Lenovo 8176 Starting PC-Doctor from a diagnostic diskette or CD-ROM, Diagnostics program download

Starting PC-Doctor from a diagnostic diskette or CD-ROM

Note: If your computer has no internal diskette drive, an external USB diskette drive is required when using the diagnostic diskette.

1.If your computer is already on when you start this procedure, shut down the operating system and turn off the computer.

2.Insert the diskette or CD-ROM in the appropriate drive.

3.Turn on the computer.

Note: If the PC-Doctor program fails to start, make sure that the startup device sequence is configured to allow startup from the diskette or CD-ROM drive. See “Selecting a startup device” on page 58.

Diagnostics program download

If you have access to the internet, you can download a diskette image or a startable CD-ROM image (.iso file) of the diagnostics.

To download the latest diagnostics program from the WWW, do the following:

vGo to http://www.lenovo.com/think/support.

vType the machine type in the ″Use Quick Path″ field and click Go.

vClick Downloads and drivers and scroll down to locate the Enhanced diagnostics.

Navigating through the diagnostics programs

Use the cursor movement keys to navigate within the menus.

vThe Enter key is used to select a menu item.

vThe Esc key is used to back up to the previous menu.

vFor online help select F1.

Running diagnostics tests

There are four ways to run the diagnostic tests.

vUsing the cursor movement keys, highlight Run Normal Test or Run Quick Test from the Diagnostics menu and then press Enter.

This automatically runs a pre-defined group of tests from each test category. Run Normal Test runs a more extensive set of tests than does Run Quick Test and takes longer to complete.

vPress F5 to automatically run all selected tests in all categories. See “Test selection” on page 51.

vFrom within a test category, press Ctrl-Enterto automatically run only the selected tests in that category. See “Test selection” on page 51.

vUsing the cursor movement keys, highlight a single test within a test category, and then press Enter. This runs only that test.

Press Esc at any time to stop the testing process.

Test results (N/A, PASSED, FAILED, ABORTED) are displayed in the field beside the test description and in the test log. See “Viewing the test log” on page 54.

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