Running Diagnostics From The Rescue And Recovery Workspace; Pc-Doctor For Dos; Creating A Diagnostic Cd Image; Running Diagnostics From The Cd Or Diskettes - Lenovo ThinkCentre A57e Hardware Maintenance Manual

Running diagnostics from the Rescue and Recovery
workspace
You can run the PC-Doctor for Windows PE diagnostic program from the Rescue
and Recovery workspace. To run diagnostics from the Rescue and Recovery
workspace, use the following procedure:
1. Shut down the operating system and turn off the computer.
2. Repeatedly press and release the F11 key as you turn on the computer.
3. When you hear beeps or see a logo screen, stop pressing the F11 key. The
4. From the Rescue and Recovery workspace, Select Launch Advanced Rescue
5. The diagnostic program opens automatically. Select the diagnostic test you
6. Follow the instructions on the screen.
Note: Rescue media includes PC-Doctor for Windows PE. For more information

PC-Doctor for DOS

Use PC-Doctor for DOS, if you are unable to start the Windows operating system
or if PC-Doctor for Windows has not been successful in isolating a possible
problem. You can run PC-Doctor for DOS from a diagnostic CD image or
diagnostic diskettes that have been created.
Note: It is important to create a diagnostic CD image or diagnostic diskettes in

Creating a diagnostic CD image

To create a diagnostic CD image, download a self-starting bootable CD image
(known as an .iso image) of the diagnostic program from http://
www.lenovo.com/support/. After you download the image, you can create the CD
using any CD burning software.

Running diagnostics from the CD or diskettes

To run diagnostics from the diagnostic CD image that you created, use the
following procedure:
1. Make sure the computer is turned off.
2. If you are running diagnostics from diskettes using a USB diskette drive, plug
3. Insert the CD into the optical drive or the first diagnostic diskette into the
4. Restart the computer.
5. When the diagnostics program opens, follow the instructions on the screen.
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Rescue and Recovery workspace opens.
and Recovery → Diagnose hardware
want to run. Press the F1 key for additional help.
about rescue media, see the User Guide for the computer.
case PC-Doctor for Windows PE cannot be run from the Rescue and
Recovery workspace.
in the USB device.
diskette drive.
Note: If the diagnostic program does not start, you might not have your optical
drive or diskette drive set as a startable device. See "Selecting a startup
device" on page 51 for instructions on how to change the startup device.