The Gateway recovery disc restores your Gateway computer to the condition it was in when you first purchased it. Using this disc potentially saves your business time and money by quickly returning the computer to a productive, working state, rather than wasting valuable business time in the hands of a technician. However, this option will erase all your business files and settings, so it should be used only when encountering irreparable damage to your operating system, or you have readily accessible backups of all your business data.
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May 12, 2016 The 'free gateway recovery disk' would be the one you made from your computer when you first got it. That's what the Gateway manual recommended. There is a hidden partition on the hard disk where that is located. Jan 5, 2012 - But the details of those recovery systems vary by manufacturer. To stop supplying recovery discs with each new Microsoft Operating System based computer. And then click Software and Driver Downloads, as shown here.
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Insert the first recovery disc in your CD/DVD drive and restart your Gateway computer.
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Press 'F12' repetitively once the Gateway logo appears to access the Boot Menu. If the Boot Menu doesn't appear, try again. If it still doesn't appear, try enabling the F12 Boot Menu within BIOS.
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Press 'F2' repetitively when the Gateway logo appears during startup to enter BIOS, if you were able to access the Boot Menu. Press the right arrow key to select the 'Main' menu and press the down arrow to highlight 'F12 Boot Menu.' Press 'F5' to enable the setting. Select 'Exit' and choose to 'Save Changes and Exit.'
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Press the down arrow key to highlight 'CDROM/DVD' and press 'Enter.' Recovery begins automatically.
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Insert the next recovery disc when prompted. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete recovery.
Tip
- If you ever decide to upgrade your office equipment and sell off your Gateway computer, using the recovery disc is a way to erase your business data but retain a usable, salable computer.
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