Appendix C: Host PC Software Installation Under Windows Vista
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type 'M' and write the Master Boot Record
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Create a DOS partition that is about 10 GB
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Save and exit
4. Reboot the computer with the ROM-DOS CD.
5. At the command line prompt type "FORMAT C:" to format the disk, and label the disk
“EyeLink” if asked.
6. At the command line prompt type "SYS C:" to install the ROM-DOS system files and
make the partition bootable.
7. Eject the CD from the CD-ROM drive and reboot the computer. If all goes well, the
system should boot from the hard disk and present a ROM-DOS command line prompt.
The next step is to install Windows Vista on the remainder of the hard drive, and then to
configure the Boot Loader so that Vista will give the option to boot from the ROM-DOS partition
or Vista when you start your computer. We will also copy the Host PC directory and software to
the EyeLink partition.
8. Reboot the computer from the Vista install DVD.
9. Install Vista on the second partition or if no second partition is shown, on the
remainder of the drive.
10. Enter User Names and Passwords as desired and once the Vista installation is
complete, reboot into the Vista operating system.
11. Go to the Start / All Programs -> Accessories -> Cmd.exe menu and right click on the
Cmd.exe icon and select the “Run as Administrator” contextual menu item. Issue the
following commands from the command prompt:
i.
bcdedit /copy {legacy} /d "EyeLink"
This will return a “<GUID>” – a string of characters that looks something like
{xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx....xxxx}. Select all of the text in the CMD window and copy it to the
clipboard by going to the Edit menu and selecting “Copy” – open Notepad in Windows which
is a simple text editor located at Start /All Programs -> Accessories -> Notepad, and paste
the text from CMD into the empty document. You can now highlight and copy just the
<GUID> text so that it can be easily pasted in the following steps, wherever <GUID>
appears.
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bcdedit /set <GUID> device partition=D:
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bcdedit /set <GUID> path \bootsect.bak
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bcdedit /displayorder <GUID> /addfirst
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bcdedit /default <guid>
