Troubleshooting And Tips; Restoring The Hard Disk Contents Under Windows - Fujitsu Siemens Computers LIFEBOOK S Series Easy Manual

Troubleshooting and tips

Take note of the safety hints in the "Important notes" chapter, when you connect or
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disconnect cables.
If a fault occurs, try to correct it as described. If you fail to correct the problem, proceed as follows:
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Make a note of the steps and the circumstances that led to the fault. Also make a note of any
error messages displayed.
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Switch the notebook off.
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Contact your sales outlet or our customer service centre.

Restoring the hard disk contents under Windows

All hard disk contents are deleted during hard disk restoration. Operating system, drivers and
software utilities must be reinstalled. For this reason you should save important data to a backup
medium before you restore the hard disk contents.
With the "Windows Recovery CD" you can restore the operating system on your notebook.
With the "Drivers & Utilities" CD you can restore some of the programmes from the original software
and your notebook's original operating system onto your hard disk.
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Switch the notebook off.
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Connect the external floppy disk drive (see "Connecting external devices" chapter, "Connecting
an external floppy disk drive" section).
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Insert the "Start Disk for Windows" into the external floppy disk drive and switch the notebook
on.
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Insert the "Windows Recovery CD" into the optical drive.
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Restart the notebook.
The system starts from the "Start Disk for Windows".
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Follow the instructions on the screen.
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A high level of computer expertise is required in order to partition the hard disk manually.
You must then reinstall all the drivers. Use the "Drivers & Utilities" CD provided.
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