IBM MT2379 Laptop User Manual


 
Related
service
information
This
section
provides
information
about
the
following:
v
Service
web
site
v
Restoring
the
pre-installed
system
v
Passwords
on
page
28
v
Power
management
on
page
32
Service
web
site
When
the
latest
maintenance
diskette
and
the
system
program
service
diskette
become
available,
a
notice
will
be
posted
on
http://www.ibm.com/pc/partner/infotips
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
pre-installed
software
when
they
arrive.
For
information
on
which
CD
to
order,
see
Recovery
CDs
on
page
247.
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.
v
The
service
partition
is
created.
The
system
automatically
reboots
during
this
process.
v
The
recovery
process
copies
some
files
to
the
service
partition,
and
PKUNZIPs
others.
v
Follow
the
prompts.
You
may
be
prompted
to
change
CDs.
v
When
the
process
is
complete,
the
system
reboots.
Related
service
information
General
descriptions
27