Service and maintenance
11.9 Reinstalling the software
SIMATIC HMI IPC677C
Operating Instructions, 04/2013, A5E02722710-04
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Retrieving authorization or license
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Check whether you can retrieve your authorization or license key from the disk and
perform this procedure if possible.
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If backup is not possible, please contact Customer Support. There you can obtain
information necessary for software authorization.
NOTICE
If "Restore system partition only" is set all data on drive C: (system partition) will be
deleted. All data, user settings and all authorizations or license keys on drive C: are lost!
All data on drive C: will be completely deleted, reformatted and overwritten with the
original factory software.
If "Restore entire hard disk" is set ALL data, user settings, authorizations or license keys
will be lost on the entire drive.
Procedure
1.
Connect a DVD drive to the USB interface.
2.
Insert the Restore DVD into the DVD drive.
3.
Reboot the device.
4.
Press the <F12> key when the following BIOS message appears.
Press <F2> to go to Setup Utility
Press <F12> to go to Boot Manager
The "Boot Menu" is displayed when initialization is completed.
5.
Select the optical drive with your cursor keys which is identified with a "P" in front of the
SATA port number.
Example:
P3 - OPTIARC DVD-ROM DDU1681S
.
6.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
NOTICE
All existing data, programs, user settings, authorizations and license keys on the drives
will be deleted and are thereby lost.