
Maintenance
R&S
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User Manual 1178.7200.02 ─ 09
4. Close all software that is still running and log out of the system.
5. Log into the system as an administrator.
6.
NOTICE!
Backup your data. Before you upgrade the operating system, back up the
current image and your personal data to an external memory device, for example
an external hard disk. The system configuration and all personal data on the sys-
tem drive is lost after the upgrade.
Select "Settings" > "System" > "About" from the Windows Start menu to find out the
computer name (
QAR-xxxxxx
, with xxxxxx = serial number of your R&S
QAR).
Write down the computer name.
7. Connect the USB stick (order no. 1343.0530.02) with the Windows 10 upgrade to
one of the upper USB (3.0) ports on the R&S
QAR.
8. Run
flashbios.cmd
in the root directory of the USB stick to install a new BIOS
(make sure you are logged in as an administrator before you do this).
9. Shut down the R&S
QAR.
10. For devices with a serial number
≤
100665:
Connect the second USB stick with the smart card to the R&S
QAR. The smartcard
is needed to run the R&S
QAR software after the upgrade.
(Devices with a serial number > 100665 already have the smartcard integrated in
the system.)
11. Start the R&S
QAR and press the ESC or DEL keys until the BIOS starts.
12. Select the "Save & Exit" tab in the BIOS boot menu.
13.
NOTICE!
Risk of instrument damage. Do not turn off the R&S
QAR during the
upgrade.
Turning off the R&S
QAR during the upgrade can cause serious damage to the
R&S
QAR.
Select the "JetFlashTranscend" menu item to start the upgrade.
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