IBM ThinkPad X40 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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2. For the proper removal of the Hidden ProtectedArea(HPA), refer to the white paper athttp://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/AIBM-TOOLS.html3. Boot with the recovery CD (and the boot diskette ifrequired.)4. Following message is displayed: “Your computeroriginally included a Product Recovery program ...Reinstall the Product Recovery program? (Y/N) [ ]”.Note: If the hard-disk drive contains any partitions, youdo not receive this message; go to step 1.5. Press Y key. The service partition is created andloaded with the Product Recovery program files.Note: If you do not want to create the service partition,press N key, and then go to step 8.6. At next window, press Enter to continue.v The service partition is created. The systemautomatically reboots during this process.v The recovery process copies some files to theservice partition, and PKUNZIPs others.v Follow the prompts. You may be prompted tochange CDs.v When the process is complete, the system reboots.Continue to step 6 to install preloaded system.Install preloaded system from CD:7. Boot with the recovery CD (and the boot diskette ifrequired.)8. If the hard-disk drive is blank, the following messageis displayed: “Your computer originally included aProduct Recovery program ... Reinstall theProduct Recovery program? (Y/N) [ ]”.v To install the service partition, go to step 4.v To preload the hard-disk drive without installing theservice partition, press N key.9. If you get a message asking which operating systemto install, select the proper operating system andpress Enter.10. A message is displayed: “Full Recovery:”. PressEnter to select.11. On each of the next three windows, press the Y key.12. Follow the prompts to complete the recovery.Related service information32 ThinkPad X40 (2369, 2370, 2371, 2372, 2382, 2386)