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Running e-DiagTools from the Utility Partition on your Hard Disk

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Troubleshooting with HP e-DiagTools Running e-DiagTools from the Utility Partition on your Hard Disk Running e-DiagTools from the Utility Partition on your Hard Disk To run e-DiagTools from the Utility Partition on your computer's hard disk drive, follow this procedure: 1 Quit all applications, shut down the operating system, and restart your computer. 2 After the initial splash screen with the logo, a message is displayed: Press to enter HP Utility Partition ... or any other key to proceed 3 Press the F10 key. A menu appears. NOTE If this does not work, it probably means that the Utility Partition has been disabled. Try running e-DiagTools from a CD-ROM instead. Alternatively, you can recreate the Utility Partition and restore your operating system. For more information, refer to the following Web address: www.hp.com/desktops/diagtools 4 Select the option to run e-DiagTools. Depending on your BIOS configuration, you may have to reboot the PC. Changes are made automatically and are restored to the original values when you exit e-DiagTools. NOTE You cannot move from one option to another. Once you have selected an option, you have to exit, reboot your system and run e-DiagTools. 41

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Troubleshooting with HP e-DiagTools
Running e-DiagTools from the Utility Partition on your Hard Disk
Running e-DiagTools from the Utility Partition on your
Hard Disk
To run e-DiagTools from the Utility Partition on your computer’s hard
disk drive, follow this procedure:
1
Quit all applications, shut down the operating system, and restart
your computer.
2
After the initial splash screen with the logo, a message is displayed:
Press <F10> to enter HP Utility Partition ...
or any other key to proceed
3
Press the F10 key. A menu appears.
NOTE
If this does not work, it probably means that the Utility Partition has
been disabled. Try running e-DiagTools from a CD-ROM instead.
Alternatively, you can recreate the Utility Partition and restore your
operating system. For more information, refer to the following Web
address:
www.hp.com/desktops/diagtools
4
Select the option to run e-DiagTools. Depending on your BIOS
configuration, you may have to reboot the PC. Changes are made
automatically and are restored to the original values when you exit
e-DiagTools.
NOTE
You cannot move from one option to another. Once you have selected
an option, you have to exit, reboot your system and run e-DiagTools.