4–18 Getting Started
Notebook Tour
Optical Discs
Software on optical discs, such as CDs or DVDs, is included
with all notebook models.
■The software applications packaged with this Getting Started
guide are not preinstalled on your notebook. Depending on
how you want to use your notebook, you might want to install
some or all of these applications.
■The software applications packaged with the Help and
Support Guide are preinstalled or preloaded on your
notebook. The software discs are provided in case you ever
need to repair or reinstall this software.
❏The discs packaged with the Help and Support Guide also
provide operating system recovery and driver recovery
software. Application recovery software is provided with
select notebook models.
❏The Documentation CD, which is also packaged with the
Help and Support Guide, contains Adobe® Acrobat®
PDF files, not software. The files on the Documentation
CD are not preinstalled or preloaded on your notebook.
For more information about the recovery software and the
Documentation CD, and for software installation instructions
(including instructions for installing preloaded software),
refer to the printed Help and Support Guide included with
your notebook. The Help and Support Guide is also available
on the Documentation CD.