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Creating, Enhanced, Diagnostics, diskette, Windows

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To create a recovery-repair diskette from the Product Recovery program on the hard disk, complete the following steps: 1. Shut down the operating system and turn off the computer. 2. Wait for at least 5 seconds, then press and hold the F11 key while you restart the computer. When a menu is displayed, release the F11 key. 3. Use one of the following procedures: v If a menu is displayed in which you can select an operating system, use the arrow keys to select the operating system that is currently installed, press Enter, and then continue with the next step. v If an operating-system menu is not displayed, continue with the next step. 4. From the Product Recovery main menu, use the arrow keys to select System utilities, and then press Enter. 5. Use the arrow keys to select Create a Recovery Repair diskette, and then press Enter. 6. Follow the instructions on the screen. See "Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD in Windows XP" for information about how to create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette. Creating an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette or CD in Windows XP Note: To create and use a diskette or CD, a diskette, CD-RW, or DVD/CD-RW combo drive must be 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 Startup Sequence Options → Legacy USB Support). The IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette is a self-starting diagnostics diskette that is used to test hardware components in the computer. You can create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the Product Recovery program partition. You can create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD from the World Wide Web. To create an IBM Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the Product Recovery program partition on the hard disk, complete the following steps: 1. Restart the computer. 2. When the message To start the Product Recovery Program, Press F11 is displayed, quickly press F11. 3. Select System utilities. 4. Select Create IBM Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette. 5. Follow the instructions on the screen. To download the latest CD image of the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics from the Web and create a startable IBM Enhanced Diagnostics CD, complete the following steps: 1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/support/. 2. Click Search technical support. 3. In the Enter keyword(s) field, type diagnostics 9229, and click Search. 4. From the ″Search results″ page, click the Enhanced Diagnostics item for the computer. 5. On the next page, click the CD image file for the Enhanced Diagnostics code and download it, using a writeable optional device (CD-RW or DVD/CD-RW combo drive). 14 IBM IntelliStation M Pro Type 9229: User's Guide

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To
create
a
recovery-repair
diskette
from
the
Product
Recovery
program
on
the
hard
disk,
complete
the
following
steps:
1.
Shut
down
the
operating
system
and
turn
off
the
computer.
2.
Wait
for
at
least
5
seconds,
then
press
and
hold
the
F11
key
while
you
restart
the
computer.
When
a
menu
is
displayed,
release
the
F11
key.
3.
Use
one
of
the
following
procedures:
v
If
a
menu
is
displayed
in
which
you
can
select
an
operating
system,
use
the
arrow
keys
to
select
the
operating
system
that
is
currently
installed,
press
Enter,
and
then
continue
with
the
next
step.
v
If
an
operating-system
menu
is
not
displayed,
continue
with
the
next
step.
4.
From
the
Product
Recovery
main
menu,
use
the
arrow
keys
to
select
System
utilities
,
and
then
press
Enter.
5.
Use
the
arrow
keys
to
select
Create
a
Recovery
Repair
diskette
,
and
then
press
Enter.
6.
Follow
the
instructions
on
the
screen.
See
“Creating
an
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette
or
CD
in
Windows
XP”
for
information
about
how
to
create
an
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette.
Creating
an
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette
or
CD
in
Windows
XP
Note:
To
create
and
use
a
diskette
or
CD,
a
diskette,
CD-RW,
or
DVD/CD-RW
combo
drive
must
be
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
Startup
Sequence
Options
→
Legacy
USB
Support
).
The
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette
is
a
self-starting
diagnostics
diskette
that
is
used
to
test
hardware
components
in
the
computer.
You
can
create
an
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette
from
the
Product
Recovery
program
partition.
You
can
create
an
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
CD
from
the
World
Wide
Web.
To
create
an
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
diskette
from
the
Product
Recovery
program
partition
on
the
hard
disk,
complete
the
following
steps:
1.
Restart
the
computer.
2.
When
the
message
To
start
the
Product
Recovery
Program,
Press
F11
is
displayed,
quickly
press
F11.
3.
Select
System
utilities
.
4.
Select
Create
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
Diskette
.
5.
Follow
the
instructions
on
the
screen.
To
download
the
latest
CD
image
of
the
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
from
the
Web
and
create
a
startable
IBM
Enhanced
Diagnostics
CD,
complete
the
following
steps:
1.
Go
to
2.
Click
Search
technical
support
.
3.
In
the
Enter
keyword(s)
field,
type
diagnostics
9229
,
and
click
Search
.
4.
From
the
″
Search
results
″
page,
click
the
Enhanced
Diagnostics
item
for
the
computer.
5.
On
the
next
page,
click
the
CD
image
file
for
the
Enhanced
Diagnostics
code
and
download
it,
using
a
writeable
optional
device
(CD-RW
or
DVD/CD-RW
combo
drive).
14
IBM
IntelliStation
M
Pro
Type
9229:
User’s
Guide