Maintenance and Service
11.2 Reinstalling the operating system
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Restoring the software to factory state using the Restore DVD
You can restore the original factory software using the Restore CD/DVD. The CD/DVD
contains the necessary images and tools for transferring the factory software to the hard disk
/ SSD or CF card of your PC. The following options are available for restoring software:
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Restore the entire hard disk / SSD with drive C: (system) and drive D:
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Restore drive C: only. This allows you to retain any user data on drive D.
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Restore the entire CF card
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Restore the system partition of the CF card only.
CAUTION
If "Restore system partition only" is set all data on drive C: (system) will be deleted. All
data, user settings and all authorizations or license keys on drive C: will be lost in the
process! All data on drive C: of your hard disk drive will be deleted. Setup formats the
hard disk partition and reinstalls the original factory software.
When you select the "Restore entire hard disk" option, ALL the data, user settings and
authorizations or license keys will be lost on the hard disk.
NOTICE
When using device models with two CompactFlash cards, the data is transferred to the
accessible CF card. If you want to transfer the software to the built-in CF card, you need
to remove the removable CF card before performing the restore.
Restoring the factory state
To restore the factory state, proceed as follows:
1.
Connect a USB CD-ROM drive to the device.
2.
Insert the Restore CD/DVD in the drive and reboot the device. When the BIOS message
appears, press
Press <F2> to enter Setup or <ESC> to show the Boot menu
the F2 key.
3.
Select the Boot menu and move the entry "CD-ROM Drive" to the first position.
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