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Replicating the Setup, Copying to Single Computer

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Desktop Management Guide Replicating the Setup The following procedures give an administrator the ability to easily copy one setup configuration to other computers of the same model. This allows for faster, more consistent configuration of multiple computers. ✎ Both procedures require a diskette drive or a supported USB flash media device, such as an HP Drive Key. Copying to Single Computer Ä CAUTION: A setup configuration is model-specific. File system corruption may result if source and target computers are not the same model. For example, do not copy the setup configuration from a D510 Ultra-slim Desktop to a D510 e-pc. 1. Select a setup configuration to copy. Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click Start > Shut Down > Restart the Computer. 2. Press the F10 key as soon as the monitor light turns green. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary. ✎ If you do not press the F10 key at the appropriate time, you must turn the computer off, then on again, and press the F10 key again to access the utility. 3. Insert a diskette or USB flash media device. 4. Click File > Save to Diskette. Follow the instructions on the screen to create the configuration diskette or USB flash media device. 5. Turn off the computer to be configured and insert the configuration diskette or USB flash media device. 6. Turn on the computer to be configured. Press the F10 key as soon as the monitor light turns green. Press Enter to bypass the title screen, if necessary. 7. Click File > Restore from Diskette, and follow the instructions on the screen. 10 www.hp.com Desktop Management Guide

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Replicating the Setup
The following procedures give an administrator the ability to easily
copy one setup configuration to other computers of the same model.
This allows for faster, more consistent configuration of multiple
computers.
Both procedures require a diskette drive or a supported USB flash
media device, such as an HP Drive Key.
Copying to Single Computer
Ä
CAUTION:
A setup configuration is model-specific. File system
corruption may result if source and target computers are not the same
model. For example, do not copy the setup configuration from a D510
Ultra-slim Desktop to a D510 e-pc.
1. Select a setup configuration to copy. Turn on or restart the
computer. If you are in Windows, click
Start > Shut Down >
Restart the Computer.
2. Press the
F10
key as soon as the monitor light turns green. Press
Enter
to bypass the title screen, if necessary.
If you do not press the
F10
key at the appropriate time, you must turn
the computer off, then on again, and press the
F10
key again to
access the utility.
3. Insert a diskette or USB flash media device.
4. Click
File
>
Save to Diskette
. Follow the instructions on the
screen to create the configuration diskette or USB flash media
device.
5. Turn off the computer to be configured and insert the
configuration diskette or USB flash media device.
6.
Turn on the computer to be configured. Press the
F10
key as soon
as the monitor light turns green. Press
Enter
to bypass the title
screen, if necessary.
7. Click
File
>
Restore from Diskette
, and follow the instructions
on the screen.