Apple 8500 Installing system software, You use the Drive Setup program to update your hard disk

Installing system software

Follow the steps in this section to do what is commonly called a “normal” installation of system software.

If you’re installing system software on a hard disk for the first time, make sure that your hard disk has been initialized, a process that prepares the disk to store information. If you see the hard disk’s icon on the desktop when you start up the computer, the disk has been initialized. If no disk icon appears when you start up, see “Initializing a Hard Disk” earlier in this chapter for instructions.

To do a normal installation, follow these steps:

1Start up your computer from the Disk Tools disk or the CD-ROM disc that contains system software.

See “Starting Up From a Floppy Disk” or “Starting Up From a CD-ROM Disc” in the section “Initializing a Hard Disk” earlier in this chapter.

2Find and open the Disk First Aid icon.

You may need to look in a folder called Utilities to find Disk First Aid.

After Disk First Aid starts, follow the instructions on the screen. Disk First Aid checks your hard disk for any problems.

3When Disk First Aid has finished checking your hard disk, choose Quit from the File menu.

4Open the Drive Setup program.

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You use the Drive Setup program to update your hard disk.

In the list of drives, click your startup disk.

Open the Functions menu and choose Update Driver. When the update process is finished, quit Drive Setup.

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