6. The Firmware Upgrade Utility

ŠAs the upgrade proceeds status messages appear in the Status Messages panel, and the progress toward completion is shown on the Progress bar.

ŠTo abort the upgrade procedure before it completes, click Cancel.

If you cancel before completion, a dialog box appears warning you that quitting at this point may cause the device’s firmware to be lost, and you are given the option to proceed or abort the cancel operation.

To recover from a “lost firmware” situation, see Firmware Upgrade Recovery, page 46.

Upgrade Succeeded

After the upgrade has completed, a screen appears to inform you that the procedure was successful:

Click Finish to close the firmware upgrade utility.

Upgrade Failed

If the Upgrade Succeeded screen doesn't appear, it means that the upgrade failed to complete successfully. See the next section, Firmware Upgrade Recovery, for how to proceed.

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