IBM IntelliStation E Pro 6836, User Manual

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Before installing any operating system, be sure you obtain the latest updates.
Contact the operating system manufacturer or, if applicable, check the
manufacturer’s World Wide Web site to obtain the updates.
Additional information about operating systems is posted periodically on the
World Wide Web at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support
Product recovery program
The Product Recovery Program is preinstalled on the hard disk drive that comes
with your IBM computer. This program enables you to recover the Windows 2000
or Windows NT operating systems.
This program is designed to be hidden from view to protect the program from
accidental damage. If you are using fdisk, NT Disk Administrator, or another
utility to reformat your hard disk drive, you might be able to see the partition
where the Product Recovery Program is stored. Do not delete this information, or
your Product Recovery Program will be lost.
Backup diskettes for your preinstalled software are not provided with your
computer. However, most of your IBM-preinstalled programs are located on the
C:\IBMTOOLS directory on your hard disk drive. For complete instructions on
recovering some of the preinstalled software, see “Recovering your operating
system and preinstalled software” on page 99.
Additional setup tasks
This section includes information about several tasks that you might want to
perform while setting up your computer. These optional tasks are helpful if
performed when setting up your computer for the first time.
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Setting up Internet Explorer
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Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette
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Creating an emergency repair diskette
Setting up Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is a tool that you can use to navigate your company intranet or
the World Wide Web.
Note: You must be connected to your company intranet or to the World Wide Web
(or both) to be able to use Internet Explorer. For information about
connecting to the Internet, as well as further information about Internet
Explorer, see the Microsoft operating system documentation that comes with
your computer.
Creating emergency repair diskettes
At your earliest opportunity, create emergency repair diskettes. It is important to
create these diskettes, such as, a diagnostics diskette, Norton AntiVirus Rescue
Disks, and the Repair Recovery diskette to use for recovery purposes.
If you add options to your computer, create a new emergency repair diskette to
ensure that it reflects your current system configuration. For complete details on
creating repair diskettes, click on the
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