Creating An Emergency Recovery-Repair Diskette; Creating An Ibm Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette - IBM 622138U - IntelliStation Z - Pro 6221 User Manual

2. Click one of the tabs on the Access IBM Welcome window (for example, How
3. Click a topic.

Creating an emergency recovery-repair diskette

At your earliest opportunity, create a recovery-repair diskette and store it in a safe
place. In the unlikely event that your Windows desktop becomes unusable, you can
use the recovery-repair diskette to access the Product Recovery program.
Additional information about the diskette is in Access IBM. For information about
using this diskette, see "Using the emergency recovery-repair diskette" on page 87.
Complete the following steps to create a recovery-repair diskette:
1. From Access IBM, click the How do I... tab; then, click Protect data.
2. Click Creating emergency diskettes.
3. Click Recovery Repair diskette.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette

The IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette is used to test hardware components on
your computer. See "Using an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette" on page 87 for
instructions on how to use an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette.
You can create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette using Access IBM, by
downloading a program image from the World Wide Web, or from the Device
Drivers and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD.
Complete the following steps to create the diagnostics diskette using Access IBM:
1. From the Access IBM Welcome window, click How do I...; then, click Protect
2. Click Creating emergency diskettes.
3. Click Diagnostic diskette.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
Complete the following steps to create a startable IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
diskette from the World Wide Web:
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ on the World Wide Web.
2. Download the diagnostics file for your computer to a hard disk directory (not to
3. Go to a DOS prompt and change to the directory where the file was
4. Insert a blank, high-density diskette into diskette drive A.
5. Type filename a:
The downloaded Web file is self-extracting and will be copied to the diskette. When
the copy completes, store the diskette in a safe place.
Complete the following steps to create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from
the Device Drivers and IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD:
1. Insert a formatted, blank, high-density diskette into diskette drive A.
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