
Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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Figure 2-5.
Installing a DDR3 SO-DIMM in an NI PXI-8820 Controller
Hard Drive Recovery
NI PXI-8820 controllers preinstalled with Windows include two methods
of restoring the original factory condition of your hard drive. Hard
drive-based recovery stores a factory backup on a separate portion of your
hard drive allowing you to restore your controller without additional media.
The NI PXI-8820 controller also ships with an
OS Recovery
CD that allows
you to reinstall your operating system onto your hard drive through an
external USB CD/DVD-ROM. For more information on these tools, refer
to KnowledgeBase
2ZKC02OK
,
Hard Drive Recovery and OS
Installation for PXI and VXI Controllers
, at
ni.com/support
.
Note
The hard drive recovery hot key is <F4>. To access the hard drive-based recovery
tool, press and hold <F4> when video first appears during the boot process.
If you want to recover your factory-installed operating system from a CD,
you can use the included OS re-installation CD with an external USB
CD/DVD-ROM drive. The re-installation CD does not reinstall the factory
OS image; it installs only a base operating system. Boot the PXI Express
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