Notebook Training Manual for Acer TravelMate 530 Department of Education and TrainingVersion 1.0 2003 Page 27 of 36Using your notebook’s Recovery CDsIMPORTANT:THESE CDs WILL DELETE ALL DATA ON YOUR NOTEBOOK AND WILLOVERWRITE ALL SETTINGS THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED.DO NOT USE THESE CDs UNLESS YOU HAVE A SEPARATE COPY OF ALLTHE FILES YOU HAVE CREATED SINCE YOU RECEIVED YOURNOTEBOOK. YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE OF YOURSETTINGS.When would it be necessary to use the Recovery CDs?Only use these CDs if you are having difficulties with your notebook and you have soughthelp within your school or you have contacted the Department’s Customer Service Centre andthey have advised you to use the Recovery CD. These CDs disk will return your notebook toits original configuration, thus fixing any problems caused by software changes since youreceived your notebook.The Recovery CDs will NOT reinstall: Encarta 2003 Windows XP Interactive Training Office XP (and Publisher XP) Clip Art Visio 2002 Viewer.To use the Recovery CDs1. Turn your notebook on.2. Press F12.3. Put Recovery CD - Disk 1 into the CD drive.4. Using the arrow keys, select Boot from CD.5. Press . The Recovery process will start.6. Follow any instructions.7. Wait until the imaging software has finished (about 10 minutes) then restart yournotebook and copy your files back onto it. Replace all the settings for internet, clock,mouse etc.8. Put the Recovery CDs in a safe place.