Agilent Technologies Infinium DCA 86100A, Service Manual

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2-5
Automated Testing and the VISION Test System
Controller Disk Drive Backup and Restore
Controller Disk Drive Backup and Restore
Although recovery disks have been provided with the system, the controller disk drive should be
backed up monthly to make it easier and faster to restore the system to the current revision of test
software and databases. Use a disk imaging software application such as Ghost version 9.0 (or
later) or equivalent backup program.
To back up the controller disk drive
1 Exit all applications.
2 Start up the image copy program. For example, Ghost.
3 When asked, select the entire contents of the hard disk drive and copy the image to the DVD or
CD burner.
4 Store the newly created disks on top of the system controller.
To restore the controller disk drive
This procedure is valid for test systems vintage 2005 and later. Older systems will use a similar
process but might have different hardware. For example, no DVD drive.
1 Connect a keyboard and mouse to the system.
2 Install the recovery CD or DVD in the drive.
3 Shutdown the system controller and restart. Wait for boot up to complete.
4 Eventually the following prompt will be displayed:
1. This computer was started from a Ghost Boot Disk
2. This computer was started from a Ghost Bootable CD
Enter a choice
5 Select option 2,
“ This computer was started from a Ghost Bootable CD ”
. Press the Enter key.
N O T E There will be a number of error messages displayed after selecting prompt number 2. This is
normal and can be ignored.
6 Next, the following prompt will be displayed:
Loading...
Insert Ghost boot disk 2 (containing Ghost.exe)
To run Ghost.exe from a hard disk or DC, press Ctrl-C at the following prompt then change to the appropriate
drive letter and type ‘Ghost’
press any key to continue...
7 Press Ctrl-C.
8 When asked to terminate the batch job indicate Y for Yes.
9 At the A:\ prompt, type in C: then press Enter.
10 Click the OK button.
11 Type in ghost.exe and press the Enter key.
12 Select Local -> Disk -> From Image. Press Enter.
13 Open the first . gho file image in the list.
14 Press the Enter key.
15 Click OK, OK, and Yes to proceed with the disk restore.