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Related service information 3. Turn on the computer. Watch the display carefully. When the following message is displayed, press the blue Access IBM button to open the Access IBM Predesktop Area: "To interrupt normal startup, press the blue Access IBM button." 4. Double-click Recover to factory contents. 5. Follow the instructions on the screen. 6. When the recovery process finishes, the computer will restart with the pre-installed operating system, drivers, and software. Recovering the hard disk using the recovery CD You can delete the Access IBM Predesktop Area by going into BIOS (F1 at IBM Splash Screen), and then choosing Security IBM-> Predesktop Area->Disabled. This will make the Service Partition area available to FDISK. If you choose Disabled, the following warning appears: Attention! If you select Disabled, the IBM Predesktop Area will be visible and can be reclaimed by the OS. Once the area is overwritten by OS tools, it can't be used with Normal or Secure and you will need to obtain a Recovery CD to retrieve original HDD. Please confirm that you wish to select Disabled. FDISK will not delete the Access IBM Predesktop Area unless you do this, because it is not visible. You would have to use ″bootkil2 /psa″ to completely wipe the drive. Ordering the recovery CD When the hard disk drive is replaced because of a failure, no Access IBM Predesktop Area is on the new hard disk. In this case, you must use the recovery CD for the computer. Order the recovery CD and the hard disk drive at the same time so that you can recover the new hard disk drive with the pre-installed software when they arrive. For information on which CD to order, see "Recovery CDs" on page 138 To create the service partition and install the factory contents from the recovery CD, do the following: To create the service partition: 1. Erase all partitions on the hard disk drive, using FDISK or a similar application. General descriptions 35

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3.
Turn
on
the
computer.
Watch
the
display
carefully.
When
the
following
message
is
displayed,
press
the
blue
Access
IBM
button
to
open
the
Access
IBM
Predesktop
Area:
“To
interrupt
normal
startup,
press
the
blue
Access
IBM
button.”
4.
Double-click
Recover
to
factory
contents
.
5.
Follow
the
instructions
on
the
screen.
6.
When
the
recovery
process
finishes,
the
computer
will
restart
with
the
pre-installed
operating
system,
drivers,
and
software.
Recovering
the
hard
disk
using
the
recovery
CD
You
can
delete
the
Access
IBM
Predesktop
Area
by
going
into
BIOS
(F1
at
IBM
Splash
Screen),
and
then
choosing
Security
IBM->
Predesktop
Area->Disabled.
This
will
make
the
Service
Partition
area
available
to
FDISK.
If
you
choose
Disabled
,
the
following
warning
appears:
Attention!
If
you
select
Disabled,
the
IBM
Predesktop
Area
will
be
visible
and
can
be
reclaimed
by
the
OS.
Once
the
area
is
overwritten
by
OS
tools,
it
can’t
be
used
with
Normal
or
Secure
and
you
will
need
to
obtain
a
Recovery
CD
to
retrieve
original
HDD.
Please
confirm
that
you
wish
to
select
Disabled.
FDISK
will
not
delete
the
Access
IBM
Predesktop
Area
unless
you
do
this,
because
it
is
not
visible.
You
would
have
to
use
″
bootkil2
/psa
″
to
completely
wipe
the
drive.
Ordering
the
recovery
CD
When
the
hard
disk
drive
is
replaced
because
of
a
failure,
no
Access
IBM
Predesktop
Area
is
on
the
new
hard
disk.
In
this
case,
you
must
use
the
recovery
CD
for
the
computer.
Order
the
recovery
CD
and
the
hard
disk
drive
at
the
same
time
so
that
you
can
recover
the
new
hard
disk
drive
with
the
pre-installed
software
when
they
arrive.
For
information
on
which
CD
to
order,
see
“Recovery
CDs”
on
page
138
To
create
the
service
partition
and
install
the
factory
contents
from
the
recovery
CD,
do
the
following:
To
create
the
service
partition:
1.
Erase
all
partitions
on
the
hard
disk
drive,
using
FDISK
or
a
similar
application.
Related
service
information
General
descriptions
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