Personal Computer User Manual

2.UseWindowsExplorerorMyComputertodisplaythedirectorystructureofyourharddiskdrive.
3.GototheC:\SWTOOLSdirectory.
4.OpentheDRIVERSfolder.WithintheDRIVERSfolder,thereareseveralsubfoldersnamedforvarious
devicesinstalledinyourcomputer,suchasAUDIOorVIDEO.
5.Opentheappropriatedevicesubfolder.
6.Dooneofthefollowing:
•Inthedevicesubfolder,lookforaSETUP .exele.Double-clicktheleandfollowtheinstructionson
thescreentocompletetheinstallation.
•Inthedevicesubfolder,lookforaREADME.txtleoralewiththe.txtextension.Thislemightbe
namedaftertheoperatingsystem,suchasWIN98.txt.TheTXTlecontainsinformationabouthowto
installthedevicedriver.Followtheinstructionstocompletetheinstallation.
•Ifthedevicesubfoldercontainsalewiththe.infextensionandyouwanttoinstallthedevicedriver
usingtheINFle,refertoyourWindowsHelpandSupportinformationsystemfordetailedinformation
abouthowtoinstallthedevicedriver.
Solvingrecoveryproblems
IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironment,doone
ofthefollowing:
•UsearescuemediumtostarttheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.See“Creatingandusingarescue
medium”onpage38
.
•Userecoverymediaifallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailedandyouneedtorestoretheharddisk
drivetothefactorydefaultsettings.See“Creatingandusingrecoverymedia”onpage35
.
Note:IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironmentfroma
rescuemedium,arecoveryrepairdiskette,orrecoverymedia,youmightnothavetherescuedevice(an
internalharddiskdrive,adisc,aUSBharddiskdrive,orotherexternaldevices)setastherstbootdevicein
thestartupdevicesequence.Youmustrstmakesurethatyourrescuedeviceissetastherstbootdevice
inthestartupdevicesequenceintheSetupUtilityprogram.See“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage43
for
detailedinformationabouttemporarilyorpermanentlychangingthestartupdevicesequence.Formore
informationabouttheSetupUtilityprogram,seeChapter4“UsingtheSetupUtility”onpage41.
Itisimportanttocreatearescuemedium,arecoveryrepairdiskette,andasetofrecoverymediaasearlyas
possibleandstoretheminasafeplaceforfutureuse.
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