Auto Rebuild And Restore - NEC POWERMATE 2000 Service And Reference Manual

Auto Rebuild and Restore

Reformat and repartition the hard drive as follows.
The OS Restore program deletes all the data on the hard
drive. If possible, back up all data before performing an OS
restore.
1. Launch the NEC OS Restore CD and follow the prompts to get to the
Restore Mode screen (see "Launching the OS Restore CD").
2. Click
Auto
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If running Windows NT 4.0, go to step 4.
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If running Windows 98 or Windows 2000, the Partition Information
screen appears.
3. The Partition Information screen that appears in Windows 98 or Windows
2000 has three options (Back, FAT 16, and FAT 32) and lets you select the
File Allocation Table (FAT) type you want to use for the operating system
restore.
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Click
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Click
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Click
Windows 98 or Windows 2000 systems only).
Note
98 or Windows 2000 system configured for FAT 32. In
addition, select FAT16 if a dual-boot system is desired.
4. A FAT 16 or FAT 32 Partition warning screen appears indicating that the
system is about to partition and format the hard drive using the FDISK
program. This warning screen contains three options: Back, Exit, and
Continue.
5. Click
Continue
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system performs FDISK
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system reboots
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partitions are formatted
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OS and drivers load from the CD.
The "Operating System Restore Completed" screen appears when all files
are restored.
2-28 System Configuration
to repartition and reformat the hard drive.
Back to return to the Operating Mode screen.
FAT 16 to select the FAT 16 allocation table (current FAT type).
FAT 32 to select the FAT 32 allocation table (available for
:
Some older software may not work in a Windows
. The following takes place: