Setup guide

5 Product Recovery

9. Click OK to acknowledge the warning about losing all previous data on the USB flash

drive.

The Write image button becomes a Cancel button when the image is being created. If

you cancel the write image process, the process starts over from the beginning on the

next undertaking.

10. Click OK when the process is completed.

11. The USB flash drive appears in the taskbar as an icon. Remove the USB flash drive as

follows:

a. Double-click the USB icon in the taskbar. A pop-up menu appears with a list of

attached USB devices.

a. Select the USB flash drive with the product recovery image.

b. Click Stop.

c. Click OK to remove the selected USB device.

d. Remove the USB flash drive from the AS3000.

12. Label the flash drive and store it in a safe place for future use.

Reinstalling the Windows Operating System

This procedure applies to all recovery images stored on a USB flash drive.

To reinstall the Windows operating system from the Avid Product Recovery flash

drive:

1. Locate the 16 GB USB flash drive with the Avid AS3000 image.

2. If necessary, stop your Avid application software. See your product documentation for

details.

3. Insert USB flash drive into the USB port in the system.

Its important to insert the flash drive before you reboot because you must enter the BIOS

with USB flash drive plugged-in to set correct drive boot order.

4. Restart the system. Either use the Start menu or press the Reset button on the front of the

enclosure.

If you use the Start menu the command is different depending on the Windows operating

system. For example, on Windows 2008 Server, the command is Start > Logoff > Shutdown.

The Windows operating system restarts.

5. Press the Delete key several times during startup until you see “Entering Setup.”