Running Diagnostics From The Rescue And Recovery Workspace - Lenovo ThinkCentre A52 Quick Reference Manual

Running Diagnostics from the Rescue and Recovery
workspace
Use the following steps to run diagnostics from the Product Recovery program:
1. Shut down your operating system, and turn off the computer.
2. Repeatedly press and release the Enter or F11 key as you turn on your
computer.
3. When you hear beeps or see a logo screen, stop pressing the Enter or F11
key. The Rescue and Recovery workspace opens.
4. From the Rescue and Recovery workspace, select Diagnose Hardware.
5. Follow the prompts on the screen.
6. Restart the computer as instructed.
Creating an Diagnostics diskette
Use the following steps to create a diagnostics diskette:
1. Shut down your operating system, and turn off the computer.
2. Repeatedly press and release the Enter or F11 key as you turn on your
computer.
3. When you hear beeps or see a logo screen, stop pressing the Enter or F11
key. The Rescue and Recovery workspace opens.
4. From the Rescue and Recovery workspace, select Create diagnostic disks.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
6. When prompted, insert a blank, formatted diskette into the diskette drive,
and follow the instructions on the screen.
Notes:
1. You also can download the latest version of the diagnostic program from
http://www.lenovo.com/think/support/ on the World Wide Web. In the
Use 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.lenovo.com/think/
support to support systems without a diskette drive.
Running diagnostics from diskettes or a CD
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. When the diagnostics program opens, follow the instructions that are
displayed on the screen. For help, press F1.
5. When the program finishes, remove the diskette or CD from the drive.
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