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CHAPTER 7: Maintaining Your Notebook

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Recovering your system

You can solve most computer problems by following 

the information in 

 or in the 

technical support pages at 

www.gateway.com

. 

Problem solving may also involve reinstalling some or 

all of the computer’s software (also called 

recovering

 

or 

restoring

 your system). Gateway provides 

everything you need to recover your system under 

most conditions.

To recover your system:

 

1 Create recovery discs as soon as you can.

You can use these discs later for recovering your 

system from significant hardware and software 

problems. For instructions, see 

2 Perform minor fixes.

If only one or two items of software or hardware 

have stopped working correctly, the problem 

may be solved by reinstalling the software or the 

device drivers. To recover software and drivers 

that were pre-installed at the factory, see 

. For instructions on reinstalling 

software and drivers that were not pre-installed, 

see that product’s documentation or technical 

support Web site.

3 Revert to a previous system condition.

If reinstalling software or drivers does not help, 

then the problem may be solved by returning 

your system to a previous state when everything 

was working correctly. For instructions, see 

4 Reset your system to its factory condition.

If nothing else has solved the problem and you 

want to reset your system to factory condition, 

see 

.

Caution

To prepare your computer for additional system recovery 

options, you should create a set of recovery discs as soon as possible. 

Recovery discs take some time to create, but for long-term reliability, 

the effort is worth it. For instructions, see 

.