Dell DCTA manual Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From Your Hard Drive

1Turn on (or restart) your computer.

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

NOTE: If you see a message stating that no diagnostics utility partition has been found, see "Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD" on page 35.

If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Microsoft Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer and try again. For more information on shutting down your computer, see your User’s Guide.

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. For more information on the tests, see your User’s Guide.

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities CD

1Insert the Drivers and Utilities CD.

2Shut down and restart the computer. For more information on shutting down your computer, see your User’s Guide.

3When 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 and try again. For more information on shutting down your computer, see your User’s Guide.

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

4When the boot device list appears, highlight IDE CD-ROM Device and press <Enter>.

5Select the IDE CD-ROM Device option from the CD boot menu.

6Select the Boot from CD-ROM option from the menu that appears.

7Type 1 to start the ResourceCD menu.

8Type 2 to start the Dell Diagnostics.

9Select Run the 32 Bit Dell Diagnostics from the numbered list. If multiple versions are listed, select the version appropriate for your computer.

10When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you want to run. For more information on the tests, see your User’s Guide.

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