IBM PC 300GL

Finishingthesoftwareinstallation
Afteryoustartthecomputerforthefirsttime,followtheinstructionsonthe
screentocompletethesoftwareinstallation.Ifyoudonotcompletethe
softwareinstallationthefirsttimethecomputeristurnedon,unexpected
resultsmightoccur.Fordetailedinformationaboutthesoftwareinstallation,
seetheonlineAboutYourSoftwarepublication.
IfyouuseMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
95,Windows98SecondEdition,Windows
2000Professional,orWindowsMilleniumEdition,yourcomputerisreadyto
useafterthesoftwareinstallation.
WindowsNTWorkstation
ComputersthathavetheWindowsNT
®
Workstationoperatingsystem
preinstalledmusthavetheharddiskdrivepartitionedbeforealltheharddisk
drivespaceisavailable.Forinformationonhowtopartitiontherestofyour
harddiskdrive,seethe″UsingAccessIBM″sectionoftheonlineAboutYour
Softwarepublication.
Otheroperatingsystems
Ifyouinstallyourownoperatingsystem,suchasLinux,followthe
instructionsthatcomewithyouroperatingsystemCDsordiskettes.Remember
toinstallalldevicedriversafteryouinstallyouroperatingsystem.Installation
instructionsareprovidedwithorontheCDsordiskettes,orintheREADME
files.
Accessingreferencematerials
Afteryoustartyourcomputerandfinishtheoperatingsysteminstallation,
becomefamiliarwiththereferencematerials.Youmightwanttoprinta
portionofyouronlinepublicationsforfuturereference.TheonlineUserGuide
andAboutYourSoftwarepublicationscontainimportantinformationabout
troubleshooting,recovery,andcreatingrecoveryandrepairdiskettes.The
AboutYourSoftwarepublicationalsodiscussesprogramsandinformationon
yourSoftwareSelectionsCD.
ToaccesstheonlineUserGuideandAboutYourSoftwarepublications,
double-clickAccessIBMonyourdesktop.ClickGethelp→View
documentation.Forfurtherinformationaboutreferencepublications,see
“Chapter3.Gettinghelp,service,andadditionalinformation”on
page13.
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