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Using your Server Companion DVD

Installing drivers and programs

Important

The Server Companion DVD’s Gateway Application and Driver Recovery utility works only in Windows operating systems.

You can install drivers and programs directly onto the server by using the Server Companion DVD. You can also extract drivers onto diskette from the DVD at any Windows workstation.

To install drivers and programs at the server:

1Insert the Server Companion DVD into your server’s DVD drive. The Gateway Application and Driver Recovery window opens.

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If the window does not open automatically, run the file Runmenu.exe on the DVD.

A list of programs and drivers that you can install appears in the Drivers and Application Recovery list.

2Click the program or driver you want to install, then click Install. Follow any on-screen instructions.

To access the files manually, open the Drivers folder on the Server Companion DVD, then open the appropriate subfolder.

To extract drivers and programs to diskettes:

1Insert the Server Companion DVD into your server’s DVD drive. The Gateway Application and Driver Recovery window opens.

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If the window does not open automatically, run the file Runmenu.exe on the DVD.

2Click Extract Drivers.

3Click your server model and server operation system at the right of the window, then click Search. A list of programs and drivers that you can create diskettes for appears in the Drivers and Application Recovery list.

4Click the program or driver you want to extract, then click Extract. Follow any on-screen instructions.

To access the files manually, open the Drivers folder on the Server

Companion DVD, then open the appropriate subfolder.

Updating the BIOS and firmware

To update the BIOS and firmware:

1Download the BIOS update file and firmware from support.gateway.com and copy onto a USB Disk-on-keydevice.

2Turn off and boot the system from the SCDVD, then open the command line.

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