Texas Instruments 6100 2 Getting Started

Getting Started 2-1
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Getting Started
This chapter supplements the Installation Poster to help you install the
computer for the first time. The chapter contains information to help you
make decisions during the setup process, details of the Windows 95 setup
program, and a description of the multimedia demo program.
What You Need
Before Starting 3 Read Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Sufficient time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Access to AC power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Drive modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
PCMCIA cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Certificate of Authenticity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Running the Setup
Program 4 Which operating system to load . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Windows 95 or Windows for
Workgroups and MS-DOS . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Windows NT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Backing Up System
Files 6 MS-DOS and Windows for Workgroups
backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Windows 95 backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Windows NT backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Loading Windows
for Workgroups 8 Loading PHDISK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Choosing the operating system. . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Creating Recovery Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Registering your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Loading Windows 95 Loading PHDISK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Choosing the operating system. . . . . . . . . 2-10
Configuring your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Finishing Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Loading Windows NT Windows NT Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Starting Windows NT for the first time . . . 2-14
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