Personal Computer User Manual

LenovoThinkVantageToolbox

TheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogramhelpsyoumaintainyourcomputer,improvecomputingsecurity,

diagnosecomputerproblems,getfamiliarwiththeinnovativetechnologiesprovidedbyLenovo,andget

moreinformationaboutyourcomputer.YoucanusethediagnosticsfeatureoftheLenovoThinkVantage

Toolboxprogramtotestdevices,diagnosecomputerproblems,createbootablediagnosticmedia,update

systemdrivers,andviewsysteminformation.

•ToruntheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogramontheWindows7operatingsystem,clickStart➙All

Programs➙LenovoThinkVantageTools➙SystemHealthandDiagnostics.Followtheinstructions

onthescreen.

Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Foradditionalinformation,refertotheLenovoThinkVantageToolbox

helpsystem.

PC-DoctorforDOS

YoucanalsodownloadthelatestversionofthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramfrom

http://www.lenovo.com/support.ThePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramrunsindependentlyofthe

Windowsoperatingsystem.UsethePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramifyouareunabletostartthe

Windowsoperatingsystemorifthetwodiagnosticprogramspreinstalledonyourcomputerhavenot

beensuccessfulinisolatingapossibleproblem.YoucanrunthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogram

fromadiagnosticdiscthatyoucreated.

Creatingadiagnosticdisc

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreateadiagnosticdisc.

Tocreateadiagnosticdisc,dothefollowing:

1.Downloadaself-startingbootableCD/DVDimage(knownasanISOimage)ofthediagnosticprogram

from:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

2.UseanyCD/DVDburningsoftwaretocreateadiagnosticdiscwiththeISOimage.

Runningthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdisc

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtorunthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdiscthatyou

created.

Torunthediagnosticprogramfromadiagnosticdiscthatyoucreated,dothefollowing:

1.Makesuretheopticaldriveyouwanttouseissetastherstbootdeviceinthestartupdevicesequence.

See“Selectingorchangingthestartupdevicesequence”onpage43

2.Makesurethecomputeristurnedonandtheninsertthediscintotheopticaldrive.Thediagnostic

programopens.

Note:Youcaninsertthediscintotheopticaldrivewhenyouaresettingthestartupdevicesequence.

However,ifyouinsertthediscintotheopticaldrivewhenyouhavealreadyenteredtheoperating

system,youneedtorestartthecomputertoaccessthediagnosticprogram.

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoselectthediagnostictestyouwanttorun.

Note:Foradditionalhelp,presstheF1key.

4.Removethediagnosticdiscfromtheopticaldrivewhenyoucompletethediagnosticprocess.

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