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Appendix B Computer Issues 237
Defect Drivers Performance and reliability problems may be caused by defect software
drivers. Such problems can be hard to diagnose. More often than not, it’s
easier to start from scratch by re-formatting the hard disk and re-installing
Windows and required device drivers only (see “Formatting the Disk and
Installing Windows” on page 225).
CLONING A COMPUTER A WATCHOUT system typically uses multiple, identical playback computers.
Performing the above trouble-shooting and tuning operations on multiple
computers is tedious. An alternative is to get one display computer working
properly, and then clone its hard disk to the others. This, of course, assumes
that they all have the same hardware configuration.
A fast and convenient method for cloning the hard disk is to use True Image,
from Acronis:
http://www.acronis.com/
Using this program, you can clone a hard disk to another computer either
across a network or using a CD-ROM.
▲ IMPORTANT: While the cloning procedure copies everything on the hard
drive, it does not perform any firmware (BIOS) or similar upgrade auto-
matically. You may need to perform any motherboard upgrades manually
after cloning the disk.