Your Advent computer uses the latest recovery system
that doesn't require any CDs or DVDs to restore your PC to it's
original factory condition.
Due to the nature of the recovery process you should not use
FDISK or any other partition management software on your computer.
Doing so may destroy your backup and prevent the recovery from
functioning correctly.
Restart your computer.
Turn on the computer
and keep tapping F8 until the advanced options
menu is displayed
Use the up/down arrow
keys on the keyboard to highlight Repair Your Computer and
press enter to select it.
Choose the
appropriate language you wish to install (If available)
Once you have chosen your language you will be
presented with the available recovery options.
Microsoft Repair Environment
- If Windows 7 is not listed then you cannot repair the OS
without doing the full recovery. After choosing 7 the
Microsoft 7 startup repair tool will run and attempt to
repair any startup problems you are experiencing.
Reinstall Windows - gives
you the options available to reinstall 7
Advanced Options - this
launches the diagnostic centre allowing you to run chkdsk,
launch notepad or bring up a command prompt.
Exit & restart computer -
exactly as the name suggests.
To continue with the recovery program you need
to choose Reinstall Windows.
Warning: All data will be lost
On first restart the
recovery program spends time detecting the hardware in the
computer and generating the necessary hardware id's for
licensing purposes.
Some basic choices will be made, follow onscreen
prompts
Following it's
completion a final restart will bring you to the desktop and the
Welcome Center.
restore your computer back to factory settings,
follow the steps below:
Place the first Recovery DVD into your
optical drive and start the computer.
After the usual startup screen has
vanished press a key when prompted to load from the DVD and
start The TechGuys recovery program.
Choose the
appropriate language you wish to install (If available)
Once you have chosen your language you will be
presented with the available recovery options.
Microsoft Repair Environment
- If Windows 7 is not listed then you cannot repair the OS
without doing the full recovery. After choosing 7 the
Microsoft 7 startup repair tool will run and attempt to
repair any startup problems you are experiencing.
Reinstall Windows - gives
you the options available to reinstall 7
Advanced Options - this
launches the diagnostic centre allowing you to run chkdsk,
launch notepad or bring up a command prompt.
Exit & restart computer -
exactly as the name suggests.
To continue with the recovery program you need
to choose Reinstall Windows.
Warning: All data will be lost
On first restart the
recovery program spends time detecting the hardware in the
computer and generating the necessary hardware id's for
licensing purposes.
Some basic choices will be made, follow onscreen
prompts
Following it's
completion a final restart will bring you to the desktop and the
Welcome Center.
