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Backing Up Your System
Backing Up Your System
To back up your system or reinstall the operating system, your
ThinkPad computer has the following features:
The ThinkPad Customization CD
The Recovery CD
The Diskette Factory program
ConfigSafe
The ThinkPad Web site or bulletin board
For more information about recovering lost or damaged software
“Recovering Lost or Damaged Software” on page 133.
You need an external CD-ROM drive to use the ThinkPad
Customization CD and the Recovery CD.
Use a CD-ROM drive that is compatible to your computer.
ThinkPad Customization CD
You can customize your system using this CD. It contains all the
software applications and hardware device drivers for your computer.
It also contains device drivers and installation instructions for other
operating systems such as Windows NT (To use the ThinkPad
Customization CD
“Using the ThinkPad Customization CD” on
page 133.)
Recovery CD
If you accidentally erase your hard disk, you can use the Recovery
CD to restore the contents of the preinstalled hard disk to what it
was at the time of purchase. (To use the Recovery CD
“Using
the Recovery CD” on page 135.)
Diskette Factory
The Diskette Factory program contains all the hardware device
drivers for your computer.
With this program, you can create the utility and device driver
diskettes. (To use the Diskette Factory
“Using the Diskette
Factory” on page 133.)
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IBM ThinkPad 560Z User's Reference
Title: C79FPMST CreationDate: 06/22/98 12:26:52