Product Recovery Program Menu - IBM 6343 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Product Recovery Program menu

Type 2292, 6343, 6349, 6350, 6790, 6791, 6792, 6793, 6794, 6795, 6823, and 6825
machines have recovery and diagnostics programs on a separate hard drive partition.
The Enhanced Diagnostics diskette is not shipped with the machine. To download the
Diagnostics program, see "Diagnostics program download" on page 16.
At startup, the machine displays the following prompt:
To start the Product Recovery Program, press F11
CAUTION:
Make sure all data is backed up to avoid loss when the Product Recovery program
is used.
After depressing F11, you are given the following options.
• IBM Backup and Restore
This utility will restore your most recent backup of your operating system,
applications, and data.
Note: This item should only appear if the IBM Backup and Restore program has
been installed
•
Full recovery
This utility reformats the hard drive and restores all original files.
• System utilities
1.
Repair (Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 Only)
This runs the Windows NT 4.0 emergency repair utility.
2. Run Diagnostics
Runs the IBM Enhanced Diagnostic Program.
3. Create a Diagnostics Diskette
Creates a bootable diagnostic diskette.
4. System Information
Displays information about your computer configuration and allows the user
to gather system information that would be needed during a Help Center call.
5. Create Recovery/Repair Diskette (Disk to Disk Solution Only)
Creates a startable diskette to restore access to the IBM Product Recovery
program on the hard disk.
6. Recovery CD
In the event of a Hard Disk Drive failure, a Recovery CD can be used to
restore the Hard Disk Drive to the original factory preset. Be sure to use the
Recovery CD FRU list to obtain the proper recovery CD for the computer
model you are servicing.
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Chapter 3. Diagnostics