Contents

Playing DVDs and Video CDs with InterVideo

WinDVD (Select Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4 General DVD Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4 Playing DVDs or Video CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5 Using DVD Region Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5 Changing Region Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6

Using InterVideo WinDVD Creator (Select Models) . . . 3–6 Preparing to Use InterVideo WinDVD Creator . . . . 3–7 Choosing Recording Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7 Creating DVDs and Video CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8 Sonic RecordNow!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8

4 Software Updates and Restorations

Updating Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1 Accessing Notebook Product Information . . . . . . . . 4–2 Accessing Notebook ROM Information . . . . . . . . . . 4–2 Downloading and Installing Software Updates . . . . . . . . 4–3 Downloading and Installing ROM Updates . . . . . . . 4–4 Downloading and Installing Other Software . . . . . . . 4–7 Recovery Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9 Using the System Restore Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10 Setting a Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10 Restoring to a Restore Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10 Repairing or Reinstalling Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11 Repairing or Reinstalling Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12

Reinstalling Applications from Your

Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12 Reinstalling Applications from the Driver

Recovery CD or an Application Recovery CD . . . . 4–13 Repairing or Reinstalling the Operating System . . . . . . 4–13 Repairing the Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14 About Operating System Reinstallation . . . . . . . . . 4–15 Backing Up Your Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15 Reinstalling the Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–16

Software Guide

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