IBM R50series Important notice for users

Important notice for users

The ThinkPad

R50 Series computer complies with the radio frequency and safety standards of any

country or region in which it has been approved for wireless use.You are requested to install and use

your ThinkPad computer in strict accordance with the local RF regulations. Before you use the ThinkPad

R50 Series computer,please find and read Regulatory Notice for ThinkPad R50 Series, 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 harddisk 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 preinstalledcontents, 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.