6.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Note:RescuemediaincludesPC-DoctorforWindowsPE.F ormoreinformationaboutrescuemedia,
seetheUserGuideforthecomputer .
PC-DoctorforDOS
UsePC-DoctorforDOS,ifyouareunabletostarttheWindowsoperatingsystemorifPC-Doctorfor
Windowshasnotbeensuccessfulinisolatingapossibleproblem.Y oucanrunPC-DoctorforDOSfroma
diagnosticCDimageordiagnosticdiskett esthathavebeencreated.
Note:ItisimportanttocreateadiagnosticCDimageordiagnosticdiskettesincasePC-DoctorforWindows
PEcannotberunfromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.
CreatingadiagnosticCDimage
TocreateadiagnosticCDimage,downloadaself-startingbootableCDimage(knownasan.isoimage)
ofthediagnosticprogramfromhttp://www.lenovo.com/support/.Afteryoudownloadtheimage,you
cancreatetheCDusinganyCDburningsoftware.
IfthecomputerdoesnothaveaCDburneroryoudonothaveInternetaccess,see“Creatingdiagnostic
diskettes”onpage34.
Creatingdiagnosticdiskettes
Tocreatediagnosticdiskett es,downloadthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramfrom
http://www.lenovo.com/support/ontotwoblank,formatteddiskettes.
IfyoudonothaveInternetaccess,createthediagnosticdiskettesusingthefollowingpr ocedure:
Note:YouwillneedadiskettedriveonthecomputeroraUSBdiskettedrivetocompletethisprocedure.
1.Shutdowntheoperatingsystemandturnoffthecomput er.
2.IfyouareusingaUSBdiskettedrive,plugitintothecomputer.
3.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF11keyasyouturnonthecomput er.
4.Whenyouhearbeepsorseealogoscreen,stoppressingtheF11key.TheRescueandRecovery
workspaceopens.
Note:Forsomemodels,presstheEsckeytoenterRescueandRecovery.
5.FromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,selectCreatediagnosticdisks.
6.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
7.Whenprompted,insertablank,formatteddisketteintothediskettedriveandcontinuetofollowthe
instructionsonthescr een.
8.Whentheoperationiscomplete,removethediskett eandclickQuit.
9.Insertanotherblank,formatteddisketteintothediskettedriveandcontinuetofollowtheinstructionson
thescreen.
10.Whentheoperationiscomplete,removethedisketteandclickQuit.
RunningdiagnosticsfromtheCDordiskettes
TorundiagnosticsfromthediagnosticCDimageordiagnosticdiskett esthatyoucreated,usethefollowing
procedure:
1.Makesurethecomputeristurnedoff.
2.IfyouarerunningdiagnosticsfromdiskettesusingaUSBdiskettedrive,plugintheUSBdevice.
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