Maintenance and service 12.5 Installing Software

Restoring the factory state with an external USB CD/DVD ROM

Procedure:

1.Connect the external USB CD/DVD ROM to the Panel PC and reboot the device.

2.Activating the Legacy Support in the BIOS

Press the <F2> key when the BIOS message "Press <F2> to enter Setup" appears.

Select "Advenced"

Activate the "Legacy Support" USB Boot [enabled]

USB Legacy Keyboard/Mouse [enabled]

Save the settings and exit the BIOS with Save Changes & Exit

Switch off the Panel PC

3.Restoring the factory state

Place the Restore DVD into the drive and restart the device using the on/off switch (min 15s).

During the self-test phase, press the < ESC > key. After initialization, a boot menu is displayed.

Select the external optical drive with the cursor keys.

Now follow the instructions on the screen.

Caution

All existing data, programs, user settings and authorizations or License Keyswill bedeleted from the hard disk and are therefore lost.

For information on the functions, refer to the README.TXT file on the Restore DVD.

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SIMATIC Panel PC 877

Operating instructions, Release 07/2006, A5E00877780-01

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Siemens PANEL PC 877 Restoring the factory state with an external USB CD/DVD ROM, USB Legacy Keyboard/Mouse enabled