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blue Access IBM button to open the Access IBM
Predesktop Area: “To interrupt normal startup, press
the blue Access IBM button.”
4. Double-click Recover to factory contents.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
6. When the recovery process finishes, the computer will
restart with the pre-installed operating system, drivers,
and software.
Recovering the hard disk using the
recovery CD
Ordering the recovery CD
When the hard-disk drive is replaced because of a
failure, no Access IBM Predesktop Area is on the
new hard disk. In this case, you must use the
recovery CD for the computer. Order the recovery
CD and the hard-disk drive at the same time so that
you can recover the new hard-disk drive with the
pre-installed software when they arrive. For
information on which CD to order, see “Recovery
CDs” on page 160
To create the service partition and install the factory
contents from the recovery CD, do the following:
To create the service partition:
1. Erase all partitions on the hard-disk drive, using FDISK
or a similar application.
2. For the proper removal of the Hidden Protected
Area(HPA), refer to the white paper at
http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/AIBM-TOOLS.html
3. Boot with the recovery CD (and the boot diskette if
required.)
4. Following message is displayed: “Your computer
originally included a Product Recovery program ...
Reinstall the Product Recovery program? (Y/N) [ ]”.
Note: If the hard-disk drive contains any partitions, you
do not receive this message; go to step 1.
5. Press Y key. The service partition is created and
loaded with the Product Recovery program files.
Note: If you do not want to create the service partition,
press N key, and then go to step 8.
6. At next window, press Enter to continue.
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The service partition is created. The system
automatically reboots during this process.
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The recovery process copies some files to the
service partition, and PKUNZIPs others.
Related service information
General descriptions
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