IBM IntelliStation A Pro 6217, User Manual

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If an operating system menu is not displayed, continue with the next step.
4. From the Product Recovery main menu, use the arrow keys to select System
utilities , and then press Enter.
5. Use the arrow keys to select Create a Recovery Repair diskette , and then
press Enter.
6. Follow the instructions on the screen.
See “Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD in Windows” for
information about how to create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette.
Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD in Windows
Note: To create and use a diskette or CD, you must add a diskette, CD-RW, or
DVD/CD-RW combo drive (if one is not already installed), to your computer. To
enable a USB diskette drive to work, you must disable the legacy diskette drive
function in the Configuration/Setup Utility program (click Devices and I/O Ports
→
Disable Legacy Diskette A ). To make sure that the CD or DVD drive work, you
must ensure that the CD or DVD drive is in the boot order in the
Configuration/Setup Utility program.
The IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD is a self-starting diagnostics diskette
or CD that you can use to test hardware components in your computer. You can
only create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the Product Recovery
program. However, you can create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD
from the World Wide Web.
To create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the Product Recovery
program partition, complete the following steps:
1. Restart the computer and watch the monitor.
2. When the message
To start the Product Recovery Program, Press F11
appears, quickly Press F11.
3. Select System utilities .
4. Select Create IBM Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette .
5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
To create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the World Wide Web,
complete the following steps:
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com.
2. Click Support & downloads .
3. Click Search technical support .
4. In the Enter keyword(s) field, type
diagnostics 6217
, and click Submit .
5. From the “Search results” page, click the Enhanced Diagnostics item for your
computer.
6. On the next page, click the executable file for the Enhanced Diagnostics code to
download it (be sure to download the file to a hard disk directory and not to a
diskette). You can click the text file to display the readme file.
7. At a command prompt, change to the directory where the file was downloaded.
8. Insert a blank, high-density diskette into the diskette drive.
9. Type filename a : where filename is the name of the file you downloaded and a
is the drive letter of the diskette drive; then, press Enter.
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IntelliStation A Pro Type 6217: User’s Guide