IBM A40 TYPE 6840 manual Product Recovery Program menu, Diagnostics download, v Full recovery

3.When the Setup Utility prompt appears on the screen during start-up, press F1. The Setup Utility menu will appear.

4.Follow the instructions on the screen.

5.When finished, select System Summary to verify that any configuration changes have been accepted.

Product Recovery Program menu

Type 2271/6840/6841 machines have recovery and diagnostics programs on a separate hard drive partition. The Diagnostics diskette is not shipped with the machine or the HMM. To download the diagnostics program, see “Diagnostics download” on page 8.

At startup, after the machine tests the SIMM/DIMM memory (if Power-on Self

Test is set to Enhanced), the machine displays the following prompt:

To start the Product Recovery Program, press F11

After depressing F11, you are given the following options.

vFull recovery

This utility reformats the hard drive and restores all original files.

vPartial recovery

This utility reformats the hard drive and restores the Windows operating system and all device drivers

vRepair

This is the emergency repair utility, and should not be used to install Windows components.

vSystem utilities

1.Run diagnostics

2.System info

3.Create recovery/ repair diskette

Diagnostics

The diagnostic programs use a full range of diagnostic utilities to determine the operating condition of the computer’s hardware components.

For a complete list of error codes and messages, see ″Symptom-to-FRU Index″ on page 37.

Diagnostics download

To download the diagnostic programs, do the following:

vGo to http://www.ibm.com/.

vSelect Support.

vSelect Desktop computing from the ″Search by Category″ pull-down menu.

vSelect NetVista from the ″Product Family″ list.

vSearch for the machine type in the ″Quick Path″ box on the left.

vSelect Diagnostics from the ″Downloadable files by Category″ pull-down menu or go directly to the link PC Enhanced Diagnostics diskette from the

″Downloadable files by date″ list. This link will take you to the self-starting utility download and instructions.

8Hardware Maintenance Manual A40 Type 6840 A40P Type 6841 A40i Type 2271: IBM NetVista Computer