Dell Inspiron 7000, Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

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Customizing System Features 2-17
5. At the MS-DOS prompt, type
d:
and press <Enter>
,
where
d
is the drive letter
for your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
Your MS-DOS prompt changes from an
A:\>
to a
D:\>
, assuming
D
is the drive
letter for your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
6. Type
cd\utilities
and press <Enter>.
7. Type
PHDISK /CREATE /FILE
and press <Enter>.
NOTE: Make sure there is a space between
PHDISK /CREATE
and
/FILE
.
The utility calculates the size of the file, in kilobytes, based on the amount of sys-
tem memory in your computer, plus 2 MB to handle video memory and additional
system requirements.
8. Follow the instructions on your screen to create the save-to-disk suspend file.
To check the size of the save-to-disk suspend file, at an MS-DOS prompt type
PHDISK /INFO
and press <Enter>
If you need to delete the save-to-disk suspend file, at an MS-DOS prompt type
PHDISK /DELETE /FILE
and press <Enter>:
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If needed, you can download the Dell Inspiron 7000 System User’s Guide from Dell’s
World Wide Web (WWW) site at http://www.dell.com/ :
1. Click the Support icon.
The Dell Support main menu appears.
2. Click Troubleshoot Your Dell System , and then locate the link to the Inspiron
page.
3. Select 7000 .
4. Click Technical Information , and then click Documentation .
5. Click System User’s Guide .
6. When prompted, save the file to your hard-disk drive.