Lenovo MT 2369 Reinstall the Product Recovery program? Y/N ”, Install preloaded system from CD

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2.For the proper removal of the Hidden Protected Area(HPA), refer to the white paper at http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/AIBM-TOOLS.html

3.Boot with the recovery CD (and the boot diskette if required.)

4.Following message is displayed: “Your computer originally included a Product Recovery program ...

Reinstall the Product Recovery program? (Y/N) [ ]”.

Note: If the hard disk drive contains any partitions, you do not receive this message; go to step 1.

5.Press Y key. The service partition is created and loaded with the Product Recovery program files.

Note: If you do not want to create the service partition, press N key, and then go to step 8.

6.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. Continue to step 6 to install preloaded system.

Install preloaded system from CD:

7.Boot with the recovery CD (and the boot diskette if required.)

8.If the hard disk drive is blank, the following message is displayed: “Your computer originally included a

Product Recovery program ... Reinstall the Product Recovery program? (Y/N) [ ]”.

v To install the service partition, go to step 4.

vTo preload the hard disk drive without installing the service partition, press N key.

9.If you get a message asking which operating system to install, select the proper operating system and press Enter.

10.A message is displayed: “Full Recovery:”. Press Enter to select.

11.On each of the next three windows, press the Y key.

12.Follow the prompts to complete the recovery.

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