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Starting DiagTools, from a Floppy Disk, Restart the PC.

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1 Troubleshooting Your PC Troubleshooting With HP Hardware Diagnostics Starting DiagTools from a Floppy Disk You can also run DiagTools from the floppy disk drive: 1 Create the diagnostic floppy disks from the preloaded copy of DiagTools on your hard disk: • either run the diaginst.bat utility in C:\DMI\HPDIAGS on your hard disk, or • run TopTools (look in Start  Programs  TopTools for Desktops) and access the online (F1) help for information. 2 Insert the first floppy disk into the floppy drive (the second floppy disk is only necessary if you want to carry out Advanced System Tests). 3 Restart the PC. 4 Enter the Setup program by pressing F2 at startup, then set Plug & Play O/S in the Main menu to No. Press Esc to save the settings and exit Setup. 5 The PC will start (boot) from the floppy disk and automatically start DiagTools. Follow the onscreen instructions to carry out the diagnostic tests. This utility will automatically detect the complete hardware configuration of your system before any tests can be performed. 11

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Troubleshooting Your PC
Troubleshooting With HP Hardware Diagnostics
Starting DiagTools
from a Floppy Disk
You can also run DiagTools from the floppy disk drive:
1
Create the diagnostic floppy disks from the preloaded copy of
DiagTools on your hard disk:
•
either run the diaginst.bat utility in
C:\DMI\HPDIAGS
on your
hard disk, or
•
run TopTools (look in
Start
±
Programs
±
TopTools
for Desktops
) and
access the online (F1) help for information.
2
Insert the first floppy disk into the floppy drive (the second floppy
disk is only necessary if you want to carry out Advanced System
Tests).
3
Restart the PC.
4
Enter the
Setup
program by pressing
F2
at startup, then set
Plug &
Play O/S
in the
Main
menu to
No
. Press
Esc
to save the settings and exit
Setup
.
5
The PC will start (boot) from the floppy disk and automatically start
DiagTools. Follow the onscreen instructions to carry out the
diagnostic tests.
This utility will automatically detect the complete hardware
configuration of your system before any tests can be performed.