Dell Inspiron 7000 Install Manual page 9

1-6 Dell Inspiron 7000 — Installing System Software
21. Insert the Microsoft Windows 98 CD into the DVD-ROM drive.
22. Use the Browse button to select the Win98 folder on the Microsoft
Windows 98 CD.
23. When prompted for the Luxonar file, put the Dell Inspiron 7000 System Software
CD back in the DVD-ROM drive and use the Browse button to select the DVD
folder on the CD.
You are prompted to switch back and forth between the Microsoft Windows 98
CD and the Dell Inspiron 7000 System Software CD several times.
24. When prompted, click Finish.
If you are installing a new hard-disk drive or if you are rebuilding a hard-disk drive with
corrupted software and you want to be able to use the save-to-disk suspend mode,
you must use the phdisk.exe utility on your system utilities diskette to create a save-
to-disk suspend file. When save-to-disk suspend mode is activated, all system data is
stored in this file.
To create the save-to-disk suspend file, follow these steps:
Insert the Microsoft Boot Disk Windows 98 Series diskette into the diskette
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drive.
2. Restart the system.
3. When the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu appears, select Start
computer with CD-ROM Support and press <Enter>.
4. When the MS-DOS
Software CD into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
5. At the MS-DOS prompt, type x :, where x is the drive letter for your CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive, and press <Enter>.
The MS-DOS prompt changes to your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
6. Type cd\utilities and press <Enter>.
7 . Type PHDISK /CREATE /FILE and press <Enter>.
NOTE: Make sure there is a space between PHDISK /CREATE and /FILE .
The utility calculates the size of the file, in kilobytes, based on the amount of sys-
tem memory in your computer, plus 2 megabytes (MB) to handle video memory
and additional system requirements.
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prompt appears, insert the Dell Inspiron 7000 System