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If no supported NIC is found, you can gather information about your computer
and send it to Technical Support to see if an updated recovery CD or an
appropriate driver is available. To do this, select Save, insert a formatted floppy
disk or USB disk into your computer, and select the appropriate option (Save to
Floppy Disk or Save to USB Disk). Once the file has been saved to the
specified location, you can send it to Technical Support. Then select Finish and
select Yes to restart your computer. At this point, you have 10 seconds to
remove the recovery CD from your CD-ROM drive and boot from your local disk
once more. Otherwise, your computer will boot from the recovery CD again.
4. When the hardware list displays, take the desired action:
To do this
Proceed with recovering data Select Next.
Load a new recovery driver
See a complete list of the
detected hardware
5. Review the network settings for your NIC and select Next.
The recovery CD obtains the IP address to use from your DHCP server. If the
displayed settings are not the ones you want to use, or if no IP address is
displayed, select the NIC in the list, select Config, specify the desired IP
address, subnet mask, and default gateway, and select OK.
If multiple NICs are listed, the recovery CD will use the last operational one (that
is, the last NIC whose Status is Enabled). If you do not want to use the last
listed NIC, select that NIC, select Config, and then select Disable to change the
Status to Disabled. Repeat this procedure for each NIC that you do not want to
use. Then select Next.
6. In the Computer Name field, enter the full computer name of this computer.
If you don't remember the full computer name, access the Manager (as
described in
"Accessing the
navigation bar. In the Protected disks group box, the Computer Name column
lists the computer name of each computer that has backed up disks to the
storage system.
Do this
You can select Next only if at least one supported NIC
is listed.
Select Load Driver, select the location from which you
want to install the driver (Load From System for the
local hard disk, Load From Floppy Disk for a floppy
disk, Load From CD for a CD, or Load From USB
Disk for a USB disk), insert the disk (if loading from a
floppy disk, CD, or USB disk), and respond to the
prompts.
Select Diagnostic Mode.
When you are done viewing the list, select Normal
Mode.
Manager") and click Backups in the
Protecting Local Disks
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