Dell Inspiron 7000 Dell Inspiron 7000 Series Installing Drivers and Utilities - Page 9

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21. Insert the Microsoft Windows 98 CD into the DVD-ROM drive. 22. Use the Browse button to select the Win98 folder on the Microsoft Windows 98 CD. 23. When prompted for the Luxonar file, put the Dell Inspiron 7000 System Software CD back in the DVD-ROM drive and use the Browse button to select the DVD folder on the CD. You are prompted to switch back and forth between the Microsoft Windows 98 CD and the Dell Inspiron 7000 System Software CD several times. 24. When prompted, click Finish. &UHDWLQJWKH6DYHWR'LVN6XVSHQG)LOH If you are installing a new hard-disk drive or if you are rebuilding a hard-disk drive with corrupted software and you want to be able to use the save-to-disk suspend mode, you must use the phdisk.exe utility on your system utilities diskette to create a saveto-disk suspend file. When save-to-disk suspend mode is activated, all system data is stored in this file. To create the save-to-disk suspend file, follow these steps: 1. Insert the Microsoft Boot Disk Windows 98 Series diskette into the diskette drive. 2. Restart the system. 3. When the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu appears, select Start computer with CD-ROM Support and press . 4. When the MS-DOS ® prompt appears, insert the Dell Inspiron 7000 System Software CD into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 5. At the MS-DOS prompt, type x:, where x is the drive letter for your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and press . The MS-DOS prompt changes to your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 6. Type cd\utilities and press . 7. Type PHDISK /CREATE /FILE and press . NOTE: Make sure there is a space between PHDISK /CREATE and /FILE. The utility calculates the size of the file, in kilobytes, based on the amount of system memory in your computer, plus 2 megabytes (MB) to handle video memory and additional system requirements. 1-6 Dell Inspiron 7000 - Installing System Software

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Dell Inspiron 7000 — Installing System Software
21.
Insert the
Microsoft Windows 98
CD into the DVD-ROM drive.
22.
Use the
Browse
button to select the
Win98
folder on the
Microsoft
Windows 98
CD.
23.
When prompted for the Luxonar file, put the
Dell Inspiron 7000 System Software
CD back in the DVD-ROM drive and use the
Browse
button to select the DVD
folder on the CD.
You are prompted to switch back and forth between the
Microsoft Windows 98
CD and the
Dell Inspiron 7000 System Software
CD several times.
24.
When prompted, click
Finish
.
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If you are installing a new hard-disk drive or if you are rebuilding a hard-disk drive with
corrupted software and you want to be able to use the save-to-disk suspend mode,
you must use the
phdisk.exe
utility on your system utilities diskette to create a save-
to-disk suspend file. When save-to-disk suspend mode is activated, all system data is
stored in this file.
To create the save-to-disk suspend file, follow these steps:
1.
Insert the
Microsoft Boot Disk Windows 98 Series
diskette into the diskette
drive.
2.
Restart the system.
3.
When the
Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu
appears, select
Start
computer with CD-ROM Support
and press <Enter>.
4.
When the MS-DOS
®
prompt appears, insert the
Dell Inspiron 7000 System
Software
CD into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
5.
At the MS-DOS prompt, type
x
:,
where
x
is the drive letter for your CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive, and press <Enter>.
The MS-DOS prompt changes to your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
6.
Type
cd\utilities
and press <Enter>.
7.
Type
PHDISK /CREATE /FILE
and press <Enter>.
NOTE: Make sure there is a space between
PHDISK /CREATE
and
/FILE
.
The utility calculates the size of the file, in kilobytes, based on the amount of sys-
tem memory in your computer, plus 2 megabytes (MB) to handle video memory
and additional system requirements.