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Recovering Windows 98 or Windows 95 device drivers

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Full recovery: Reformat your hard disk and recover or install Windows 95, preinstalled software, and device drivers. Partial recovery: Reformat your hard disk and recover or install Windows 95 and all device drivers. Note: If you select Partial recovery, not all preinstalled software applications will be recovered. Some applications must be installed from the Software Selections CD. For more information on installing software, see Chapter 3, "Installing software from the Software Selections CD" on page 13. Select the option you need and follow the instructions on the screen. Note: Your computer might restart during the recovery process, possibly more than once. When the recovery is complete, your computer will display a message stating that the recovery is complete. 7. When the Windows 95 recovery or installation is complete, remove Product Recovery CD 2 and restart your computer. 8. If you changed your startup sequence, make sure you change it back immediately. See "Changing the primary startup sequence" on page 30 for more information. Note: After Windows 95 is installed, the startup program runs the first time the operating system starts up. For information about startup, see "Starting your computer for the first time" on page 7. Recovering Windows 98 or Windows 95 device drivers Use the following steps if you are recovering or installing Windows 98 or Windows 95 device drivers. Notes: 1. Instructions for installing device drivers are also located on Product Recovery CD 1 at e:\DRIVERS\README.TXT, where e is the CD-ROM drive letter. The device drivers are also available at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ on the World Wide Web. Enter your machine type/model number into the Quick Path field to find the downloadable files specific to your computer. For more information, see the "Getting Help, Service, and Information" chapter in the IBM Quick Reference. 2. Before you can recover or install device drivers, your operating system must be installed on your computer. 24 About Your Software

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±
Full recovery
:
Reformat your hard disk and recover or install
Windows 95, preinstalled software, and device drivers.
±
Partial recovery
:
Reformat your hard disk and recover or install
Windows 95 and all device drivers.
Note:
If you select
Partial recovery
, not all preinstalled software
applications will be recovered.
Some applications must be
installed from the
Software Selections CD
.
For more
information on installing software, see Chapter
3,
“Installing software from the Software Selections CD” on
page 13.
Select the option you need and follow the instructions on the
screen.
Note:
Your computer might restart during the recovery process,
possibly more than once.
When the recovery is complete, your
computer will display a message stating that the recovery is
complete.
7.
When the Windows 95 recovery or installation is complete, remove
Product Recovery CD 2
and restart your computer.
8.
If you changed your startup sequence, make sure you change it back
immediately.
See “Changing the primary startup sequence” on
page
30 for more information.
Note:
After Windows 95 is installed, the startup program runs the first
time the operating system starts up.
For information about startup,
see “Starting your computer for the first time” on page
7.
Recovering Windows 98 or Windows 95 device drivers
Use the following steps if you are recovering or installing Windows 98 or
Windows 95 device drivers.
Notes:
1.
Instructions for installing device drivers are also located on
Product
Recovery CD 1
at
e
:\DRIVERS\README.TXT, where
e
is the CD-ROM
drive letter.
The device drivers are also available at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ on the World Wide Web.
Enter
your machine type/model number into the
Quick Path
field to find the
downloadable files specific to your computer.
For more information,
see the “Getting Help, Service, and Information” chapter in the
IBM
Quick Reference
.
2.
Before you can recover or install device drivers, your operating system
must be installed on your computer.
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