GIGABYTE G-MAX N501 - Manual (Page 60)

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N501 User’s Manual
6.1 Using the Xpress Recovery Utility
Xpress Recovery utility is an utility for backing up and restoring your operating
system partition. Your hard drive must conform to the following specifications
for this utility to run properly.
1. It must support FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS format.
2. It must be used with IDE hard disc supporting HPA.
3. The first partition must be set as the boot partition. Please do not change
the size of the boot partition once it has been backed up.
4. It must connect to IDE1 master.
Note:
1. If you have previously formatted your hard disc with other partition
manager or any similar utilities, your hard disc will not be recovered to its
original state by using Xpress Recovery.
2. System data and the reading/writing speed of your hard disk will affect the
back up speed.
3. Xpress Recovery will not function when your hard disc crashes. Please
contact your dealer immediately.
How to enter the Xpress Recovery:
There are two ways to enter the Xpress Recovery utility:
1. Press <F9> during startup.
2. Select “Advanced BIOS” setup menu and set boot from CD-ROM. Save and
exit the BIOS setup. When “CD-ROM:” appears at the bottom of the
screen, press any key to enter the Xpress Utility.
How to use the Xpress Recovery:
This utility will recover your system to
factory default.
1. Press RECOVER to recover your
system. The system will begin
restoring the image to the original
state.
2. Press EXIT to exit and restart your
notebook computer G-MAX N501.