Laptop recovery is slightly different than say a rebuild of a desktop PC. The software on your laptop is the same basic software you get with a new desktop computer but there are a few differences which separate it from the average PC.
With every laptop you buy you will receive in some form a recovery image which is basically the manufacturers pre-installed, pre-tested and pre-proven software load that works specifically for the model machine you have.
Don’t be fooled into thinking that if your Dell Latitude starts to blue screen that you can load your friends laptop recovery CD from his Toshiba M3 and all will be sweet.. that’s not how it works.
For a number of reasons manufacturers create a preloaded software package which will generally include the following:
Operating System, these days normally Windows Vista,Windows 7 something.
Drivers to suit your laptops hardware ie; video, audio, network/modem and any other hardware that's specific to your laptop is generally supplied with the laptop as part of the vendors preload.
Some hardware is generic and runs fine with native drivers found within Windows already. Devices like hard drives, floppy drives, CD and DVD ROM drives are generally detected and functional without loading any specific drivers.
If you do a generic Windows install (clean Windows install) as part of your laptop recovery, although most devices will work you may find that they don't have full functionality.
For example battery life may be limited without the manufacturer supplied power management utility. Most vendors have custom utilities which utilise the hardware supplied with the laptop, these should always be loaded as a rule.
In fact if you have a problem with your laptop and you call the vendors support line they will more often than not ask you to run the product recovery software (either from the supplied laptop recovery CD’s or from a hidden partition on the hard disk) to rule out your problem being a software issue, which isn’t generally covered under the manufacturers warranty.
If you call for support and you don’t have the vendors software loaded (if you have wiped the machine and just reinstalled Windows) you may not get assistance until you reload the vendors software.
If you find yourself in this situation refer to the manufacturers website, normally they will have a support or download page which will contain all the drivers and utilities you will need.
Using your laptop recovery CD in the event of a system crash can make the rebuilding of your machine a whole lot less painful.
With every laptop you buy you will receive in some form a recovery image which is basically the manufacturers pre-installed, pre-tested and pre-proven software load that works specifically for the model machine you have.
Don’t be fooled into thinking that if your Dell Latitude starts to blue screen that you can load your friends laptop recovery CD from his Toshiba M3 and all will be sweet.. that’s not how it works.
For a number of reasons manufacturers create a preloaded software package which will generally include the following:
Operating System, these days normally Windows Vista,Windows 7 something.
Drivers to suit your laptops hardware ie; video, audio, network/modem and any other hardware that's specific to your laptop is generally supplied with the laptop as part of the vendors preload.
Some hardware is generic and runs fine with native drivers found within Windows already. Devices like hard drives, floppy drives, CD and DVD ROM drives are generally detected and functional without loading any specific drivers.
If you do a generic Windows install (clean Windows install) as part of your laptop recovery, although most devices will work you may find that they don't have full functionality.
For example battery life may be limited without the manufacturer supplied power management utility. Most vendors have custom utilities which utilise the hardware supplied with the laptop, these should always be loaded as a rule.
In fact if you have a problem with your laptop and you call the vendors support line they will more often than not ask you to run the product recovery software (either from the supplied laptop recovery CD’s or from a hidden partition on the hard disk) to rule out your problem being a software issue, which isn’t generally covered under the manufacturers warranty.
If you call for support and you don’t have the vendors software loaded (if you have wiped the machine and just reinstalled Windows) you may not get assistance until you reload the vendors software.
If you find yourself in this situation refer to the manufacturers website, normally they will have a support or download page which will contain all the drivers and utilities you will need.
Using your laptop recovery CD in the event of a system crash can make the rebuilding of your machine a whole lot less painful.
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