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To

restore

your

hard

disk

from

a

Rescue

and

Recovery

backup

or

to

restore

your

hard

drive

to

the

factory

contents,

click

Restore

your

system

in

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

menu;

then,

follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

Note:

After

restoring

your

hard

disk

to

the

original

factory

content,

you

might

have

to

reinstall

some

software

or

drivers.

Refer

to

the

following

notes

for

more

information.

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For

information

about

other

features

of

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace,

click

Help

.

Notes:

1.

After

restoring

a

hard

disk

to

the

original

factory

contents

you

might

have

to

reinstall

device

drivers

for

some

devices.

See

“Recovering

or

installing

device

drivers”

on

page

38.

2.

Some

computers

come

with

Microsoft

Office

or

Microsoft

Works

preinstalled.

If

you

need

to

recover

or

reinstall

your

Microsoft

Office

or

Microsoft

Works

applications,

you

must

use

the

Microsoft

Office

CD

or

Microsoft

Works

CD.

These

CDs

are

provided

only

with

computers

that

come

with

Microsoft

Office

or

Microsoft

Works

preinstalled.

Solving

recovery

problems

If

you

are

unable

to

access

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

or

the

Windows

environment,

you

can:

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Use

your

rescue

media

(CD,

DVD,

or

USB

hard

disk)

to

gain

access

to

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace.

See

“Creating

and

using

rescue

media”

for

details.

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Use

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette

to

repair

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

or

repair

a

file

needed

to

enter

the

Windows

environment.

See

“Creating

and

using

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette”

on

page

37

for

details.

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If

your

intent

is

to

restore

the

contents

of

the

hard

disk

to

its

original

factory

state,

you

can

use

a

set

of

Product

Recovery

discs.

See

“Creating

and

using

product

recovery

discs”

on

page

33.

It

is

important

to

create

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette,

rescue

media,

and

a

set

of

Product

Recovery

discs

as

soon

as

possible

and

store

them

in

a

safe

place

as

a

precautionary

measure.

If

you

are

unable

to

access

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

or

the

Windows

environment

from

rescue

media,

a

Recovery

Repair

diskette,

or

a

set

of

Product

Recovery

CDs,

you

might

not

have

the

rescue

device,

CD

drive,

DVD

drive

or

USB

hard

disk

drive

defined

as

a

startup

device

in

the

BIOS

startup

sequence.

See

“Setting

a

rescue

device

in

the

startup

sequence”

on

page

38

for

more

information.

Creating

and

using

rescue

media

Rescue

media

such

as

a

CD

or

USB

hard

disk

drive

enables

you

to

recover

from

failures

that

prevent

you

from

gaining

access

to

the

Rescue

and

Recovery

workspace

on

your

hard

disk.

Note:

The

rescue

disc,

the

first

disc

of

the

Product

Recovery

discs

and

the

backup

discs

are

startable

(bootable).

They

can

be

started

in

any

type

of

CD

or

DVD

drive

except

for

a

DVD-RAM

media.

To

create

rescue

media,

do

the

following:

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