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Aptiva - 2137 Recovery instructions
Applicable to: World-Wide
BEFORE YOU START
It is important you back up any information you wish to keep from your hard drive onto floppy diskette before administering the following instructions. Any files or additional software you have saved to your hard disk drive will be deleted during the recovery process.
By proceeding with these instructions it is assumed that you understand that the hard drive on your Aptiva will be formatted and only the preloaded original software will be installed on your computer. Any additional software and the files you have saved to floppy diskette can be reloaded after the recovery is complete.
Insert the red Aptiva Product Recovery CD into the CD-ROM drive
Restart your computer. If you are currently in Windows 95, use the correct shutdown procedure.
The following message will be displayed on the screen;
Do you wish to update the Aptiva software on your hard disk (Y/N)?
Type N
You will now be at a flashing prompt. Type fdisk then press Enter
You will now have a long message on your screen. The last line reads;
Do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N)...........? [Y]
Press Enter
You will now be at the Fdisk menu. Select number 3 - to delete a partition then press Enter
Select number 1 - Delete Primary DOS Partition then press Enter
Select number 1 and press Enter
Enter the volume label EXACTLY as it appears listed at the top of your screen then press Enter
Type Y and then press Enter
Press Esc three times
Turn your computer off. Leave off for 10 seconds then restart.
The following message will be displayed on the screen;
Do you wish to update the Aptiva software on your hard disk (Y/N)?
Press Y
The following message will be displayed on the screen;
The Aptiva Recovery utility will restore the software provided with
your system onto your hard disk. You shall only use this utility
and the recovery CD provided with your system for the sole purpose
of restoring this software on to your hard disk. Any other use
is expressly prohibited. Once restored, use of this software,
including your use of Microsoft Window ‘95, is subject to the
terms and conditions of the applicable licenses which were provided
with your system, including the Microsoft end user license agreement.
Do you accept these terms and conditions (Y/N)?
Type Y
The following message will now be displayed on the screen;
Preparing Disk...
Your hard disk is not partitioned. Do you want me to partition it (Y/N)?
Type Y
Partition complete. I am going to reboot now.
Press any key to continue.
Press Enter
The following message will be displayed on the screen;
Do you wish to update the Aptiva software on your hard disk (Y/N)?
Press Y
The following message will be displayed on the screen;
The Aptiva Recovery utility will restore the software provided with
your system onto your hard disk. You shall only use this utility
and the recovery CD provided with your system for the sole purpose
of restoring this software on to your hard disk. Any other use
is expressly prohibited. Once restored, use of this software,
including your use of Microsoft Window ‘95, is subject to the
terms and conditions of the applicable licenses which were provided
with your system, including the Microsoft end user license agreement.
Do you accept these terms and conditions (Y/N)?
Type Y
The following message will now be displayed on the screen;
Preparing Disk...
The recovery process has now started. First the computer will format the hard drive. You will then see files inflating and extracting while scrolling on the left hand side of the screen. This process will take approximately 30 minutes.
The following message will then be displayed on the screen;
Installation complete!
Remove the Aptiva Product Recovery CD and press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to reboot.
Remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive
Restart your computer by pressing Ctrl and Alt and Delete at the same time, or by using the on/off button on the system unit
When the computer restarts, a screen will appear with the following message;
If you want to learn how to use the mouse, or if you need to brush up on your skill, type M to begin the mouse lesson.
Or, Press the ESC key to exit the Tutorial
Press Y to confirm exiting the tutorial
At the Regional Settings screen select the proper setting for your country and language.
Click on Next
At the Keyboard Layout screen select the proper setting for your country and language.
Click on Next
Enter the name of the owner of the computer at the User Info screen in the text box. The company text box can be left empty.
Click on Next
Read the License Agreement on the next screen carefully.
If you accept the agreement click on accept. If you do not accept the agreement click on disagree (If you choose disagree the installation will not continue and you will be exited to a command prompt)
Click on I accept the agreement
Click on Next
Enter your Certificate of Authenticity exactly as it appears on the green label pasted to the Windows 95 booklet you received with your Computer. This number starts AFTER the words "Product ID:". Ensure to enter all spaces and ‘-’ as it appears on the booklet.
Click Next and then Click Finish
The computer will now restart.
When your PC restarts, type your name in the space provided, but do NOT type a password, unless you wish to enter it EVERY time you start windows.
Click OK
Click OK again to confirm that there is / isn’t a password
The system will now install devices, this may take a few minutes.
The computer will then restart.
The following devices will now be Setup;
Programs on the Start menu
Time Zone
Windows Messaging
Printer set up
Select the Time Zone that you are located in from the list provided, then select Apply, then OK
The "Add Printer Wizard" window will appear
It is best to leave the installation of printer software till after Windows has finished setting up
Click Cancel to leave the installation of your printer till later
The "Welcome to Windows 95" box will appear.
Select Close
You will now be presented with the windows desktop
Double Click Your Aptiva Adventure Start Here! , A screen will appear with the following message;
If you have started other applications, please close them now before you continue.
Select Continue
Welcome!
Please tell us where you will use this Aptiva computer.
Select Home, Office or School
A screen will appear with the following message;
Now Let’s complete the installation of your Aptiva.
-Aptiva Theme
-IBM AntiVirus
-Aptiva Welcome
Note: this will change your current desktop configuration i.e., animated icons, bubble help, wall paper, etc.
Do you want to continue this Now or Later?
Select Now
While the computer is installing the software, the follow message will appear;
This installation process will take 1-2 minutes!
Processing...
The computer will then restart
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Aptiva | |
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