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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 
convertible notebook must have a recordable disc drive to 
perform this procedure.)
To create discs for recovering pre-installed software 
and drivers:  
1Click or tap  (Start), All Programs, Gateway 
Recovery Center, then click or tap Gateway Recovery 
Center. The Gateway Recovery Center opens.
2Click or tap...

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4Insert a blank, recordable disc into a recordable disc 
drive, then click or tap Next. If an AutoPlay dialog box 
opens, click or tap the x in the upper-right corner to 
close it.
A dialog box opens that tells you the number of blank 
discs you need to create a full set of recovery discs.
5If you have enough blank discs of the specified type, 
click or tap I have enough discs, then click or tap Next. 
If you do not have enough discs, choose a different disc 
type,...

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Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using 
Gateway Recovery Center
To recover specific drivers and software:  
1Click or tap  (Start), All Programs, Gateway 
Recovery Center, then click or tap Gateway Recovery 
Center. The Gateway Recovery Center opens.
2To recover software that was pre-installed, click or tap 
Programs, then click or tap Application recovery.
- OR -Important
If you have recently reinstalled Windows or installed a new hard 
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To recover device drivers that were pre-installed, click 
or tap Hardware, then click or tap Device driver 
recovery.
3Click or tap the software or driver you want to recover, 
then click or tap Next.
Recovering pre-installed software and drivers using 
recovery discs
If you created a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, each disc 
contains a unique set of software and drivers. If a recovery 
disc does not offer the software or driver you need to recover, 
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To recover software and drivers using recovery discs:  
1Insert a software and driver recovery disc into a CD or 
DVD drive. If an AutoPlay dialog box appears, click or 
tapRun Grc_Vista.exe. If an AutoPlay dialog box does 
not appear and Gateway Recovery Center does not 
start, open Computer and run the file Grc_Vista.exe 
on the disc.
The Gateway Recovery Center starts.
2To recover pre-installed software, click or tap 
Application recovery, then click or tap the software 
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To recover pre-installed device drivers, click or tap 
Device driver recovery, then click or tap the type of 
driver you want to recover.
3Click or tap Next.
4If the software or driver is not shown on the list, and 
you have a multiple-disc set of recovery discs, close 
Gateway Recovery Center and try another disc.
Using Microsoft System Restore
Microsoft System Restore periodically takes “snapshots” of 
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To restore using Microsoft System Restore:  
1Click or tap  (Start), Control Panel, System and 
Maintenance, then click or tap Backup and Restore 
Center. The Backup and Restore Center opens.
2On the left side of the window, click or tap Repair 
Windows using System Restore, then click or tap 
Next. The Choose a restore point dialog box opens.
3Click or tap the restore point you want, click or tap 
Next, then click or tap Finish. A confirmation message 
box appears.
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Manually creating a restore point
To manually create a restore point:  
1Click or tap  (Start), Control Panel, System and 
Maintenance, then click or tap Backup and Restore 
Center. The Backup and Restore Center opens.
2On the left side of the window, click or tap Create a 
restore point or change settings, then click or tap 
Next. The System Properties dialog box opens to the 
System Protection tab.
3Click or tap Create. The Create a restore point dialog 
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Recovering your system to its factory 
condition
If your convertible notebook’s problems are not solved by any 
of the other recovery options, you may need to recover its 
hard drive to its factory condition. This process is called a 
factory recovery.
To delete everything on your hard drive and re-install all 
factory software:  
1If you can still run Windows:
aClick or tap  (Start), All Programs, Gateway 
Recovery Center, then click or tap Gateway 
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8To perform a recovery with data backup 
(recommended), click or tap Recovery with automatic 
data backup, then click or tap Next.
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To perform a full factory recovery without data backup, 
click or tap Full factory recovery, then click or tap 
Next.
9Click or tap Ye s, then click or tap Next. The Factory 
image recovery window opens, which shows you the 
progress of the system recovery.
When recovery is finished, the Recovery is complete 
window opens....