Creating the service partition:
To create the Service Partition and install the preloaded
system from the Recovery CD, do the following:
To create the Service Partition (SP):
1. Erase all partitions on the hard-disk drive, using FDISK
or a similar application.
2. Boot with the Recovery CD (and the boot diskette if
required.)
3. Following message appears: “Your computer
originally included a Product Recovery program ...
Reinstall the Product Recovery Program? (Y/N) [ ]”.
Note: If the hard-disk drive contains any partitions, you
do not receive this message ; go to step 1.
4. Enter Y. The Service Partition is created and loaded
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.
5. At next window, press Enter to continue.
v The Service Partition is created. The system
automatically reboots during this process.
v The recovery process copies some files to the
Service Partition and, PKUNZIPs others.
v Follow the prompts. You may be prompted to
change CDs.
v When the process is complete, the system reboots.
Continue to step 6 to install preloaded system.
Install preloaded system from CD:
6. Boot with the Recovery CD (and the boot diskette if
required.)
7. If the hard-disk drive is blank, the following message
appears: “Your computer originally included a
Product Recovery program ... Reinstall the
Product Recovery Program? (Y/N) [ ]”.
v To install the Service Partition, go to step 4.
v To preload the hard-disk drive without installing the
Service Partition, press the N key.
8. If you get a message asking which operating system
to install, highlight the proper operating system and
press Enter.
9. A message appears: “Full Recovery:”. Press Enter to
select.
10. Enter the Y at each of the next three windows.
11. Follow the prompts to complete Recovery.
To create a recovery repair diskette
If the prompt needed for access to the Product Recovery
program does not appear, you can recover it by use of the
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