IBM THINKPAD A20M User Manual download pdf (Page 32)

Creating the service partition:

To create the Service Partition and install the preloaded

system from the Recovery CD, do the following:

To create the Service Partition (SP):

1. Erase all partitions on the hard-disk drive, using FDISK

or a similar application.

2. Boot with the Recovery CD (and the boot diskette if

required.)

3. Following message appears: “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.

4. Enter Y. 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.

5. 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.

Continue to step 6 to install preloaded system.

Install preloaded system from CD:

6. Boot with the Recovery CD (and the boot diskette if

required.)

7. If the hard-disk drive is blank, the following message

appears: “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.

v To preload the hard-disk drive without installing the

Service Partition, press the N key.

8. If you get a message asking which operating system

to install, highlight the proper operating system and

press Enter.

9. A message appears: “Full Recovery:”. Press Enter to

select.

10. Enter the Y at each of the next three windows.

11. Follow the prompts to complete Recovery.

To create a recovery repair diskette

If the prompt needed for access to the Product Recovery

program does not appear, you can recover it by use of the

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