Reinstalling The Operating System; Before You Begin; Finding Driver Software - Intergraph Zx10 5U System Manual

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Reinstalling the Operating System

This chapter provides basic instructions for reinstalling the operating system and associated system
software on your system. Before you attempt to reinstall the system software, read and understand
the entire chapter.

Before You Begin

Before you attempt to reinstall the operating system, have the following items available:
Information about your system that you recorded in Chapter 2, "Setting Up the Software."
Microsoft's operating system CD, Setup diskettes, and documentation
Microsoft's Service Pack CD (if provided)
Your system's driver CD, Quick-Fix Engineering (QFE) diskette (if provided), and
documentation (including Late-Breaking News if provided)
Software diskettes, software CDs, and documentation delivered with any expansion cards or
additional peripheral devices

Finding Driver Software

Your system's driver CD contains driver software (or drivers) installed on the system before it
shipped from the factory. Use the driver CD as the initial source for most drivers when reinstalling
the operating system. (Exceptions include the network controller driver and the SCSI controller
driver, which you must install from diskette.)
If updated versions of any drivers have been installed since you received the system, you should
first reinstall the operating system using the default drivers from the driver CD. You can then
reinstall any updated drivers after ensuring the system is operating correctly.
If a driver you want to install is not available from the driver CD, it may be available from the
operating system CD. A driver from your system's driver CD is usually more current than the
same driver from the operating system CD.
If expansion cards or peripheral devices have been installed since you received the system, you can
get drivers from diskettes or CDs provided with these devices. See the documentation provided
with these devices for installation instructions.
You can check Intergraph Computer Systems' online services for the latest versions of your
system's drivers. If a later version of a driver is available, you can download it and install it on
your system; keep it on diskette in case you need to reinstall it later. See the Preface of this
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