8. Press F3 or Esc to exit from the submenu. If you are in a nested submenu,
press Esc repeatedly until you reach the IBM BIOS Setup Utility menu.
Note: If you need to restore the settings to their original state as of the
time of purchase, press F9 key to load the default settings. You can also
select an option in the Restart submenu to load the default settings or
discard the changes.
9. Select Restart; then press Enter. Move the cursor to the option you want
for restarting your computer; then press Enter. Your computer restarts.
Recovering pre-installed software
Your computer hard disk has a hidden, protected area for backups. Contained
within this area is a complete backup of the hard disk as it was shipped from
the factory and a program called IBM Rescue and Recovery.
If you performed a backup operation using the Rescue and Recovery
program, you also have one or more backups stored that reflect the contents
of the hard disk as it existed at various points in time. These backups might
be stored on your hard disk, or a network drive, or on removable media,
depending on the options you selected during the backup operation.
You can use either the Rescue and Recovery program or the IBM Rescue and
Recovery workspace to restore the contents of the hard disk to an earlier state
using any of the stored backups. The IBM Rescue and Recovery workspace
runs independently of the Windows operating system. Therefore, you can
start it by pressing the blue Access IBM button when prompted during
startup.
After the IBM Rescue and Recovery workspace opens you can perform a
recovery operation, even if you are unable to start Windows. For more
information about using Rescue and Recovery features, see “Data
backup-and-restore tools” or “Introducing Rescue and Recovery” in Access
IBM.
To recover the hard disk to its original contents, do the following:
Notes:
1. If the optical drive is not attached to your ThinkPad computer during
recovery, DVD software and CD-recording software will not be installed.
To ensure that they will be installed correctly, install the optical drive in
the Ultrabay Slim before performing a recovery operation.
2. The recovery process might take up to 2 hours.
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