Dell 3U083 manual From the Hard Drive

From the Hard Drive:

NOTICE: If your hard drive fails, run the Dell IDE Hard-Drive Diagnostics (see "Running the Dell IDE Hard-Drive Diagnostics" on page 26).

1Shut down and restart the computer.

2When the DELL™ logo appears, press <F12> immediately.

If you wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer through the Start menu and try again.

3When the boot device list appears, highlight Boot to Utility Partition and press <Enter>.

4When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you want to run.

5Close the test screen to return to the Main Menu screen. To exit the Dell Diagnostics and restart the computer, close the Main Menu screen.

From the Drivers and Utilities CD:

1Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD into the CD drive.

2Shut down and restart the computer.

When the DELL logo appears, press <F12> immediately.

If you wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer through the Start menu and try again.

3When the boot device list appears, highlight IDE CD-ROM Device and press <Enter>.

4Select the IDE CD-ROM Device option from the CD boot menu.

5Select the Boot from CD-ROMoption from the menu that appears.

6Type 1 to start the ResourceCD menu.

7Type 2 to start the Dell Diagnostics.

8Select Run the 32 Bit Dell Diagnostics from the numbered list. If multiple versions are listed, select the version appropriate for your platform.

NOTE: If you receive a message stating that no Diagnostics utility partition has been found, follow the instructions to run the Dell Diagnostics from your Drivers and Utilities CD.

NOTE: This feature changes the boot sequence for one time only. On the next start-up, the computer boots according to the devices specified in system setup.

Setup and Quick Reference Guide

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