Recovering Or Installing Device Drivers; Using The Ibm Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette - IBM IntelliStation A Pro 6224 User Manual

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Complete the following steps to recover the Red Hat Linux operating system.

Note: The recovery process replaces all information stored on drive C. If possible,

back up your data files before starting this process.

1. If possible, shut down the operating system.

2. If your computer is still on, turn it off.

3. Turn on the computer and wait for the operating system menu to be displayed;

4. Select the recovery options that you want and follow the instructions on the

5. When recovery is complete, exit from the program. The computer will restart

Recovering or installing device drivers

Restoring the factory-preinstalled device drivers is part of the Product Recovery

program and the Device Drivers CD.

Before you can recover or install device drivers, your operating system must be

installed on the computer. Make sure that you have the documentation and software

media for the device before you start recovering or installing device drivers.

Device drivers for IBM devices and the instructions to install them (readme.txt) are

on the Device Drivers CD and in the c:\ibmtools\drivers\ directory.

The latest device drivers are also available at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ on the

World Wide Web.

If you have attached a diskette drive to the computer and created an IBM Enhanced

Diagnostics diskette, complete the following steps to start the diskette. For

instructions to create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette, see "Creating an IBM

Enhanced Diagnostics diskette in Windows" on page 14.

1. Turn off any attached devices and the computer.

2. Insert the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette into the diskette drive.

3. Turn on all attached devices; then, turn on the computer.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen.

When the tests have been completed, you can view the test log by selecting Utility

from the top of the screen.

Note: If the computer will not turn off after you hold down the power-control

button for at least 4 seconds, disconnect the power cord and wait a few

seconds before reconnecting it.

then, quickly select IBM Preload Recovery & Diagnostics.

screen.

Note: To restore the operating system, device drivers, and application

programs, choose a full recovery.

automatically.

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