LifeBook Software Re-Installation

B-Series

You can only Restore a B Series Notebook if you have a CDRom drive (This is not supplied as standard with the B Series.)

You can only re-install the software if you have the Original Windows Operating System with the License Code and the Utility CD Provided with the LifeBook.

Warning

The re-install process will remove all data from your drive, please back up all information before you start.

For Window 98 Make sure you have...

Recovery Boot Diskette	Utility CD	Windows 98 CD	Windows 98 Licence


For Window NT Make sure you have...

Recovery Boot Diskette	Utility CD	Windows NT CD	Windows Service Pack CD	Windows NT Licence

Please note that the Utility CD is Both Model Specific and Windows Version Specific. If your LifeBook was supplied with Windows 98 you can not use the Utility CD Provided to install Windows NT or Vice Versa.

We can not provide any additional copies of Utility CD's. If you wish to change the operating system from the one shipped the drivers are available from the drivers wizard.

Windows 98 Rebuild

Windows NT Rebuild

Windows 98 Recovery for B Series For B110 Please ignore the instructions regarding the Touchscreen.
1.	Insert the Recovery Boot Diskette provided with the LifeBook
2.	Enter the BIOS F2 and under the Boot Menu change the Boot Priority so that FLOPPY DISK (A:)is listed as first device.
3.	Exit BIOS Saving Changes, Machine will restart and Boot from the Floppy Drive.
4.	When prompted type GB for English on the the Menu to select the Country Variant.
5.	Type Y to confirm that you want to recover the system.
6.	You will get a Menu with the following options, (1) Install Windows Operating System Only. (2) to Start Partitioning. (3) to Start Formatting. Select Option 2
7.	You will get a Menu with the following options, (n) abort the Partitioning. (1) to Start Automatic Partitioning. (2) to Start Cleaning Partition. (3) to Manual Partition. Select option 2 to Start Cleaning the Partition.
8.	System will Re-Start, You will get a message that says..... No Save to Disk Partition or file exists on this fixed disk Save to Disk feature is Disabled Press F1 to resume. You will be prompted by this message several times throughout the installation, please when prompted press F1 to resume all times.
9.	You will again be prompted to select GB for English on the the Menu to select the Country Variant.
10.	You will again be prompted to type Y to confirm that you want to recover the system.
11.	You will get a Menu with the following options, (1) Install Windows Operating System Only. (2) to Start Partitioning. (3) to Start Formatting. Select option 3 to Start Formatting the Hard Drive
12.	Type Y that you wish to proceed with the Format.
13.	The Hard drive will now be Formatted. When the format is complete you some files will be copied from the floppy disk to the Hard Drive and you will get a message to Reset BIOS Boot order. Remove the Recovery Boot Diskette from the Floppy Drive. Press Spacebar to continue.
14.	Enter the BIOS F2 and Restore the Boot Priority to Hard Drive First. Exit the BIOS and Save changes.
15.	System will now restart and Boot from the HDD, You will get a message asking you to Insert the system CD......... This is your Windows CD.
16.	Insert your Windows CD and follow all on-screen instructions.
17.	Once Windows has finished installing the basic application you will need to install the LifeBook Drivers.
18.	Windows will autodetect your CDROM Drive.
19.	Insert the Utility CD and it will autorun
20.	When prompted please type in your structure code, this is the twelve digit code found on the underside of the LifeBook, this tells the setup what components to install on your LifeBook. Follow any onscreen instructions and restart LifeBook when prompted.
21.	Boot into the BIOS F2 and Load Setup Defaults. Exit BIOS Saving Changes.

Windows NT Recovery for B Series

For B110 Please ignore the instructions regarding the Touchscreen.

Insert the Recovery Boot Diskette provided with the LifeBook

Enter the BIOS F2 and under the Boot Menu change the Boot Priority so that FLOPPY DISK (A:)is listed as first device.

Exit BIOS Saving Changes, Machine will restart and Boot from the Floppy Drive.

