IBM 240 manual Using the Recovery CD with a new HDD

Recovering lost or

damaged software

48.

TypeFormat C:

at the DOS prompt. You

are

warned

that all

your

data

on drive C

will

be

lost.

Press

[Y]

and then

press

[Enter].

49.

After

the

format

has

completed,

you

are prompted to enter a

volume

label.

Type

a volume

label

and

press [Enter].

50. After the format has completed, repeat the previous two steps format the remaining drives available (replacing "C" with D, E, and F, etc.)

51. After all

drives

have

been formatted,

insert

the

Recovery CD

the CD-ROM drive.

52.

TypeSOFTCP

at

the

command

prompt

and

press

[Enter].

The original image will be transferred to your computer. This

process

may

take

from

20

to

30

minutes.

53.

When

a

completion

message

appears,

remove

the

Recovery CD

from the CD-ROM drive

and

the

bootable

recovery

diskette from

the

FDD.

54.

Restart

the

computer.

The

computer

restarts

with

the

preinstalled

configuration.

Using the Recovery CD with a new HDD

After you have your new HDD installed, you may have to repartit and format the disk before using the Recovery CD. Follow these instructions:

1.Turn the computer off.

2.Connect the external FDD. See “Attaching the external FDD drive” on page 58.

3.Connect the external CD-ROM drive. See “Attaching the external CD-ROM drive” on page 59. Ensure that the CD-ROM drive

power is on.

4. Insert the bootable recovery diskette into your FDD.

5. Turn the computer on. The computer boots to the prompt.

6. TypeFDISK at the DOS prompt.

The FDISK Options screen appears.

7. Press [1], and then press [Enter].

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