Compaq 6500 Family manual Make Boot Diskettes, Utilities Utility Description

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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:

__________________________ Note _____________________________

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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