Siemens SIMATIC IPC647D Operating Instructions Manual page 31

Back-up authorization or license key
● Check whether you can back-up your authorization or license key from the drive and
perform this procedure if possible.
● If backup is not possible, please contact Customer Support. There you can obtain
information necessary for corresponding software authorization.
Procedure
1. If your device has no DVD drive, connect an external USB DVD drive to a USB port.
2. Insert the recovery DVD into the DVD drive.
3. Reboot the device.
4. Press the <Esc> key when the device boots and keep it pressed.
The BIOS selection menu is displayed when initialization is completed.
5. Click the "Boot Manager" button.
6. In the boot menu, select the optical drive using the cursor keys.
It is identified by a "P" in front of the SATA port number.
Example:
P5: DV-W28S-A
7. Follow the instructions on the screen.
Note
All existing data, programs, user settings, authorizations and license keys on the drives
are deleted.
SIMATIC IPC647D/847D Hardware RAID Configuration
Compact Operating Instructions, 08/2014, A5E34655907-AA
NOTICE
Risk of data loss
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 drive" is set ALL data, user settings, authorizations or license keys will
be lost on the entire drive.
Maintaining and repairing the device
5.3 Reinstalling the software
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