Related service information
Related service information
This section provides information about the following:
v“Service Web site”
v“Restoring the
v“Passwords” on page 32
v“Power management” on page 34
Service Web site
When the latest maintenance diskette and the system program service diskette become available, they will be posted on http://www.lenovo.com/think/spm
Restoring the pre-installed system
When the hard disk drive is replaced because of a failure, no Product Recovery program is on the new hard disk. In this case, you must use the recovery CD for the computer. Order the recovery CD and the hard disk drive at the same time so that you can recover the new hard disk drive with the
Recovery to Factory Contents by using Product Recovery CDs
To create the service partition and install the factory contents from the recovery CD, do the following:
Note
The recovery process might take up to 2 hours.
1.Insert the recovery CD into the CD or DVD drive, then restart the computer.
2.Following message is displayed: “Your computer originally included a Product Recovery program ...
Reinstall the Product Recovery program? (Y/N) [ ]”.
3.Press Y key. The service partition is created and loaded with the Product Recovery program files.
4.At next window, press Enter to continue.
vThe service partition is created. The system automatically reboots during this process.
vThe recovery process copies some files to the service partition, and PKUNZIPs others.
vFollow the prompts. You may be prompted to change CDs.
vWhen the process is complete, the system reboots.
5.If you get a message asking which operating system to install, select the proper operating system and press Enter.
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