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Appendix A Setup Utility (BIOS) ..................................................................................................................... 71
Starting Setup Utility ........................................................................................................................... 71
Using Setup Utility .............................................................................................................................. 71
Navigating and selecting in Setup Utility ............................................................................ 71
Changing the language of Setup Utility ............................................................................. 71
Displaying system information ........................................................................................... 72
Restoring default settings in Setup Utility .......................................................................... 72
Exiting Setup Utility ............................................................................................................ 73
Setup Utility menus ............................................................................................................................ 73
Main menu ......................................................................................................................... 73
Security menu .................................................................................................................... 73
System Configuration menu .............................................................................................. 73
Diagnostics menu .............................................................................................................. 74
Updating the BIOS ............................................................................................................................. 74
Determining the BIOS version ........................................................................................... 74
Downloading a BIOS update ............................................................................. 75
Updating programs and drivers .......................................................................................................... 76
Appendix B Backup and recovery .................................................................................................................. 77
Creating recovery discs ...................................................................................................................... 77
Backing up your information ............................................................................................................... 78
Using Windows Backup and Restore ................................................................................ 79
Using system restore points .............................................................................................. 79
When to create restore points ........................................................................... 79
Create a system restore point ........................................................................... 79
Restore to a previous date and time ................................................................. 80
Performing a recovery ........................................................................................................................ 80
Recovering using the recovery discs ................................................................................. 80
Recovering using the dedicated recovery partition ............................................................ 80
Index ................................................................................................................................................................... 81
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