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4. Plug in the power cord and turn on the computer.

5. As soon as the computer is turned on, press and hold the

F10 key

until you enter Computer Setup. Press

Enter to bypass the title

screen, if necessary.

✎

If you do not press the F10 key at the appropriate time, you must

restart the computer and press and hold the

F10 key again to access

the utility.

If you are using a PS/2 keyboard, you may see a Keyboard Error

message—disregard it.

6. Go to Advanced > PCI Devices to disable both the PATA and

SATA controllers. When disabling the SATA controller, note the

IRQ to which the controller is assigned. You will need to reassign

the IRQ later. Exit setup, confirming the changes.

SATA IRQ: __________

7. Insert a bootable DOS diskette with FDISK.COM and either

SYS.COM or FORMAT.COM into a diskette drive and turn on

the computer to boot to the DOS diskette.

8. Run FDISK and delete any existing partitions on the USB flash

media device. Create a new partition and mark it active. Exit

FDISK by pressing the

Esc key.

9. If the system did not automatically restart when exiting FDISK,

press

Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot to the DOS diskette.

10. At the A:\ prompt, type

FORMAT C: /S and press Enter. Format

will format the USB flash media device, add the system files, and

ask for a Volume Label.

11. Press

Enter for no label or enter one if desired.

12. Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord. Open the

computer and re-install any PCI cards that were previously

removed. Close the computer cover.

13. Plug in the power cord, remove the diskette, and turn on the

computer.