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 esc to continue installing a fresh copy of the operating system.

9.Press enter to set up the operating system.

10.Press C to continue setup using this partition.

11.Select Format the partition using the NTFS file system (Quick), then press enter. (A caution is displayed. The caution explains that formatting this drive will delete all current files.)

12.Press F to format the drive. (The reinstallation process begins.)

After the repair process is complete, which may take up to

2 hours, the notebook restarts in Windows, and you can begin to reinstall device drivers.

Reinstalling Device Drivers and Other Software

After the installation process is complete, you must reinstall drivers.

To reinstall drivers using the Driver Recovery CD included with the notebook:

1.While running Windows, insert the Driver Recovery CD into the optical drive.

If the CD does not open within several seconds, select Start > Run. Then type D:\SWSETUP\APPINSTL\SETUP.EXE (where D indicates the optical drive).

2.Follow the on-screen instructions for installing drivers.

After the drivers are reinstalled, you must reinstall any software you added to the notebook. Reinstallation instructions are usually provided on the software CD, in the CD package, or at the manufacturer’s Web site.

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X1083AP, X1097AP, X1075AP, X1040AP, X1047AP specifications

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