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Updating an Emergency Repair Disk or a Startup
Diskette
You may have created an Emergency Repair Disk (Windows NT) or a Startup diskette
(Windows 95) during first-time startup, or through InterSite Welcome. If you did not, you
should create the appropriate diskette after you finish configuring the system. If you did, you
should update it any time you change the configuration of the system. The files on the
Windows NT Emergency Repair Disk can restore the original contents of a damaged
operating system Registry (that is, at the time the operating system was installed), along with
the standard operating system drivers. Use the Startup diskette to start the system in the
event you have trouble starting Windows 95.
See the operating system documentation for information on creating an Emergency Repair
Disk or a Startup diskette.
Ensuring PC Card Support and Operation
The optional PC Card adapter is used with devices based on standards developed by the
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA). Windows NT and
Windows 95 provide support for PC Card devices. See the operating system documentation
and Help for more information on PC Card device support.
If you will be using a PC Card hard disk device (ATA or AT type) with a system running
Windows NT, make sure the device drivers that control PC Card hard disk operation are set
to start correctly. Set the Atdisk device to start as a System device; set the Pcmcia device to
start as a Boot device. Do this before inserting a PC Card hard disk device in the PC Card
adapter. If you do not, anomalous behavior may result -- for example, the PC Card hard disk
drive may not be detected by Windows NT, or may be detected as the system drive (drive C).
NOTE
You must shut down the system before inserting a PC Card device in the PC Card adapter.
When you restart the system, Windows NT will recognize the PC Card device.
To change the startup type for device drivers that control PC Card hard disks:
1. Open Devices in the Control Panel. The Devices dialog displays.
2. Highlight
the
Atdisk device in the Device list; then select Startup. The Device dialog
displays.
3. Under Startup Type, select System; then select OK.
4. Highlight
the
Pcmcia device in the Device list; then select Startup. The Device dialog
displays.
