Owner's Manual

CHAPTER 3: Recovering Your System
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Recovering your system from the hard drive
To recover from the hard drive:
1 Get the operating system disc that came
with your notebook and have it ready.
2 If you can still run Windows, click Start, All
Programs, System Recovery, System
Recovery, then click Ye s . Your notebook
restarts, then the System Recovery
program starts.
- OR -
Turn on or restart your notebook, then
press F11 while your notebook is starting.
3 Insert the Operating System Recovery
CD/DVD when prompted. The System
Recovery program starts.
Caution
The Full System
Restore option deletes
all files on your hard
drive except the
restore files. Make sure
that you back up all
personal data files
before continuing this
process.
4 Click a system recovery option:
■ Full System Restore (Destructive)
reformats the hard drive and
restores the system software as it
was when you purchased your
notebook. This process deletes your
data files.