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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

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