User manual IBM THINKPAD 600E

[. . . ] 1 2 IBM ThinkPad 600E Online Book Contents Finding Information in this Online User's Guide . . . . . . . . . viii Chapter 1. . . . . . 1 2 3 5 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 17 19 20 20 20 21 23 24 24 24 29 29 36 39 44 45 47 47 49 50 51 53 . . . . . . . . . Considerations When Using a Power Management Mode Using Other Battery-Saving Methods . Checking the Allocated Resources for the PC Card Avoiding PC Card Resource Conflicts . [. . . ] Installing Software 107 Installing Software for Windows 98 This section describes the installation procedures for Windows 98 and its software for your computer. Note: You can install Windows 98 by restoring the original preloaded image from the Recovery CD. Refer to the User's Reference for how to use the Recovery CD. Overall Procedure 1 2 3 4 Have the Windows 98 installation package in hand. Create the Windows 98 Supplement File Diskette using the Diskette Factory preloaded on the hard disk. Create the diskettes of the device drivers using the Diskette Factory. You need to create at least the following device driver diskettes: Diskette Name Utility Diskette for Windows 98 Utility Data Diskette I for Windows 98 Utility Diskette for DOS, Personalization Video Features Diskette (NM2200) for Windows 95/98 Audio Features Diskette for Windows 95/98 TrackPoint Driver Diskette for Windows 95/98/NT ThinkPad Modem for Windows 95/98/NT Device Driver ThinkPad Configuration program Display driver Audio device driver TrackPoint driver ThinkPad modem driver 5 Install Windows 98 and the software. Installing Microsoft Windows 98 If you are installing Windows 98 on a drive other than the C drive, more than 25 MB is required on the C drive. 1 Install the Windows 98 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. 108 IBM ThinkPad 600E Online Book 2 Search for SETUP. EXE in the CD-ROM, and run the SETUP. EXE. Enter the following: src_cd:\tgt_dir\SETUP. EXE where src_cd is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive (D, E. . . ) and tgt_dir is the directory that SETUP. EXE is in. For more information, refer to the SETUP. TXT in the Windows 98 CD-ROM. | | | | | | | | | | 3 4 5 6 7 8 After Windows 98 is installed, insert the Windows 98 Supplement File Diskette into the diskette drive. After the installation has finished, remove the Windows 98 Supplement File Diskette from the diskette drive and restart the computer. The following information applies to installing only Windows 98 in your computer: Full install on a FAT 16 drive: About 225 MB disk space is required. Depending on your system configuration and the options you select, the required space ranges from 165 MB to 355 MB. Depending on your system configuration and the options you select, the required space ranges from 140 MB to 225 MB. Note: Depending on the optional applications you install with Chapter 8. Installing Software 109 Installing the ThinkPad Configuration Program for Windows 98 To install the ThinkPad Configuration program for Windows 98: 1 2 3 4 5 Start Windows 98. After the installation is finished, restart the system. Installing the Display Driver for Windows 98 To install the ThinkPad display driver for Windows 98: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Start Windows 98. Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now. Put a check mark in the Floppy disk drives check box by clicking on it. 10 110 IBM ThinkPad 600E Online Book 11 12 | Insert the Video Features Diskette (NM2200) for Windows 95/98 into the diskette drive, and click on Next. When a message appears that Windows has found NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV, click on Next. If you prompt the source directory, type A:\ 13 14 Click on Finish. Remove the Video Features Diskette (NM2200) for Windows 95/98 from the diskette drive, and click on Yes to restart the computer. When the computer start, select screen parameters from the color palette, desktop area, and font size; then click on Close. Set the Colors and Screen area in the "Display Properties. " Click on OK to close the window. | | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | Installing the Audio Device Driver for Windows 98 To install the audio device driver for Windows 98: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Start Windows 98. Insert the Audio Features Diskette for Windows 95/98 into the diskette drive. Installing Software 111 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 When Windows 98 detects "Unknown Device", insert the Audio Features Diskette for Windows 95/98 Disk 1 into the diskette drive and click on Next. [. . . ] One or more microinstructions used in a product as an alternative to hard-wired circuitry to implement functions of a processor or other system component. A device that connects your computer to a telephone line, allowing it to communicate with another computer at another location. A connector used to attach such devices as dot-matrix printers and input/output units; it transmits data 1 byte at a time. A kind of standby mode that occurs if the computer has failed to enter suspend mode. [. . . ]