Understanding Your Service and Support Options 10-13

Creating a QuickRestore Emergency Recovery Boot Diskette

QuickRestore is installed on your hard drive. However, you will need to create a QuickRestore emergency diskette in case you are ever unable to start your computer properly.

To create a QuickRestore emergency recovery boot diskette, complete the following steps:

1.From the Windows desktop, double-click the Compaq Support $ icon.

2.Double-click the QuickRestore ô icon in this folder. The QuickRestore main menu is displayed.

3.Click the System Utilities button. The Utilities menu is displayed.

4.Click the Recovery Boot button. You are prompted to insert a diskette into the diskette drive.

5.Insert a 3.5-inch, high-density formatted diskette into the diskette drive and click OK. QuickRestore will begin creating the emergency diskette for you.

6.When QuickRestore has finished creating the emergency diskette, store the QuickRestore emergency diskette in a safe place for emergency use.