Operation Manual

information and then click on the “I accept the agreement” check

box in order to proceed.

6. Setup will then ask you to type in the registration number on the

Certificate of Authenticity (COA). The COA is generally pasted on

the front cover of the Windows 95 manual that is shipped with this

system.

7. Setup will then begin to configure your computer. After some time,

you will be required to restart the computer.

8. When the notebook has restarted, setup will ask you to select a

printer for your system. You can select a printer at this time, or

leave it till later if you prefer.

9. Setup will then display a Time Zone window. Use the touchpad to

select the correct time zone for you location, and reset the time and

date.

10. At the end of the setup session, a backup utility appears which

allows you to make backup diskettes of the Windows operating

system. This requires two or more boxes of diskettes. If you have a

Windows CD disks, or Windows diskettes, you can cancel this

procedure, or delay it to a later time.

That completes the Windows setup program. Your notebook is now

installed with your own personal copy of Windows.

System Setup and Installation

On most configurations of this notebook, the hard disk drive is installed

with a standard edition of the Windows 95/98 operating system. In

addition, a special partition has been set aside so that the system can

suspend using a “save to disk”. Then special drivers and utility

programs have been installed so that the system has the software it

needs to run non-standard components such as the infrared port, the

CD-ROM drive, the video and audio systems, and so on.

At some time, you may need to re-install the software on the hard disk

drive. For example, you may upgrade your notebook with a larger

capacity hard disk drive, or you may be forced to format your hard disk

drive because of a virus infection, or a hard disk drive failure.

If you maintain a regular backup of your hard disk drive, then you can

handle these kinds of problems by doing a restore to your new or newly