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The E-42 ships with pre-installed system software on the hard disk drive. If you must reinstall
system software when servicing the E-42, use the latest System Software and User Software
DVDs.
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You can change the default language preinstalled at the factory using the Configure
tool, available through Command WorkStation and WebTools. Start Configure, choose
Server > Regional Settings > Server Language, and click Apply. Changing languages can take
3-5 minutes.
Before installing system software
Consider the following settings and features before you install system software.
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Battery, date, and time:
If you removed or replaced the motherboard battery during
service, make sure to configure the time and date in Setup before installing system
software. Otherwise, the system may hang during the user software installation segment
(see
).
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Backup/restore:
Before you reinstall the system software, check with the site administrator
if there is any backup available to restore.
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If there is a backup for the entire hard disk drive, make sure to restore this backup first
in the Fiery System Installer. Doing so ensures that all the customized settings and jobs on the
HDD(s) will be restored. If this backup is not available, restore the image from recovery
partition, which is provided with the E-42 by default. This will restore the E-42 to the factory
default setting. You must install the system software using the System Software DVDs only
when you replaced the hard disk drive, or restoring the backup does not solve the problem
you are troubleshooting.
It is recommended to create a backup of the entire hard disk drive after you install the system
software and run the initial Setup. To create the backup or restore the system, use the Fiery
System Installer. For more information, see
Configuration and Setup
, which is part of the user
documentation set.
The following issues apply to the scenario where you reinstall the system from the System
Software DVDs.
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Jobs:
All jobs in all print queues, and all jobs archived locally on the E-42 hard disk drive
are deleted when you reinstall the system software. To save jobs, ask the site administrator
to archive them to a CD/DVD or a location on the network, so that the jobs can be
imported back into the E-42 queue after system software installation. For more
information, see Command WorkStation Help.
Notify the network administrator at the customer site that some archived jobs may no longer
print after you install an updated version of the system software.