When prompted type GB for English on the the Menu to select the Country Variant.

Type Y to confirm that you want to recover the system.

You will get a Menu with the following options,

(1) Install Windows Operating System Only.
(2) to Start Partitioning.
(3) to Start Formatting.

Select Option 2

You will get a Menu with the following options,

(n) abort the Partitioning.
(1) to Start Automatic Partitioning.
(2) to Start Cleaning Partition.
(3) to Manual Partition.

Select option 2 to Start Cleaning the Partition.

System will Re-Start, You will get a message that says.....

No Save to Disk Partition or file exists on this fixed disk
Save to Disk feature is Disabled

Press F1 to resume.

You will be prompted by this message several times throughout the installation, please when prompted press F1 to resume all times.

You will again be prompted to select GB for English on the the Menu to select the Country Variant.

10.

You will again be prompted to type Y to confirm that you want to recover the system.

11.

You will get a Menu with the following options,

(n) To abort Recovery Process
(1) Install Windows Operating System Only.
(2) to Start Partitioning.
(3) to Start Formatting.

Select option 3 to Start Formatting the Hard Drive

12.

Type Y that you wish to proceed with the Format.

13.

The Hard drive will now be Formatted. When the format is complete you some files will be copied from the floppy disk to the Hard Drive and you will get a message to Reset BIOS Boot order. Remove the Recovery Boot Diskette from the Floppy Drive. Press Spacebar to continue.

14.

Enter the BIOS F2 and Restore the Boot Priority to Hard Drive First. For the PCMCIA CDRom to be recognised by Windows NT you need to reserve IRQ 9 in the Bios. This is found in the Advanced Menu under PCI Configuration and IRQ Reservation.
Select IRQ 9 from the list and set it to reserved.
Exit the BIOS and Save changes.

15.

System will now restart and Boot from the HDD,

You will get a message asking you to Insert the system CD.........

This is your Windows CD.

16.

Insert your Windows CD and follow all on-screen instructions.

17.

Once Windows has finished installing the basic application you will need to install the LifeBook Drivers. To do this you first need to install the CDRom driver so you can run the Utility CD to load the remainder of the drivers.

18.

From Windows Control Panel select SCSI Adapters. Under the drivers tab select Add.

19.

Select the Have Disk button, and insert the Floppy disk with the NT CDrom driver on. Select ARCTPI from the device list and install. System will restart

20.

You should now have a working CDROM Drive.

21.

First you will need to install the Latest Windows NT Service Pack. Once you have inserted the Service Pack CD it will autorun and upgrade the Windows NT.

22.

When the Service Pack has been fully installed insert the Utility CD, and it will autorun

23.

When prompted please type in your structure code, this is the twelve digit code found on the underside of the LifeBook, this tells the setup what components to install on your LifeBook.
When selecting which components to install please unselect the Card Executive tick box. Follow the on screen instructions.

24.

You need to install the Power Panel application. To do this select the Install Power Panel Icon on the desktop.

25.

You will need to upgrade the touchscreen driver from the one provided on the Utility CD. This is available from the WEB.

26.

In Control Panel select the Mouse Properties, click on the general tab.

27.

Click on the Change button and select Have Disk.
Type in C:\Fujitsu\Drivers\Touchpnl
Highlight Fujitsu Touch Panel (PS/2). Once the driver has loaded please restart.

28.

You will need to Calibrate the Touchscreen the first time you use it. To do this run Calwin.Exe. This is located in the C:\Fujitsu\Drivers\Touchpnl directory.

29.

Boot into the BIOS F2 and Load Setup Defaults.
Once Defaults have been loaded change the following enteries.

Advanced
	Plug & Play O/S	No
	I/O Device Configuration	Serial Port B:	Disabled
	PCI Configuration	IRQ Reservation	IRQ 9 Reserved
Power	Suspend Mode	Suspend
	Auto Save To Disk	Off

Exit BIOS Saving Changes.