovering the software
and device drivers that were pre-installed at the factory. If you
need to recover software that did not come pre-installed on
your system, you need to follow that software's installation
instructions.
You can recover pre-installed software and drivers from a set
of recovery discs (you must create the discs) or by using
Gateway Recovery Center.
Preparing for software and device driver recovery
You can usually recover your pre-installed software and drivers
from your hard drive. However, if you ever re-install Windows
from the Windows DVD or install a new hard drive, you need
to recover your pre-installed software and drivers using a set
of software and driver recovery discs. Because these discs do
not come with your notebook, you should create your own set.
recommend that you prepare for any eventuality and create a set of recovery
discs while you have the opportunity.
disc. If this is the case, you may want to create an additional set of discs in case
the originals are lost or damaged.
You should create a set of discs for recovering your
pre-installed software and device drivers, in case you need to
use them later for a complete system recovery. (Your notebook
must have a recordable disc drive to perform this procedure.)
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Caution
Although you may not be expecting to need recovery discs, we
Important
Your notebook may have shipped with a Drivers and Applications Recovery
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