Recovering Pre-Installed Software And Drivers - eMachines E4264 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
eMachines 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 will 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 computer, 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.
You should create a set of discs for recovering your
pre-installed software and device drivers, in case you will
need to use them later for a complete system recovery. (Your
computer must have a recordable disc drive to perform this
procedure.)
To create discs for recovering pre-installed software
and drivers:
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Click (Start), All Programs, eMachines Recovery
Center, then click eMachines Recovery Center. The
eMachines Recovery Center opens.
Click Applications and drivers external media, then
click Next. The What would you like to do? dialog box
opens.
Click Create system recovery discs, then click Next.
Insert a blank, recordable disc into a recordable disc
drive, then click Next. If an AutoPlay dialog box opens,
click the x in the upper-right corner to close it.
A dialog box opens that tells you the number of blank
discs you will need to create a full set of recovery discs.