Lenovo ThinkPad A21m Hardware Maintenance Manual for ThinkPad A21e (2628) - Page 25

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Related service information Related service information This section provides information about the following: v "Service Web site" v "Using Recovery CD" v "Passwords" on page 22 v "Power management" on page 24 Service Web site When the latest maintenance diskette and the system program service diskette are available, a notice will be posted on http://www.pc.ibm.com/partner/infotips/ Using Recovery CD To create Service Partition and install the preloaded system from Recovery CD, do the following; To create Service Partition [SP]: 1. Erase all partitions on the hard-disk drive using FDISK or similar application. 2. Boot with Recovery CD (and boot diskette if required). 3. A menu will appear stating "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 will not receive this menu - go to step 1. 4. Enter "Y" and Service Partition will be created and loaded with D2D files. Note: If you do not want to create Service Partition, press "N", and then go to step 8. 5. Press "ENTER" at next window to continue. v Service Partition will be created. System will automatically reboot during this precess. v Recovery process will copy some files to the Service Partition, PKUNZIP others v Follow prompts - you may be prompted to change CDs. v System will reboot when complete, continue to step 6 to install preloaded system. Install preloaded system from CD: 6. Boot with Recovery CD (and boot diskette if required) 7. If the hard-disk drive is blank, a menu will appear stating "Your computer originally included a Product Recovery program ... Reinstall the Product Recovery Program? (Y/N) [ ]". v To install Service Partition, go to step 4. v To preload hard-disk drive without installing Service Partition, press "N". General descriptions 21

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Related service information
This section provides information about the following:
v
“Service Web site”
v
“Using Recovery CD”
v
“Passwords” on page 22
v
“Power management” on page 24
Service Web site
When the latest maintenance diskette and the system
program service diskette are available, a notice will be
posted on
Using Recovery CD
To create Service Partition and install the preloaded
system from Recovery CD, do the following;
To create Service Partition [SP]:
1.
Erase all partitions on the hard-disk drive using FDISK
or similar application.
2.
Boot with Recovery CD (and boot diskette if required).
3.
A menu will appear stating “
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
will not receive this menu — go to step 1.
4.
Enter “
Y
” and Service Partition will be created and
loaded with D2D files.
Note:
If you do not want to create Service Partition,
press “
N
”, and then go to step 8.
5.
Press “
ENTER
” at next window to continue.
v
Service Partition will be created. System will
automatically reboot during this precess.
v
Recovery process will copy some files to the Service
Partition, PKUNZIP others
v
Follow prompts — you may be prompted to change
CDs.
v
System will reboot when complete, continue to step
6 to install preloaded system.
Install preloaded system from CD:
6.
Boot with Recovery CD (and boot diskette if required)
7.
If the hard-disk drive is blank, a menu will appear
stating “
Your computer originally included a
Product Recovery program ... Reinstall the
Product Recovery Program? (Y/N) [ ]
”.
v
To install Service Partition, go to step 4.
v
To preload hard-disk drive without installing Service
Partition, press “
N
”.
Related service information
General descriptions
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