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IBM Enhanced Diagnostics IBM Enhanced Diagnostics is provided on your hard disk drive and on the Product Recovery CD. It is a self-extracting file that runs independently of the operating system. You can run IBM Enhanced Diagnostics to diagnose hardware and some software problems. The user interface for running these diagnostic and utility programs is provided by WaterGate Software PC Doctor. The IBM Enhanced Diagnostics will isolate your computer hardware from software that was preinstalled (or that you have installed) on your hard disk. The programs run independently of the operating system, and must be run either from CD or diskette. You can use this program to test the hardware (and some software) components of your computer. This method of testing is generally used when other methods are not accessible or have not been successful in isolating a problem suspected to be hardware related. To create a startable diagnostic diskette from the pre-installed program on your hard disk drive: 1. From the Windows 98 desktop, double-click on IBM Welcome Center. 2. In the IBM Welcome Center window, click on Customize your system software 3. Click on Run the Software Selections program from the hard drive. The program initializes. 4. Click on Install Software. 5. Check IBM Enhanced Diagnostics in the menu box. 6. Click on Install in the bottom right corner of the screen. 7. click on Install in the Software Selections Install Progress menu box. A DOS window appears. 8. Press Enter to continue and read the license information. Follow the instructions that appear at the bottom of the window. 9. When prompted, insert a blank, high-density diskette into the diskette drive and press Enter. 10. When the process is complete, remove the diskette and label it. 11. Click on Return. To download the latest image of the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics from the Web site and create a startable Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette: 1. Go to the following Web site: 116 PC 300GL User Guide

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IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
is provided on your hard disk drive and on the
Product Recovery
CD.
It is a self-extracting file that runs independently of
the operating system.
You can run
IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
to diagnose
hardware and some software problems.
The user interface for running
these diagnostic and utility programs is provided by WaterGate Software
PC Doctor.
The IBM Enhanced Diagnostics will isolate your computer hardware from
software that was preinstalled (or that you have installed) on your hard
disk.
The programs run independently of the operating system, and must
be run either from CD or diskette.
You can use this program to test the hardware (and some software)
components of your computer.
This method of testing is generally used
when other methods are not accessible or have not been successful in
isolating a problem suspected to be hardware related.
To create a startable diagnostic diskette from the pre-installed program on
your hard disk drive:
1.
From the Windows 98 desktop, double-click on
IBM Welcome Center
.
2.
In the IBM Welcome Center window, click on
Customize your system
software
3.
Click on
Run the Software Selections program from the hard drive
.
The program initializes.
4.
Click on
Install Software
.
5.
Check
IBM Enhanced Diagnostics
in the menu box.
6.
Click on
Install
in the bottom right corner of the screen.
7.
click on
Install
in the Software Selections Install Progress menu box.
A DOS window appears.
8.
Press
Enter
to continue and read the license information.
Follow the
instructions that appear at the bottom of the window.
9.
When prompted, insert a blank, high-density diskette into the diskette
drive and press
Enter
.
10.
When the process is complete, remove the diskette and label it.
11.
Click on
Return
.
To download the latest image of the IBM Enhanced Diagnostics from the
Web site and create a startable Enhanced Diagnostics Diskette:
1.
Go to the following Web site:
116
PC 300GL User Guide