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Aptiva - 2139 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.
The following message will be displayed on the screen;
Do you wish to restore the Aptiva software on your hard disk (Y/N)? - Type N
Aptiva recovery aborted.
You will now be at a flashing a:\> prompt. Type fdisk /mbr then press Enter
Type format c: /u then press Enter
The following warning message will appear;
WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST !
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?
Press Y and then Enter to format your Hard Drive.
A percentage number will appear during the format, when it reaches 100% it will prompt you to enter a volume label.
Do not type in a volume label - Press the Enter key.
When you are returned back to the a:\ prompt, turn your computer off. Leave off for 30 seconds then restart.
The following message will be displayed on the screen;
Do you wish to restore the Aptiva software on your hard disk (Y/N)? - Press Y
You must read and agree to the license conditions
The following message will now be displayed on the screen;
Preparing Disk...
WARNING!
If you continue your hard disk will be formatted and all the files and updates will be lost. Any personal files you wish to save should be backed up to diskette(s).
Do you wish to continue (Y/N)? Type Y
The recovery process has now started. You will 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 restart.
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 ESC unless you wish to use the tutorial
Press Y to confirm exiting the tutorial
At the Regional Settings screen select the correct setting for your country.
Click on Next
At the Keyboard Layout screen select the correct setting for your language and keyboard and click 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.
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 98 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, then Click Finish then Click OK
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
The system will now install devices, this may take a few minutes.
Select the Time Zone that you are located in from the list provided, then click on Close, or select Apply, then OK
The "Add Printer Wizard" window will appear
It is best to leave the installation of printer software until after Windows has finished setting up
Click Cancel to leave the installation of your printer until later
The computer will then restart.
Once the computer has restarted, the "Welcome to Windows 98" box will appear.
Click on the X in the top right-hand corner of the window.
You will now be presented with the windows desktop
Double Click Your Aptiva Adventure Start Here!
A screen will appear with the following message;
Welcome to your new Aptiva!
Your Adventure begins by creating your custom Aptiva desktop (just 1 step and a few minutes)
If you've opened programs before opening "Your Aptiva Adventure Starts Here", close them now before you continue. (Check the task bar below to make sure it shows only "Start" and the "Your Aptiva Adventure ... " program).
Select Continue
First...
Please tell us where you will use this Aptiva computer.
Select Home, Office or School
A screen will appear with the following message;
One more step before you're read to live the Aptiva Adventure!
This last step installs these features on your desktop:
-Aptiva Theme
-Norton AntiVirus
-Ring Central
If you want to remove these features later, you can uninstall them using the Aptiva Installer program.
Select Continue
While the computer is installing the software, the follow message will appear;
Countdown to living the Aptiva adventure!
Installing now ...
The computer will install the programs on to your hard drive. This process will take about 5 minutes.
The computer will then restart
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16-12-98 | |
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16-12-98 | |
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IBM Aptiva | |
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Aptiva | |
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2139 | |
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