SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP15602 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: SP15602.EXE TITLE: Windows Recovery Diskette for Specific Presario Models VERSION: N/A LANGUAGE: US English CATEGORY: Software Solutions DIVISIONS: Consumer PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Presario models: 5440, 5451, 5452, 5457, 5465, 5473, 5475, 5476, 5485, 5822, 5827, 5832, 5834, 5835, 5837, 5838, 5852, 5855, 5861, 5868, 5875, 5888, 3500, EZ2200, EZ2400, EZ2600, EZ2700, 5000T, 5400, 5800, 7000Z, 7000T, 7300, 7400, 7500, 7800, 7900, 5BW, 7AP, 7EL, 1244, 1246, 1247, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1600S, 1692, 1693, 1694, 1800T, 1827, 1830, 1900T, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1200XL101, 1200XL102, 1200XL103, 1200XL104, 1200XL105, 1200XL106, 1200XL107, 1200XL108, 1200XL109, 1200XL110, 1200XL111, 1200XL112, 1200XL113, 1200XL114, 1200XL115, 1200XL116, 1200XL118, 1200XL119, 1200XL125, 1600T, 1600XL140, 1600XL141, 1600XL142, 1600XL143, 1600XL144, 1600XL145, 1600XL146, 1600XL147, 1600XL150, 1600XL151, 1600XL152, 1600XL153, 16XL255, 16XL256, 16XL257, 16XL258, 16XL259, 1800XL180, 1800XL181, 1800XL182, 1800XL183, 1800XL184, 1800XL185, 1800XL186, 1800XL190, 1900XL1, 1900XL160, 1900XL161, 1900XL162, 1900XL163, 1900XL164, and 1900XL165 OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: September 21, 2000 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.1 SUPERSEDES: N/A DESCRIPTION: Creates a bootable recovery diskette to use when one of the Presario notebook computers listed above will not start Windows normally from drive C. HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive. The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. It will automatically extract in that directory and prompt for a blank diskette to be placed in drive A. 3. Place a blank diskette in drive A and press ENTER to create a bootable diskette and copy the necessary files to the diskette. 4. Once the diskette has been created remove the diskette. In cases where Windows will not start normally from drive C, the diskette can be inserted in drive A and used to boot the computer and start Windows. Copyright 2000, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.