Creating An Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette Or Cd - IBM IntelliStation M Pro 6218 Problem Determination And Service Manual

Creating an Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD

You can create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the Product Recovery
program. You can create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD from the
World Wide Web.
Notes:
1. To create and use a diskette or CD, a diskette drive, or a CD or DVD/CD combo
2. When using diagnostics with a USB keyboard and mouse attached, you must
To create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the Product Recovery
program partition, complete the following steps:
1. Restart the computer and watch the monitor.
2. When the message To start the Product Recovery Program, Press F11
3. Select System utilities.
4. Select Create IBM Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen.
To download the latest image of the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics and create a
startable Enhanced Diagnostics diskette, complete the following steps:
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support.
2. Download the diskette image of the diagnostics file for the computer to a
3. Go to a DOS prompt, and change to the directory where the file was
4. If you are creating a diagnostics diskette, complete the following steps:
To download the latest CD image of the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics from the Web
and create a startable Enhanced Diagnostics CD, complete the following steps:
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support.
2. Download the CD image of the diagnostics file using a writeable optical device
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drive must be installed in the computer.
first enable USB emulation. Restart the computer and press F1 to start the
Configuration/Setup Utility. Select Start Options and make sure that the
Legacy USB Support option is set to Enable.
appears, quickly Press F11.
directory on the hard disk drive (not to a diskette).
downloaded.
a. Insert a blank high-density diskette into the diskette drive.
b. Type filename a: (where filename is the name of the file you downloaded
from the Web), and press Enter.
The downloaded file is self-extracting when copied to the diskette. When the
copy is completed, you have a startable or bootable IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
diskette.
(CD-RW or DVD/CD-RW combo drive).