Recovering Factory Installed Programs And Files - IBM Aptiva Handbook

Recovering factory installed
programs and files
Your Aptiva computer comes with factory installed
system and program files. If you accidentally erase any
of these files, or if some of these files become corrupted
when you install a new program, you can recover them.
To recover lost or corrupted files that were installed at
the factory, you need the Product Recovery CD-ROM.
The recovery process formats the hard drive, erasing all
the files there, and then installs new copies of the
original system and program files on the clean drive.
To protect your personal data and any special system
configuration, you should make regular backups of your
data and configuration files. You will need these backup
copies if you ever need to recover your system beyond
the factory settings. See the online Aptiva Helper for
help with backing up system files.
When manually backing up files, it's a good idea to
duplicate the directory structure that is on your hard
drive. Otherwise, you need to keep notes about where
your files belong on the hard drive. If you ever have to
recover your system, you will need to copy your
personal data and configuration files back to their
original hard drive location.
To recover the factory installed system and program
files, follow these steps:
1.
Make sure your computer is turned on.
2.
Insert the Product Recovery CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive.
3.
Make sure you do not have a diskette or CD-ROM
in any other drive.
4.
Shut down and turn off your computer.
5.
Wait 15 seconds.
6.
Turn on your monitor and computer system.
7.
When you see the Aptiva Product Recovery CD
message, read and follow the displayed
instructions. Be sure to remove the CD-ROM
before you restart your computer at the end of the
recovery.
8.
After the Aptiva software has been reinstalled,
copy your personal configuration and data files
back into their original directories on the hard
drive.
Depending on how your startup devices are defined,
you might not be able to use the Product Recovery
CD-ROM to recover a system that will not start on its
own. For example, your computer might not attempt to
read the CD-ROM at all if it reads first from the hard
drive that contains corrupted operating system files. For
instructions on selecting startup devices in the Setup
Utility, see "Configuring startup options" on page 47.
See the online Aptiva Helper for instructions on
recovering specific files, such as hardware drivers and
files your computer uses to create the graphical user
interface (your desktop).

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