Compaq 6500 Family manual Make Boot Diskettes, Utilities Utility Description

System Software & Restoration

Utilities

The following details the utilities available on your Compaq Software CD and provides explanation of each.

Utilities	Utility Description
Make Boot Diskettes	This utility allows you to create a bootable diskette set. The Boot
	Diskette set allows you to boot directly to DOS. It provides a
	menu-driven interface offering options to partition and format the
	hard drive or run the AMI Diagnostics utility.
AMI Diagnostics	AMI Diagnostics is designed to help isolate hardware failures and
	identify important system configuration information prior to
	requesting on-site service, or returning your computer to a service
	center for repair. In addition to being able to run AMI Diagnostics
	from the Compaq Software CD, the AMI Diagnostics utility can
	also be run from the bootable diskette set created via the Make
	Boot Diskettes utility mentioned above. See “Using Diagnostics”
	for detailed information on using AMI Diagnostics.
Japanese 3-mode	This option provides the necessary drivers to support 1.25MB
Support (Windows 95	floppy diskettes which are common in the Japanese marketplace.
only)

Make Boot Diskettes

To create a Boot Diskette Set:

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Before creating the Boot Diskette Set, obtain two blank formatted floppy diskettes.

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1.Boot to Windows, then insert the Compaq Software CD into the CD-ROM Drive.

2.Select the [Start] button located on the Windows Taskbar, then click on [Run]. In the Open field, type: X:\CDINSTALL (where X represents the drive letter assigned to your CD-ROM) and click [OK].

3.When the Welcome screen appears, click [Next]. The Choose Desired Category screen will appear. Click on the Utilities radio button and then click [Next].

4.The Utilities screen will appear. Click on the Make Boot Diskettes radio button and click [Install].

5.You will be informed that two formatted diskettes are required to complete this process. Obtain two formatted diskettes, then click [Yes] to continue the process.

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