NEC VersaDayLite, User Manual

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Using the Operating System and Utilities 4-13
7.
Read the Warning screen.
A warning displays indicating that drive C: (the primary drive/partition) is about to
be erased and formatted. It may be necessary to reinstall software to the other
drives (partitions) to reestablish Start Menu links and other configuration
requirements stored on drive C:.
8.
Select Continue to proceed, to perform a Partition Only restore.
If you select Back, the recovery utility returns to the prior screen, which has an exit
option.
If you select Continue, a screen with progress bars displays and lets you know the
progress of the recovery.
Do not turn off or disturb the system during the recovery
process.
9.
When the recovery process is complete, you are prompted to remove the CD from
the CD-ROM drive and reboot your system.
10.
Press
Enter
, click Reboot, or press
Alt-R
to reboot your system.
A series of hardware detection screens display, the system reboots, and the
Windows Setup screen appears. Follow the on-screen instructions to set up
Windows.
You are required to reenter your Microsoft license number.
Installing Windows 2000 Using a USB Device
To install a version of Windows 2000 purchased at a retail store onto the system you
need to create a Windows 2000 bootdisk set. This topic describes how to create the
necessary bootdisk floppies needed to recognize the CD-ROM drive during installation.
Installing Windows 2000 Using the USB CD-ROM Drive
Complete the steps below to create the bootdisk floppies necessary to install Windows
2000 from your USB CD-ROM drive.
1.
Have four blank formatted high-density diskettes available.
2.
Attach the diskette drive and the CD-ROM drive to the Versa DayLite, or any
system running Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows NT
®
Workstation 4.0 or
Windows 2000.