NEC VT 300 Series manual Custom Rebuild and Restore

Custom Rebuild and Restore

Follow these steps to format your hard drive with choices on repartitioning the drive:

1.Launch the NEC OS Restore CD and follow the prompts to get to the Restore Mode screen (see “Launching the OS Restore CD”).

2.Click Custom to repartition and/or and reformat your hard drive before reinstalling the operating system. After you click Custom, the integrity of your system’s existing FAT table is verified.

If the table is functional, a Partitioning the Hard Drive screen appears with options allowing you to retain the present partition structure or partition the hard disk

Tusing FAT16 or FAT32.

If the existing partition table is not functional, the system performs an “Auto” restore as described in “Auto Rebuild and Restore.”

3.If you want to partition and reformat the hard drive, go to step 6. Otherwise, click Skip to retain the present partition structure on the hard drive. The Format Mode screen appears with four options: Back, Quick, Full, and Exit.

Click Back to return to the Partition Information screen.

Click Quick to do a quick hard drive format.

TClick Full to do a full hard drive format. Click Exit to terminate the restore process.

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