IBM R30, R31 Fn key combinations, Product recovery program, Restoring the Pre-installed Software

Note: These events depend on the Power button, Sleep button and Lid settings (options set to hibernate mode) in the ″Advanced″ page of the ″Power Management Properties″ screen.

vHibernation requested by the Sleep button (Fn+F4) or (Fn+F12)

vHibernation requested by the power button

vHibernation requested by closing the lid.

Events that cause the computer to exit hibernation mode:

vRTC alarm

vPower-on switch is operated

vWOL (wake on Lan)

When power is turned on, the hibernation history in the boot record on the hard disk is recognized and the system status is restored from the hard disk to resume operation.

Fn key combinations

The following table shows the Fn key and function key combinations and their corresponding functions. Some of the keys do not work if proper device drivers and utilities are not installed.

Fn key	Function
Fn+F3	Display off
Fn+F4	Sleep button
Fn+F7	Switch display output location.
Fn+F8	Display expansion
Fn+F12	Hibernation
Fn+PageUp	Thinkpad light
Fn+Home	Brightness up
Fn+End	Brightness down

Product recovery program

Restoring the Pre-installed Software

To restore the pre-installed software, you can use either the Product Recovery program or a Recovery CD. 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:

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