Chapter2 Installationand Configuration
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Figure2-3. Installinga SO-DIMM in an NI 8171 Series Controller
Hard Drive Recovery
The NI81 71 series controllers include a recovery CD. There are two
methods for recovering the hard disk to its original state.

Recovery from a CD-ROM

Thesestep sapp ly to a USBC D-ROM, IDE CD-ROM (when using a
PXI-1020 or PXI-1025 chassis), or SCSI CD-ROM drive (when a SCSI
adapteris installed).
Torecover the hard disk from a CD-ROM:
1. Load the recoveryCD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Press<Esc> d uring the BIOS POST.After POST, a boot menu is
displayed. Select the CD-ROMdrive.
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