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Starting Dell Diagnostics From Your, Hard Drive, Drivers, and Utilities, If PSA is invoked - windows 7 partitions

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Using Support Tools Starting Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive The Dell Diagnostics is located on a hidden diagnostic utility partition on your hard drive. NOTE: If your computer cannot display a screen image, contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 68). 1. Ensure that the computer is connected to an electrical outlet that is known to be working properly. 2. Turn on (or restart) your computer. 3. When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. Select Diagnostics from the boot menu and press . This may invoke the Pre-Boot System Assessment (PSA) on your computer. NOTE: If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop, then shut down your computer and try again. NOTE: If you see a message stating that no diagnostics utility partition has been found, run the Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities disc. If PSA is invoked: a. The PSA starts running tests. b. If the PSA completes successfully, the following message appears: "No problems have been found with this system so far. Do you want to run the remaining memory tests? This will take about 30 minutes or more. Do you want to continue? (Recommended)." c. If you are experiencing memory issues, press , otherwise press . The following message appears: "Booting Dell Diagnostic Utility Partition. Press any key to continue." 52

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Using Support Tools
Starting Dell Diagnostics From Your
Hard Drive
The Dell Diagnostics is located on a hidden
diagnostic utility partition on your hard drive.
NOTE:
If your computer cannot display
a screen image, contact Dell (see
“Contacting Dell” on page 68).
Ensure that the computer is connected to an
1.
electrical outlet that is known to be working
properly.
Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2.
When the DELL
3.
™
logo appears, press <F12>
immediately. Select
Diagnostics
from the
boot menu and press <Enter>.
This may invoke the Pre-Boot System
Assessment (PSA) on your computer.
NOTE:
If you wait too long and the operating
system logo appears, continue to wait until
you see the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
desktop,
then shut down your computer and try again.
NOTE:
If you see a message stating that no
diagnostics utility partition has been found,
run the Dell Diagnostics from the
Drivers
and Utilities
disc.
If PSA is invoked:
The PSA starts running tests.
a.
If the PSA completes successfully,
b.
the following message appears:
“No
problems have been found
with this system so far.
Do you want to run the
remaining memory tests? This
will take about 30 minutes
or more. Do you want to
continue? (Recommended)
.”
If you are experiencing memory issues,
c.
press <y>, otherwise press <n>. The
following message appears:
“Booting
Dell Diagnostic Utility
Partition. Press any key to
continue
.
”