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1. Shut down the operating system and turn off the computer. 2. Insert the Recovery Repair diskette into diskette drive A. 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 workspace by repeatedly pressing and releasing 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 workspace. Use your rescue media to access the Rescue and Recovery workspace. For information about creating and using rescue media, 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 factory-installed devices are located on the computer hard disk (usually drive C) in the ibmtools\drivers folder. Other device drivers are on the software media that come with individual devices. The latest device drivers for factory-installed devices are also available on the World Wide Web at http://www.lenovo.com/think/support/. To recover a device driver for an factory-installed device, do the following: 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 winxp.txt. The text file has information on how to reinstall the device driver. v If the device subfolder contains a file with an .inf extension, you can use the Add New Hardware program (located in the Windows Control Chapter 3. Recovering software 17

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1.
Shut
down
the
operating
system
and
turn
off
the
computer.
2.
Insert
the
Recovery
Repair
diskette
into
diskette
drive
A.
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
workspace
by
repeatedly
pressing
and
releasing
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
workspace.
Use
your
rescue
media
to
access
the
Rescue
and
Recovery
workspace.
For
information
about
creating
and
using
rescue
media,
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
factory-installed
devices
are
located
on
the
computer
hard
disk
(usually
drive
C)
in
the
ibmtools\drivers
folder.
Other
device
drivers
are
on
the
software
media
that
come
with
individual
devices.
The
latest
device
drivers
for
factory-installed
devices
are
also
available
on
the
World
Wide
Web
at
To
recover
a
device
driver
for
an
factory-installed
device,
do
the
following:
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
winxp.txt.
The
text
file
has
information
on
how
to
reinstall
the
device
driver.
v
If
the
device
subfolder
contains
a
file
with
an
.inf
extension,
you
can
use
the
Add
New
Hardware
program
(located
in
the
Windows
Control
Chapter
3.
Recovering
software
17