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Related service information
Related service information
This section provides information about the following:
v“Service web site”
v“Product recovery program”
v“Passwords” on page 27
v“Power management” on page 30
Service web site
When the latest maintenance diskette and the system
program service diskette become available, a notice will be posted on http://www.ibm.com/pc/partner/infotips
Product recovery program
Restoring the pre-installed software:
If the data on a
To restore the
The Product Recovery program is in the Service Partition, a section of the
Note: The recovery process might take up to 2 hours.
To use the Product Recovery program to restore the
1.Save all files and shut down the desktop.
2.Turn off the computer.
3.Turn on the computer. A message appears on the screen: “To start the Product Recovery program, press F11”; or, for Windows XP models, “Press F11 to invoke the IBM Product Recovery program”. Press F11 quickly; 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. (Directions for making a Recovery Repair diskette are given in “To create a recovery repair diskette” on
page 26.)
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.
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