Repeating The Installation Process - IBM Professional Series User Manual

Repeating the Installation Process
For whatever reason, if it becomes necessary to repeat the
VM/PC installation process, the following information will
be useful:
The installation process uses several temporary files
which it erases upon normal completion. If the
installation process failed or was ended before it
completed, several of these temporary files may still be
on the C disk. These files MUST be erased prior to
repeating the installation process, since the installation
program will not overwrite any of your existing files.
All of the temporary file names begin with 'TVMPC'.
By issuing the DOS command:
DIR TVMPC*.*
you can determine the presence of temporary files.
• If VM/PC had been previously installed on your
computer, or if the installation process had partially
completed, all (or some) of the eight permanent files that
are normally installed will still be on the C disk.
It is not necessary to do anything about these permanent
files before repeating the installation process. The
installation program will detect their existence and give
you a chance to decide what to do. Read the section
above on "What About Existing Files?" for more
information.
Incidentally, this ability of the installation program
makes it convenient to re-install even a single VM/PC
permanent file if the copy of that file on your C disk
becomes damaged. This is done by starting the
installation process and, when eventually presented with
the "EXISTING VM/PC FILES" list screen, pressing
the SAVE key for all the files that are undamaged and
the REPLACE key for any damaged files. If a file is
severely damaged, it will not even appear on the list
screen. Such severely damaged files will be re-installed
automatically by the installation process.
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