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Recovering Lost or Damaged Software Using the Recovery CD You can restore the contents of your hard disk to what it was at the time of purchase. Attention: The Recovery program erases your entire hard disk, including the operating system, software, and personal data. It then restores your operating system and hard disk to its factory-shipped configuration. The Recovery CD consists of the original preinstalled software and device drivers. The recovery process might take up to 2 hours. Your computer supports startable CDs. To use the Recovery CD, do as follows: Note: Make sure the UltraBay FX has the CD-ROM/diskette drive device (or DVD-ROM/diskette drive device) installed. 1. Insert the Recovery CD into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 2. Power off the computer; then turn on the computer. Note: Make sure that the boot priority for CD-ROM is higher than the hard disk drive. See "Startup" on page 29. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. 4. When a completion message appears, remove the Recovery CD from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 5. Restart the computer. The computer restarts with the preinstalled configuration. ThinkPad Web Site or Bulletin Board IBM supplies all of the altest hardware device drivers and system BIOS for your computer onthe ThinkPad Web site at: http://www.pc.ibm.com/support You can also use the IBM bulletin board service. 134 ThinkPad 390X User's Reference

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Recovering Lost or Damaged Software
Using the Recovery CD
You can restore the contents of your hard disk to what it was at the
time of purchase.
Attention:
The Recovery program erases your entire hard disk,
including the operating system, software, and personal data. It then
restores your operating system and hard disk to its factory-shipped
configuration.
The Recovery CD consists of the original preinstalled software and
device drivers.
The recovery process might take up to 2 hours.
Your computer supports startable CDs. To use the Recovery CD, do
as follows:
Note:
Make sure the UltraBay FX has the CD-ROM/diskette drive
device (or DVD-ROM/diskette drive device) installed.
1. Insert the Recovery CD into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
2. Power off the computer; then turn on the computer.
Note:
Make sure that the boot priority for CD-ROM is higher
than the hard disk drive. See “Startup” on page
29.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
4. When a completion message appears, remove the Recovery CD
from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
5. Restart the computer.
The computer restarts with the preinstalled configuration.
ThinkPad Web Site or Bulletin Board
IBM supplies all of the altest hardware device drivers and system
BIOS for your computer onthe ThinkPad Web site at:
You can also use the IBM bulletin board service.
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