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Neurodiagnostic Instruments Service Manual
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Load Windows XP Professional
(New Replacement Hard Drive)
Use this procedure to load Windows XP Professional on
a replacement hard drive. New hard drives are shipped
blank and unformatted/unpartitioned. This procedure
takes approximately one hour to perform on a 40GB
hard drive, or two hours to perform for a 120GB drive.
Step Action
1. Disconnect the power cord from the system
and install the new hard drive.
2. Re-connect the power cord and turn on
power to the system. Insert the Omni-Tech
Product Recovery CD into the CD drive. If
you see a Fail to load Operating System
message, press Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot.
With a blank hard drive installed, the system
should automatically boot to the Recovery
CD. A blue text-based screen appears, titled
Windows Setup, while the system loads
files.
3. At the Welcome to Setup screen, press Enter
to set up Windows XP now.
4. Press F8 to agree to the license terms.
5. Highlight the Unpartitioned space listing
and press Enter to set up Windows XP on
the selected item. The system creates a new
partition and displays a format options
screen.
6. Select (highlight) the option to Format the
partition using the NTFS file system. DO
NOT select the “Quick” option. Press
Enter.
The system formats the drive, copies some
files, reboots to a Windows XP screen, and
displays a series of informational screens
while it copies more files This entire
process takes about one hour to complete
for a 40GB drive.
7. At the Regional and Language Options
screen, click on Next.
8. At the Personalize Your Software screen,
enter the facility name in the Name field
and click on Next.
9. Enter the Windows XP Product Key. The
Product Key label is normally located on the
right side of the computer case. Click on
Next.
10. At the Computer Name and Administrator
Password screen, enter the correct
Computer Name, and a password of
nicolet. Confirm the password and click on
Next.
11. Adjust the Date, Time and Time Zone
settings, if necessary, then click on Next.
The system loads network files.
12. At the Network Settings screen, verify
Typical settings is selected then click on
Next.
13. At the Workgroup or Computer Domain
screen, select No, this computer is not on a
Network.... The typical workgroup name is
NICOLET. Click on Next.
The system copies more files and configures
the system while displaying a series of
informational screens. This process takes
about 30 minutes to complete. When
finished, the system reboots.
14. At the Welcome to Microsoft Windows
screen, click on Next.
15. At the How will this computer connect to
the Internet? screen, select Local Area
Network (LAN) and click on Skip.
16. At the Ready to Activate Windows screen,
select No, remind me every few days.
Click on Next.
17. At the Who will use this computer? screen,
type Nicolet into the You r Nam e field and
click on Next.
Step Action