to create and use a diskette, you must add a diskette drive to the computer. to enable a usb diskette drive to work, you must disable the legacy diskette drive function in the configuration/setup utility program (click devices and i/o ports → disable legacy diskette a).

    at your earliest opportunity, create a recovery-repair diskette and an ibm enhanced diagnostics diskette, and store them in a safe place. in the unlikely event that the computer becomes unusable, you can use the recovery-repair diskette to access the product recovery program. for more information about using this diskette, see “using the recovery-repair diskette in windows” on page 96.

    in windows, you can create a recovery-repair diskette from the c:\ibmtools directory or from the product recovery program partition.

    complete the following steps to create a recovery-repair diskette from the c:\ibmtools directory:

    1. start the computer and operating system.

    2. use windows explorer to display the directory structure of the hard disk.

    3. open the c:\ibmtools folder.

    4. double-click rrdisk.bat and follow the instructions on the screen.

    complete the following steps to create a recovery-repair diskette from the product recovery program partition:

    1. shut down the operating system and turn off the computer.

    2. wait for at least 5 seconds; then, press and hold the f11 key while you restart the computer. when a menu appears, release the f11 key.

    3. use one of the following procedures:

    1 if a menu is displayed in which you can select an operating system, use the arrow keys to select the operating system that is currently installed, press enter, and then continue with the next step.

    2 if an operating system menu is not displayed, continue with the next step.

    4. from the product recovery main menu, use the arrow keys to select system utilities, and then press enter.

    5. use the arrow keys to select create a recovery repair diskette, and then press enter.

    6. follow the instructions on the screen.

    see “creating an ibm enhanced diagnostics diskette in windows” for information about how to create an ibm enhanced diagnostics diskette.