IBM S31, S30 manual Related service information, Restoring the pre-installed software

Related service information

This section provides information about restoring the pre-installed software.

Restoring the pre-installed software

To restore the pre-installed software for the s30 you can use either the Product Recovery Program or a Recovery CD.

To restore the pre-installed software for the s31 you can only use the Product Recovery Program.

The Product Recovery Program is in a section of the hard disk drive (the Service Partition) that is not displayed by Windows Explorer. Use the Recovery CD if it was provided with the computer.

Note: The recovery process might take up to 2 hours.

To use the Product Recovery program to restore the pre-installed software, do the following:

1.Save all files and shut down the desktop.

2.Turn off the computer.

3.Turn on the computer. Quickly press F11 when this message is displayed on the screen: ...″To start the Product Recovery Program, press F11″...This message is displayed for only a few seconds.

Note: If this message does not appear, you can use a Recovery Repair diskette to get access to the Product Recovery program. (see “To create a recovery repair diskette” on page 8 for instructions of making the Recovery Repair diskette).

4.From the list displayed on the screen, select the operating system you want to recover.

5.Select the recovery options you want, and follow the instructions on the screen.

Creating the service partition for the s30 series

To create the Service Partition and install the preloaded system from the Recovery CD, do the following;

To create the Service Partition (SP):

1.Erase all partitions on the hard-disk drive using FDISK or a similar application.

2.Boot with the Recovery CD (and the boot diskette if required).

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