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Recovering Lost or Damaged Software restores your operating system and hard disk to its factory-shipped configuration. The Recovery CD consists of the original preinstalled software and device drivers. The recovery process might take up to 2 hours. Your computer supports startable CDs. To use the Recovery CD, do as follows: 1. Insert the Recovery CD into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 2. Power off the computer; then turn on the computer. Note: Make sure that the boot priority for CD-ROM is higher than the hard disk drive. See "Startup Configuration" on page 27. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. 4. When a completion message appears, remove the Recovery CD from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 5. Restart the computer. The computer restarts with the preinstalled configuration. ThinkPad Web Site or Bulletin Board IBM supplies all of the altest hardware device drivers and system BIOS for your computer onthe ThinkPad Web site at: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support You can also use the IBM bulletin board service. For more information about online support services, see "Online Support Services" on page 118. 114 ThinkPad i Series 1400/1500 User's Reference

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Recovering Lost or Damaged Software
restores your operating system and hard disk to its factory-shipped
configuration.
The Recovery CD consists of the original preinstalled software and
device drivers.
The recovery process might take up to 2 hours.
Your computer supports startable CDs. To use the Recovery CD, do
as follows:
1. Insert the Recovery CD into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
2. Power off the computer; then turn on the computer.
Note:
Make sure that the boot priority for CD-ROM is higher
than the hard disk drive. See “Startup Configuration” on
page 27.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
4. When a completion message appears, remove the Recovery CD
from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
5. Restart the computer.
The computer restarts with the preinstalled configuration.
ThinkPad Web Site or Bulletin Board
IBM supplies all of the altest hardware device drivers and system
BIOS for your computer onthe ThinkPad Web site at:
You can also use the IBM bulletin board service.
For more information about online support services, see “Online
Support Services” on page
118.
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ThinkPad i Series 1400/1500 User's Reference