NEC POWERMATE 5100 - SERVICE, Service Manual

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System Configuration 2-33
Rebuilding the Hard Drive and Restoring the Operating System
The OS Restore allows repartitioning and/or reformatting the hard drive and
then reinstalling Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT from the CD.
Rebuild the disk and reinstall the operating system in one of two ways:
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Auto, to perform a standard rebuild and restore
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Custom, to rebuild and restore with greater control over restore functions.
Note:
The Auto and Custom programs repartition
and/or reformat the hard drive before reinstalling the
operating system.
To only reinstall the operating system in a Windows 95 or
Windows 98 system while leaving applications and data files
intact, see “Restoring the Operating System.”
The following sections explain how to use the NEC Select Install CD to rebuild
and restore the system. See “Auto Rebuild and Restore” to repartition and
reformat the hard drive with the OS restore. See “Custom Rebuild and Restore”
for more options when repartitioning and/or reformatting the hard drive with the
OS restore.
After performing an OS restore that also repartitions and/or reformats the hard
drive, run a Selective Application Restore to reinstall any application that came
with the system. See “Installing Applications” for directions on running this
program.
Auto Rebuild and Restore
To perform an auto OS Restore which also repartitions and reformats the hard
drive, boot the system from the Select Install CD. When the system boots from
the CD, it automatically loads the MS-DOS

-based Operating System Restore
program.
!
CAUTION
If possible, back up the data before performing an OS
restore.
Follow these steps to rebuild the hard drive and restore the original, factory-
installed operating system using OS Restore:
1.
Power on or restart the system and immediately insert the Select Install CD
into the CD-ROM drive.
After the system boots from the CD, the Operating System Restore
Welcome screen appears (see the following figure).