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Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD in Windows Note: To create and use a diskette or CD, you must have a diskette, CD-RW, or DVD/CD-RW combo drive installed in the computer. To enable a USB diskette drive to work, you must disable the legacy diskette drive function in the Configuration/Setup Utility program (click Devices and I/O Ports → Disable Internal Floppy Support). The IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette is a self-starting diagnostic diskette that is used to test hardware components on the computer. You can create only an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the Product Recovery program. You can create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD from the World Wide Web. Use one of the following methods to create a startable IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette. To create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the Product Recovery program partition, complete the following steps: 1. Restart the computer and watch the monitor. 2. When the message, To start the Product Recovery Program, Press F11 appears, quickly Press F11. 3. Select System utilities. 4. Select Create IBM Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette. 5. Follow the instructions on the screen. To create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD from the World Wide Web, complete the following steps: 1. Go to http://www.ibm.com. 2. Click Support & downloads. 3. Click Search technical support. 4. In the Enter keyword(s) field, type diagnostics 6218, and click Submit. 5. From the "Search results" page, click the Enhanced Diagnostics item for the computer. 6. On the next page, click the executable file for the Enhanced Diagnostics code to download it (be sure to download the file to a hard disk directory and not to a diskette). You can click the text file to display the readme file. 7. At a command prompt, change to the directory where the file was downloaded. 8. Insert a blank, high-density diskette into the diskette drive. 9. Type filename a: where filename is the name of the file you downloaded and a is the drive letter of the diskette drive, and press Enter. The downloaded file is self-extracting and will be copied to the diskette. When the file is copied, store the diskette in a safe place. To download the latest CD image, of the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics from the Web, and create a startable Enhanced Diagnostics CD, complete the following steps: 1. Go to http://www.ibm.com. 2. Click Support & downloads. 3. Click Search technical support. 4. In the Enter keyword(s) field, type diagnostics 6218, and click Submit 5. From the ″Search results″ page, click the Enhanced Diagnostics item for the computer. Chapter 4. Completing the installation 27

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Creating
an
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette
or
CD
in
Windows
Note:
To
create
and
use
a
diskette
or
CD,
you
must
have
a
diskette,
CD-RW,
or
DVD/CD-RW
combo
drive
installed
in
the
computer.
To
enable
a
USB
diskette
drive
to
work,
you
must
disable
the
legacy
diskette
drive
function
in
the
Configuration/Setup
Utility
program
(click
Devices
and
I/O
Ports
→
Disable
Internal
Floppy
Support)
.
The
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette
is
a
self-starting
diagnostic
diskette
that
is
used
to
test
hardware
components
on
the
computer.
You
can
create
only
an
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette
from
the
Product
Recovery
program.
You
can
create
an
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette
or
CD
from
the
World
Wide
Web.
Use
one
of
the
following
methods
to
create
a
startable
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette.
To
create
an
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette
from
the
Product
Recovery
program
partition,
complete
the
following
steps:
1.
Restart
the
computer
and
watch
the
monitor.
2.
When
the
message,
To
start
the
Product
Recovery
Program,
Press
F11
appears,
quickly
Press
F11.
3.
Select
System
utilities
.
4.
Select
Create
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
Diskette
.
5.
Follow
the
instructions
on
the
screen.
To
create
an
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette
or
CD
from
the
World
Wide
Web,
complete
the
following
steps:
1.
Go
to
2.
Click
Support
&
downloads
.
3.
Click
Search
technical
support
.
4.
In
the
Enter
keyword(s)
field,
type
diagnostics
6218
,
and
click
Submit
.
5.
From
the
“Search
results”
page,
click
the
Enhanced
Diagnostics
item
for
the
computer.
6.
On
the
next
page,
click
the
executable
file
for
the
Enhanced
Diagnostics
code
to
download
it
(be
sure
to
download
the
file
to
a
hard
disk
directory
and
not
to
a
diskette).
You
can
click
the
text
file
to
display
the
readme
file.
7.
At
a
command
prompt,
change
to
the
directory
where
the
file
was
downloaded.
8.
Insert
a
blank,
high-density
diskette
into
the
diskette
drive.
9.
Type
filename
a
:
where
filename
is
the
name
of
the
file
you
downloaded
and
a
is
the
drive
letter
of
the
diskette
drive,
and
press
Enter.
The
downloaded
file
is
self-extracting
and
will
be
copied
to
the
diskette.
When
the
file
is
copied,
store
the
diskette
in
a
safe
place.
To
download
the
latest
CD
image,
of
the
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
from
the
Web,
and
create
a
startable
Enhanced
Diagnostics
CD,
complete
the
following
steps:
1.
Go
to
2.
Click
Support
&
downloads
.
3.
Click
Search
technical
support
.
4.
In
the
Enter
keyword(s)
field,
type
diagnostics
6218
,
and
click
Submit
5.
From
the
″
Search
results
″
page,
click
the
Enhanced
Diagnostics
item
for
the
computer.
Chapter
4.
Completing
the
installation
27