4 NEC PowerMate ES SlimLine Series Release Notes
Starting the Recovery Program
Start the Recovery program as follows:
1.
With the system power off, insert the Recovery Boot diskette into the diskette drive.
2.
Turn on system power.
3.
Insert the Product Recovery CD into the CD-ROM drive.
4.
When a warning message appears, read it carefully. Press
Enter
to continue or
Esc
to exit
the Recovery program.
Using the Recovery Program
The Recovery Program main menu offers the following options:
Standard System Restore – select this option to restore your system to its original factory
software and settings.
Advanced Options – select this option to only install the Microsoft Windows operating
system.
Tools – choose this option to access the MS-DOS
®
edit mode, a series of hard disk utilities,
and a Master CD check program.
Cancel to return to DOS – select this option to close the Recovery program and exit to MS-
DOS mode.
Standard System Restore
The Standard System Restore recovery option resets your system to the original factory settings.
All files that were on the hard drive when you purchased the system are restored. All the files
you added or created yourself and all changes made to the original files are lost after the
recovery process. Your hard disk is exactly the same as when it left the factory.
Before you begin the restoration process, back up your data files (for
example, your document and art files) onto storage disks such as Zip disks or onto a network
drive.
1.
Start the Recovery program (see “Starting the Recovery Program” earlier in this document).
2.
At the Recovery Program main menu, choose Standard System Restore.
The first part of the restoration process takes about a half hour. Do not remove the Recovery
Boot diskette from the diskette drive. Do not shut down the system.
3.
At the message informing you that the restoration process is finished, remove the Recovery
Boot diskette and the Product Recovery CD from their drives. Press
Enter
to restart your
system.
The system restarts and installs the Windows operating system. This procedure can take as
long as an hour to complete. During this time, your system reinstalls all your original
software and hardware configuration settings.
4.
When the installations are finished, perform the same procedures as when you turned on
your computer for the first time.
