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Recovering the operating system and support software, Important, Full Recovery, Partial Recovery

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Your computer was shipped from the factory with a FAT16 primary partition. The IBM Product Recovery CD for Windows NT Workstation will work correctly only if your primary partition is FAT16. Important If your primary partition is not FAT16, you will see a message about an invalid partition that needs to be repartitioned with the FDISK command. To run the FDISK command from the IBM Product Recovery CD, type FDISK at the command prompt. Delete the primary partition, leave the IBM Product Recovery CD in the CD-ROM drive, and restart the computer. The IBM Product Recovery CD partitions your hard disk correctly. Recovering the operating system and support software Use the following steps to recover the factory-installed operating system and software: 1. Make backup copies of configuration files and any files you created. Any files not backed up will be lost. 2. Insert the IBM Product Recovery CD into your CD-ROM drive. 3. Restart your computer. If your computer does not start from the CD, you need to change your startup sequence (see "Changing the startup sequence" on page 18), then repeat steps 1-3. 4. A window opens with the following options: Full Recovery: Reformat your hard disk and restore all files. Partial Recovery: Reformat your hard disk and restore Windows NT Workstation and all device drivers. Repair: Run the Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Emergency Repair utility. System Utilities: View the System Utilities menu. 5. Select the option you need and follow the instructions on the screen. 6. When the recovery is complete, remove the IBM Product Recovery CD and restart your computer. 7. If you changed your startup sequence, make sure you change it back immediately. Chapter 4. Troubleshooting and recovery 17

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Your computer was shipped from the factory with a FAT16 primary
partition.
The IBM
Product Recovery
CD for Windows NT Workstation will
work correctly only if your primary partition is FAT16.
Important
If your primary partition is not FAT16, you will see a message about an
invalid partition that needs to be repartitioned with the FDISK
command.
To run the FDISK command from the IBM
Product Recovery
CD, type
FDISK
at the command prompt.
Delete the primary partition, leave the
IBM
Product Recovery
CD in the CD-ROM drive, and restart the
computer.
The IBM
Product Recovery
CD partitions your hard disk
correctly.
Recovering the operating system and support software
Use the following steps to recover the factory-installed operating system
and software:
1.
Make backup copies of configuration files and any files you created.
Any files not backed up will be lost.
2.
Insert the IBM
Product Recovery
CD into your CD-ROM drive.
3.
Restart your computer.
If your computer does not start from the CD,
you need to change your startup sequence (see “Changing the startup
sequence” on page
18), then repeat steps 1-3.
4.
A window opens with the following options:
±
Full Recovery
:
Reformat your hard disk and restore all files.
±
Partial Recovery
:
Reformat your hard disk and restore Windows
NT Workstation and all device drivers.
±
Repair
:
Run the Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Emergency Repair
utility.
±
System Utilities
:
View the System Utilities menu.
5.
Select the option you need and follow the instructions on the screen.
6.
When the recovery is complete, remove the IBM
Product Recovery
CD
and restart your computer.
7.
If you changed your startup sequence, make sure you change it back
immediately.
Chapter 4.
Troubleshooting and recovery
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