Laptop User Manual

•Toperformacompleteformat,clickFullycleanthedrivetostarttheprocess.Theprocesswill
takeseveralhours.
4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.
Usingtheadvancedstartupoptions
Withtheadvancedstartupoptions,youcanchangethermwaresettingsofthecomputer,changethe
startupsettingsoftheWindowsoperatingsystem,startthecomputerfromanexternaldevice,orrestorethe
Windowsoperatingsystemfromasystemimage.
Tousetheadvancedstartupoptions,dothefollowing:
1.Moveyourcursortothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙General.
2.IntheAdvancedstartupsection,clickRestartnow➙Troubleshoot➙Advancedoptions.
3.Selectadesiredstartupoption,thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
RecoveringyourcomputerfromtheWindowsrecoveryenvironment
TheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentonyourcomputeroperatesindependentlyfromtheWindows8
operatingsystem.IftheWindows8operatingsystemfailstostart,youstillcanusetheWindowsrecovery
environmenttotroubleshootandxproblems.
TheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentstartsautomaticallyinthecaseoftwoconsecutivefailedboots.
TomanuallystarttheWindowsrecoveryenvironment,turnonorrestartthecomputer.BeforetheWindows8
operatingsystemstarts,repeatedlypresstheF11key.TheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentstarts.
TousetheWindowsrecoveryenvironment,dothefollowing:
Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.
1.Selectapreferredlanguageandthenselectapreferredkeyboardlayout.
2.ClickTroubleshoottodisplaytheoptionalrecoverysolutions.
3.Selectacorrespondingrecoverysolutionaccordingtoyoursituation.Forexample,selectResetyour
PCifyouwanttoresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.
Creatingandusingrecoverymedia
YoucancreaterecoverymediaasbackupsfortheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentandtheWindows
recoveryimage.Ifyoucannotstartthecomputer,youcanuserecoverymediatotroubleshootandxthe
problemsonyourcomputer.
Itisrecommendedthatyoucreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.Onceyoucreaterecoverymedia,
keeptheminasafeplaceanddonotusethemtostoreotherdata.
Creatingrecoverymedia
Tocreaterecoverymedia,youneedaUSBdrivewithatleast8GBofstorage.TherequiredUSBcapacity
dependsonthesizeoftherecoveryimage.
Attention:CreatingrecoverymediawilldeleteanythingstoredontheUSBdrive.T oavoiddataloss,makea
backupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.
Tocreaterecoverymedia,dothefollowing:
Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.
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