SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP16624 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: SP16624.EXE TITLE: Presario QuickRestore Fix for Dual Hard Drives VERSION: 1.0 LANGUAGE: US English CATEGORY: Fix DIVISIONS: Consumer PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Any Compaq Presario desktop with two hard drives installed OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millenium (Me) SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A EFFECTIVE DATE: January 24, 2001 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 5.0 SUPERSEDES: N/A DESCRIPTION: This provides a fix for the QuickRestore utility for any Presario desktop with two hard drives installed, either as original equipment or installed by the customer. Without this fix, there is a risk that the second hard drive could be erased when any QuickRestore function is performed. HOW TO USE: 1. Download the SoftPaq into a temporary directory on your local drive. 2. Put a blank formatted diskette in A: drive. 3. Execute the downloaded executable file (SP16624.EXE). 4. Follow the instructions on the screen. It will extract the files onto the diskette as well as into the current hard drive directory. The created diskette will be a bootable diskette. 5. Restart the computer with the diskette in Drive A, allowing the computer to reboot from the diskette. The utility on the diskette will automatically perform the update. 6. After the update is completed, remove the diskette and restart the system. 7. The temporary directory may be deleted. Copyright 2001, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.