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| + | You can't download preinstalled commercial applications from the IBM website (only updates are provided). Commercial software known to be preinstalled is CD/DVD burning and DVD playback software and Norton AntiVirus. On the other hand, this approach doesn't restore the original setup, but gives you a system with the lates drivers and tools from IBM, that might work even better than the originally installed one. | ||
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| + | ==preinstalled Windows versions and their keys== | ||
| + | ===Windows 98=== | ||
| + | ===Windows ME=== | ||
| + | ===Windows 2000=== | ||
| + | ===Windows XP=== | ||
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| + | ==downloading drivers== | ||
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| + | ==installing drivers== | ||
Revision as of 02:12, 28 September 2004
Information about recovering the preloaded OS without any Recovery CD.
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Coverage of this approach
You can't download preinstalled commercial applications from the IBM website (only updates are provided). Commercial software known to be preinstalled is CD/DVD burning and DVD playback software and Norton AntiVirus. On the other hand, this approach doesn't restore the original setup, but gives you a system with the lates drivers and tools from IBM, that might work even better than the originally installed one.
