IBM ThinkPad G40 Hardware Maintenance Manual page 57
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- Hardware maintenance manual (160 pages) ,
- Service and troubleshooting manual (114 pages) ,
- Setup manual (8 pages)
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Symptom or error
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Hard disk partition layout error
Symptom-to-FRU index
FRU or action, in sequence
1. If the Access IBM
Predesktop Area has been
previously disabled, then
go to the IBM BIOS Setup
Utility by pressing F1 to
open the IBM BIOS Setup
Utility. Select
Security->IBM Predesktop
Area->Access IBM
Predesktop Area. Set this
item to Disabled. Save
and Exit.
2. If the Access IBM
Predesktop Area has been
previously disabled, press
Enter to load Access IBM
Predesktop Area. Then run
RECOVER TO FACTORY
CONTENTS in Access IBM
Predesktop Area.
3. If item 2 failed, press F3 in
the welcome screen in
RECOVER TO FACTORY
CONTENTS Run FDISK,
and then delete all
partitions. Run RECOVER
TO FACTORY CONTENTS
in Access IBM Predesktop
Area again.
4. If item 3 failed, select
CD-ROM boot in
RECOVER TO FACTORY
CONTENTS Run FDISK,
and then delete all
partitions. Run Startup in
Access IBM Predesktop
Area. Boot from Recovery
CD and perform full
recovery from it.
5. If item 4 failed, replace the
hard disk drive.
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