Reinstallation of the Software
8.2Installing the Windows Operating System
Dependent on the device model, different operating system CDs are shipped:
a Recovery Microsoft Windows 98,
a Recovery Microsoft Windows NT,
a Recovery Microsoft Windows 2000.
8.2.1Installing the Recovery CD for Microsoft Windows 98
If a Windows operating system is already installed or if the Box PC has been started from a boot diskette, data transfer is carried out using the OEMSETUP.EXE program. To do this, start the OEMSETUP.EXE program in the root directory of the Recovery CD and continue the sequence as of point 5.
If no operating system is installed, proceed as follows:
1.Insert the Recovery CD in the CD ROM drive and connect the Box PC to the mains.
2.To boot from the Recovery CD proceed as follows: When the BIOS message Press <F2> to enter Setup appears on the screen press the ESC key. After initialization a boot menu to select the boot options is displayed.
3.Select “ATAPI CD ROM Drive” .
4.When “Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu” is displayed, select “1. Booten for
If the hard disk has not been installed, first select “2. Boot for FDISK, FORMAT or
5.You have to acknowledge the “SIEMENS End User License Agreement” with the F8 function key. Pressing ESC allows you to decline the agreement and cancels the installation.
6.In the next screen you can select the components which are to be copied from the CD to the hard disk. Transfer of at least the folder “WIN98” is necessary for the Windows 98 installation or setup.
7.Select the drive for data transfer. The selected drive is not the installation drive for Windows, but the drive on which the required installation files and expansions are stored. For the Windows setup following transfer, you require an available disk space of approximately 250 MB. As a standard, Windows 98 is installed in drive C:. Therefore, when selecting the drive make sure that there will be sufficient disk space available on drive C: after data transfer.
Notice
By default, drive C: is used for the data transfer (Recovery).
Ensure that there is an available disk space of approximately 250 MB left on drive C: after the selected recovery data have been copied.
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