Reinstalling the Operating System

Software Updates, Restorations and Utilities

6.Press enter to continue. (A Licensing Agreement screen is displayed.)

7.Press F8 to accept the agreement and continue. (The Setup window is displayed.)

8.Press R to repair the selected Windows installation. (The repair process begins.)

After the repair process is complete, which may take up to 2 hours, the notebook restarts in Windows.

If the System Recovery and operating system repair procedures did not restore functionality to your notebook, it may be necessary to reinstall the operating system.

ÄCAUTION: Personal data and any software you have installed on the notebook will be lost during the operating system reinstallation procedure described in this section. To protect your data, back up your My Documents folder before beginning the procedure. For back up information and instructions, select Start > Help and Support. Also see “Backing Up and Restoring Data” earlier in this section.

✎During the reinstallation, you may be prompted for your product key. The product key is displayed on the Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity label affixed to the underside of the notebook.

To reinstall the operating system using the OS CD included with the notebook:

1.Connect the notebook to external power and turn on the notebook.

2.Immediately insert the OS CD into the optical drive.

3.Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds to turn off the notebook.

4.Briefly press the power button to start the notebook.

5.When prompted, press any key to boot from CD. (After a few minutes, the Welcome to Setup screen is displayed.)

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X1083AP, X1097AP, X1075AP, X1040AP, X1047AP specifications

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