Getting Started - Texas Instruments TravelMate 6100 Series User Manual

This chapter supplements the Installation Poster to help you install the
computer for the first time. The chapter contains information to help you
make decisions during the setup process, details of the Windows 95 setup
program, and a description of the multimedia demo program.
What You Need
Before Starting
Running the Setup
Program 4
Backing Up System
Files 6
Loading Windows
for Workgroups
Loading Windows 95
Loading Windows NT
Read Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Sufficient time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
3
Access to AC power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Drive modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
PCMCIA cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Certificate of Authenticity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Which operating system to load . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Windows 95 or Windows for
Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
MS-DOS and Windows for Workgroups
backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Windows 95 backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Windows NT backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Loading PHDISK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Choosing the operating system. . . . . . . . . . 2-8
8
Creating Recovery Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Registering your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Loading PHDISK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Choosing the operating system. . . . . . . . . 2-10
Configuring your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Finishing Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Windows NT Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Starting Windows NT for the first time . . . 2-14
Workgroups and MS-DOS . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Getting Started

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