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3. Turn on your 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, press Enter key. Your computer will
restart with the pre-installed operating system, drivers, and software.

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Your computer hard disk has a hidden, protected area for backups. Contained
within this area is a complete backup of the hard disk as it was shipped from
the factory and a program called Rescue and Recovery.
If you performed a backup operation using the Rescue and Recovery
program, you also have one or more backups stored that reflect the contents
of the hard disk as it existed at various points in time. These backups might
be stored on your hard disk, or a network drive, or on removable media,
depending on the options you selected during the backup operation.
You can use either the Rescue and Recovery program or the Rescue and
Recovery workspace to restore the contents of the hard disk to an earlier state
using any of the stored backups. The Rescue and Recovery workspace runs
independently of the Windows operating system. Therefore, you can start it
by pressing the blue Access IBM button when prompted during startup.
After the Rescue and Recovery workspace opens you can perform a recovery
operation, even if you are unable to start Windows. For more information
about using Rescue and Recovery features, see "Data backup-and-restore
tools" or "Introducing Rescue and Recovery" in Access IBM.
To recover the hard disk to its original contents, do the following:
Notes:
1. If the optical drive is not attached to your ThinkPad computer during
recovery, DVD software and CD-recording software will not be installed.
To ensure that they will be installed correctly, install the optical drive in
the Ultrabay Slim before performing a recovery operation.
2. The recovery process might take up to 2 hours.
Attention: All of the files on the primary hard disk partition (usually drive C)
will be lost in the recovery process. However, before any data is overwritten,
you will be given the opportunity to save one or more files to other media.
1. If possible, save all your files and shut down your operating system.
2. Turn off your computer for at least 5 seconds.
Recovering pre-installed software
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