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Contents
Notices ..................................................................................................... ii
Chapter 1: Maintaining Your Notebook ........................................5
Using This Book...................................................................................... 6
Identifying Your Model .......................................................................... 7
Maintaining Your System....................................................................... 8
Virus checking.................................................................................. 9
Hard drive utilities............................................................................ 9
Chapter 2: ReinstallingWindows 95 System Software ...............11
Reinstalling Your Windows 95 System ............................................... 12
Partitioning and formatting the hard drive .................................... 12
Partitioning the hard drive.............................................................. 13
Formatting the hard drive............................................................... 18
Installing Windows 95 ................................................................... 19
Chapter 3: Reinstalling Windows NT System Software ............25
Reinstalling Your Windows NT System.............................................. 26
Partitioning and formatting the hard drive .................................... 26
Partition formatting with FAT file system .................................... 26
Installing Windows NT.................................................................. 27
Chapter 4: Installing Drivers and Related Software ..................29
About Device Drivers............................................................................ 30
Installing device drivers ................................................................. 30
Installing CD-ROM drivers ........................................................... 31
Installing for Windows 95 ............................................................. 32
Installing for Windows NT ............................................................ 45
Chapter 5: Managing System Resources ......................................55
Port/IRQ Configurations....................................................................... 56
Solo notebook interrupts (IRQs).................................................... 56
Checking Windows 95 resources .................................................. 57