IBM G40 Series Important Notice for Users

Important Notice for Users

The ThinkPad G40 computer complies with the radio frequency and safety

standards of any country or region in which it has been approved for wireless

use. Youare requested to install and use your ThinkPad computer in strict

accordance with the local RF regulations. Before you use the ThinkPad G40

computer, please find and read“Regulatory Notice for ThinkPad G40,” the

notice that supplements this Service and TroubleshootingGuide. The notice is

included in the package with this publication.

Instead of providing a recovery CD or a Windows

CD with your computer,

IBM

provides simpler methods of accomplishing the tasks typically

associated with these CDs. The files and programs for these alternative

methods are on your hard disk, which eliminates having to locate misplaced

CDs and problems associated with using an incorrect CD version.

The complete backup of all the files and programs that IBM preinstalled on

your computer resides in a hidden section, or partition, of the hard disk.

Although hidden, the backups in the partition consume hard disk space.

Therefore, when checking the capacity of your hard disk according to

Windows

you might note that the total capacity of the disk appears to be

smaller than anticipated. This discrepancy is explained by the contents of the

hidden partition. (See “Recovering pre-installed software”on page 31.)

For more information about recovering your hard disk to the original

preinstalled contents refer to your on-system help source,Access IBM. Press

the blue Access IBM button or click the Access IBM icon on your desktop, and

then browse the Learn section for various topics that cover backing up and

recovering.