eMachines E510 Series manual You should have successfully upgraded your Firefox

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To start the recovery process:

1Restart the system.

2While the eMachines logo is showing, press <Alt> + <F10> at the same time to enter the recovery process.

3Refer to the onscreen instructions to perform system recovery.

Important! This feature occupies 10 GB in a hidden partition on your hard disk.

I want to restore my computer to its original settings using a recovery disc. (only for certain models)

The Recovery disc will help you to restore the hard drive with the original software content that was installed when you purchased your notebook. Follow the steps below to rebuild your hard drive. Your drive will be reformatted and all data will be erased. It is important to back up all data files before you use this option.

1Press the power button to turn the system on.

2Press F2 during the Power-On Self-Test (when the eMachines logo is displayed on screen after bootup) to enter BIOS Setup.

3Select the Boot menu.

4Refer to onscreen instructions to set the first device to any bootable optical disc drive.

5Insert the Recovery disc into the selected optical disc drive.

6Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu or press F10.

7Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation process.

8Restart your computer. Linpus Linux installation will finish.

How do I upgrade to the latest version of Firefox? (only for certain models)

1Go to http://rpm.pbone.net/

2Type Firefox in the search bar

3Look for Fedora 6 package

Note: There are multiple Firefox RPM packages you can choose from. For example, to upgrade to Firefox 2.0.0.11, you can search for firefox-2.0.11- 1.fc8.remi.i386.rpm package and download.

4After downloading, run rpm -Uvh firefox-2.0.0.11-1.fc6.remi.i386.rpm (in Konsole).

You should have successfully upgraded your Firefox.

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