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formatted drive. If you don’t have a backup, you can use the
information in this appendix to rebuild your drive.
Rebuilding the Hard Disk
In order to rebuild the hard disk drive, you will need a CD of your
Windows 95 or 98 operating system, a diskette and a CD of the system
software that ships with the system, and a boot diskette for your
Windows operating system.
Note:
This section describes a typical procedure for
rebuilding a hard disk drive. You may not need to carry
out every step on your own hard disk. Read all the
README files that ship with the support software.
They may contain important information that is not
included here.
1. Place a Windows or DOS boot diskette in the floppy diskette drive
and turn on your system.
2. If you are creating new partitions on the drive, you must run the
ØVMAKFIL utility first, in order to create a partition for the 'Suspend
To Disk' feature on your notebook.
3. If you are creating new partitions on the drive, use the
DOS/Windows FDISK program to create the partitions.
4. Use the DOS /Windows FORMAT program to format the new
partitions.
5. If you cannot access the CD-ROM drive, install the CD-ROM driver
from the support disk. Copy the files to a floppy diskette if
necessary.
6. After you have access to the CD-ROM drive, install your Windows
CD in the drive. The Windows installation should begin
automatically. If it doesn’t begin automatically, run the SETUP
program on the disk.
7. Follow the instructions to install Windows.
8. After a successful Windows installation, place the utility software
CD in the drive and start installing the drivers and utilities that you