Lenovo ThinkCentre A51 Quick Reference Manual page 50

Running Diagnostics from the Product Recovery program
Use the following steps to run diagnostics from the Product Recovery program:
1. Shut down your operating system, and turn off the computer.
2. When you turn on your computer, press enter when indicated on the screen
to start the Rescue and Recovery program program.
3. From the main menu, select Diagnose Hardware.
4. Follow the prompts on the screen.
5. Restart the computer.
Creating an Diagnostics diskette
Use the following steps to create an diagnostics diskette:
1. Shut down your operating system, and turn off the computer.
2. When you turn on your computer, press Enter when indicated on the
screen to start the Rescue and Recovery program program.
3. From the main menu, select Create a diagnostics disk.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
5. When prompted, insert a blank, formatted diskette into the diskette drive,
and follow the instructions on the screen.
Notes:
1. You can also download the latest version of the diagnostic program from
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ on the World Wide Web. In the Quick
Path field, type your machine type to find the downloadable files specific
to your computer.
2. You can download a self starting bootable CD image (known as an .iso
image) of the diagnostics program from http://www.ibm.com/pc/support
to support systems without a diskette drive.
Running the Diagnostics diskette
Use the following steps to run the diagnostics diskette or CD image:
1. Shut down the operating system, and turn off the computer.
2. Insert the diagnostics diskette into the diskette drive or CD into the drive.
3. Turn on your computer.
4. Follow the instructions that are displayed on the screen. For help, press F1.
5. When the program finishes, remove the diskette from the diskette drive or
CD into the drive.
6. Shut down or restart your computer.
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