Digital Equipment STARION 20 Series, Service Maintenance Manual

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Digital STARION 9xx & 20xx PC Utilities & Configuration
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Restore Individual Programs
If an individual application has been inadvertently deleted or has become corrupted, it can be restored from
the “Getting Started” Service selection. To restore any program you must first have a working copy of
Windows 95 and “Getting Started” installed on the computer.
To restore an individual application proceed as follows:
1)
Close and save any open files and close all application programs.
2) Open Digital's “Getting Started” program and click on the Service selection.
3) Click on the Restore Factory Software selection.
4) The screen displays a list of all software that can be re-installed to the hard disk drive.
5) Insert the System Software Restore CD into the CD-ROM drive.
6) Select the software program you want to re-install.
7) Follow the screen prompts and enter any requested information.
PHLASH .EXE
Starion computers are equipped with flash memory. This means that users can restore the computer's
BIOS simply by running the PHLASH.EXE utility. Users can also upgrade the computer's BIOS to future
releases by running PHLASH.EXE along with any flash BIOS update diskette if necessary.
Download the PHLASH Utility and any required BIOS update files from the Digital BBS. Afterwards,
PHLASH Utility and BIOS update files can be copied onto diskettes for use. Accessing and using the BBS
is described using the “Getting Started” Services selection or a Digital service representative can help.
The following files should be copied onto the BIOS Diskette:
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PHLASH.EXE and associated runtime files.
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Binary BIOS images.
Before Using PHLASH.EXE
Before upgrading the BIOS using PHLASH.EXE, make a backup diskette (crisis recovery diskette) of the
old BIOS. It is important to make this diskette. Should you find the BIOS upgrade unsuccessful, this
crisis recovery diskette can be used to return to the old BIOS.
The following is needed to create this diskette:
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A blank 3½-inch 1.44 MB formatted diskette.
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A diskette copy of the PHLASH Utility downloaded from the Digital BBS.