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Instrument Refurbishment
Refurbishing an 86100C (Alternate Method)
Refurbishing an 86100C (Alternate Method)
N O T E
The process to clear the hard drive for instrument re-sale is very time consuming; therefore,
performing the procedure
which involves replacing the hard drive with a new one.
On the 86100C all software option license files, such as Option 100, Option 200, and Option 201
must be removed from the hard drive. A new backup disk image is created, based on the latest
data from the Factory.
The latest firmware will be installed. All recommended preventative maintenance will be per-
formed. Modifications and service notes should be installed as required. Follow all the adjust-
ment steps in
from
The hard drive recovery procedure restores the instrument's hard disk to Factory condition.
Procedure
Complete all the steps to refurbish the 86100C in the order presented below. This ensures that the
recovery image stored on the hard drive is the same as a new instrument from the factory.
1 Factory Recondition the 86100C Hard Disk Drive. On 86100C instruments, the hard disk drive
has four partitions:
• Infiniium drive C contains the operating system, the 86100C application, timebase calibration
• The User Drive D contains customer data files. It also contains automatically backed up dupli-
• A hidden un-named partition contains the recovery image.
• Another hidden un-named partition contains a bootable DOS file.
Drive C Recovery
2 Connect a keyboard to the instrument.
3 Turn on the instrument. After approximately 30 seconds, look for the following displayed text.
Immediately, press the down arrow key on the keyboard to select Emergency Backup And
Recovery. Then, press the Enter key.
4 After more text is displayed, press the Enter key to display the following screen:
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before performance testing. Complete a full performance verification
Chapter
4.
file, serial number, and software license files.
cates of the timebase calibration file, serial number, and software license files.
5-5, is the recommended method
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