Creating An Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette Or Cd; Using The Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette Or Cd - IBM IntelliStation A Pro 6217 Service Manual

Creating an Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD

You can create only 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, you must have a diskette drive or a CD-RW
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 diagnostics file for the computer to a hard disk directory (not 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 optional device

Using the Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD

If a diskette, CD, or DVD drive has been installed in the computer and an
Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD has been created (see "Creating an
Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD"), complete the following steps to start the
IBM Enhanced Diagnostics using the diagnostics diskette or CD:
Note: Before starting the diagnostics CD, make sure that the CD or DVD drive is in
the boot order in the Configuration/Setup Utility program.
or DVD/CD-RW combo drive installed in the computer.
first enable USB emulation. Restart the computer and press F1 to start the
Configuration/Setup Utility. Select Devices and I/O Ports, then select USB
Setup and make sure that the USB keyboard and mouse are enabled.
appears, quickly Press F11.
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).
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