Recovering lost or damaged software

Recovering

lost

or damaged software

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This section describes how to recover

lost

 

or

damaged

software.

 

 

 

 

following

table

shows

what

is

needed to recover your system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

 

 

 

Tools

Provided

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For

More

Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You need to diagnose the

Usecom- the

PC-Doctor**

program.

See

“Using the PC-Doctor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

puter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

program”

for

general

 

information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You need to recover a

lostUseor the

ThinkPad

Software

 

 

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for

general

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

information.

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CD-ROM

 

also

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

contains online help for detailed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

instructions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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information. The CD-ROM also

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

contains online help for detailed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

instructions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You need to recover your Useentirethe

Recovery

CD.

 

 

See

“Using

the

Recovery

CD”

on

 

 

 

hard disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 110

for

general

information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using

the

PC-Doctor

program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The PC-Doctor program allows you

to

run

diagnostics

tests

on

your

 

 

 

 

computer. You

have

the

option

to

run

test

sets,

 

 

or

individual

tes

 

 

 

 

To run PC-Doctor,

do

as

follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. ClickStart .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Move

the

cursorProgramsto

 

, PC-Doctor

 

;

then

clickPC-Doctor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for

Windows .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Follow

the instructions on the screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using

the

ThinkPad

Software

Selections

 

CD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

ThinkPad

Software

Selections

CD

is

provided

for

your

installa-

 

 

 

 

tion convenience. If you need to reinstall a software application

 

 

 

 

hardware

device

 

driver,

put

the

 

ThinkPad Software

Selections

CD

in

 

 

 

 

your CD-ROM drive. The menu of

the

features

appears

automat-

 

 

 

 

 

ically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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