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3. Turn on the computer and follow the instructions on the screen. If the repair operation finishes without error, you will be able to access the Rescue and Recovery program workspace by pressing and holding the Enter or F11 key while you restart your computer. If an error message appears during the repair operation and the repair operation cannot be completed, you might have a problem with the partition that contains the Rescue and Recovery program program. Use your rescue media to access the Product Recovery program. To create a set of Product Recovery discs see "Creating and using rescue media" on page 16. Recovering or installing device drivers Before you can recover or install device drivers, your operating system must be installed on your computer. Make sure that you have the documentation and software media for the device. Device drivers for IBM-installed devices are located on the computer hard disk (usually drive C) in the ibmtools\drivers folder. The instructions for installing device drivers (readme.txt) are also located in the ibmtools\drivers folder. Other device drivers are on the software media that come with individual devices. The latest device drivers for IBM-installed devices are also available on the World Wide Web at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/. To recover a device driver for an IBM-installed device, use the following procedure: 1. Start your computer and operating system. 2. Use Windows Explorer or My Computer to display the directory structure of your hard disk. 3. Open the C:\IBMTOOLS folder. 4. Open the drivers folder. Within the drivers folder are several subfolders that are named for various devices that are installed in your computer (for example, audio, video, and so on). 5. Open the appropriate subfolder. 6. Use one of the following methods to recover the device driver: v In the device subfolder, look for a readme.txt file or other file with the .txt extension that contains information about reinstalling the device driver. This file might be named after the operating system, such as win98.txt. The text file has information on how to reinstall the device driver. Chapter 3. Recovering software 17