Gateway provided this Windows Vista Operating System disc with two different hard drive recovery solutions, depending on the date you received your computer. The following differences between the solutions will help you verify which solution is specific to your computer:

Gateway® Recovery Center in Windows Vista®

• F8 to access recovery options on startup
• Recovery options in Windows are listed under All Programs, Gateway Recovery Center, and then Gateway Recovery Center
• NTFS recovery partition listed with volume label "RECOVERY" in Disk Management
• Password settings are not available in the Recovery options in Windows
• Can create ISO images of backup media

Gateway® Recovery Management in Windows Vista®

• Alt-F10 to access recovery options on startup
• Recovery options in Windows are listed under All Programs, Gateway, and then Gateway Recovery Management
• EISA configuration recovery partition listed with no volume label in Disk Management
• Password settings available in the Recovery options in Windows
• Can not create ISO images of backup media

Recovery from Windows Vista Operating System Disc - The following items are methods for recovering or repairing the computer using the provided Windows Vista Operating System Disc.

• New Installation of Windows Vista from backup media
• Windows Recovery Environment