6Click Yes to continue with the recovery process.
7Follow the onscreen instructions.
8Complete the computer startup, and finish the registration process. Then reconnect all peripheral devices.
Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Disk Drive
The PC comes with a hard disk drive. Depending on your model, the hard disk drive has 20 gigabytes (GB) to more than 160 GB of total disk space. The PC comes with preloaded software programs and a partition within the hard disk drive that takes up a certain amount of space on the hard disk drive.
Note: The system recovery image is in a partition area of the hard drive; this disk space is not available for your use.
The partition:
3Houses a backup version of the operating system and the programs included with the PC.
3Takes up about 5 GB of hard disk space, reducing the total amount of space available for your use.
3Replaces the need for system and application recovery CDs.
Use the following procedures to:
3View the amount of used and free disk space by using the System Tools Disk Management.
3Uninstall unneeded programs.
3Use the Disk Cleanup utility.
3Reinstall programs that came with the PC.
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