Epson DM-M820, Technical Reference Manual

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Rev. I OS and Drivers 4-9
MR Series Technical Reference Manual
Recovering the OS
Use the OS recovery media (CD-ROM) packed with the IM-800 to recover the OS.
Follow the steps below to carry out OS recovery.
1. Turn power to the IM-800 off. Turn the main power switch off. Unplug the power cable.
2. If a CD-ROM drive is not already installed, attach a drive to the MR series.
3. Attach to the MR series the HDD unit you'd like to recover.
4. Start up the BIOS setup utility and select the First Boot Device from the Advanced BIOS
features setup menu.
5. Set the First Boot Device to “CDROM”.
6. Insert the “Windows 2000 CD-ROM 1 of 2" into the CD-ROM drive.
7. On the BIOS setup utility main menu, select “Save & Exit Setup” and press the Enter key.
The following dialog box appears.
SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?
8. Press [Y] and [Enter]. The system will restart and after a short time, the License Agreement
will appear.
Strike a key when ready ... _
9. When you press any key, part of the License Agreement will appear. Repeat the same
procedure until you get to the end of the License Agreement. The following message will
appear.
Please type following commands to start the OS recovery.
A:\>_
10. Enter the following from the command prompt.
A:\>x: [enter]
X:\>start [enter]
11. The following message will appear. Select and enter the partition size of the HDD.
Please select the system partition size.
1: 10GB (Default size)
F: Full size of HD.
Please push a key of 1 or F._
12. EPSON HDD Recovery Utility window will appear. Press Continue to start the OS
recovery.
OS recovery takes 20 to 40 minutes. The time differs depending on the type of OS and CPU
speed.