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2.Insertthediscintotheopticaldrive.

3.Restartthecomputer.

Note:Ifthediagnosticprogramdoesnotstart,youmightnothaveyouropticaldrivesetasastartable

device.See“Selectingastartupdevice”onpage43forinstructionsonhowtochangethestartup

device.

4.Whenthediagnosticsprogramopens,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

5.Whentheprogramnishes,besuretoremovethediscfromthedrive.

6.Selectthediagnostictestyouwanttorun.PresstheF1keyforadditionalhelp.

RunningdiagnosticsfromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace

TorundiagnosticsfromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,usethefollowingprocedure:

Note:IfyoudidnotcreateadiagnosticCD/DVDimage,youcanrunthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnostic

programfromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.

1.Shutdowntheoperatingsystemandturnoffthecomputer.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF11keywhenyouturnonthecomputer.

3.Whenyouhearbeepsorseealogoscreen,stoppressingtheF11key.TheRescueandRecovery

workspaceopens.

Note:Forsomemodels,presstheEsckeytoentertheRescueandRecovery.

4.FromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,selectLaunchAdvancedRescueandRecovery®

Diagnosehardware.

5.Followthepromptsonthescreen.Thecomputerwillrestart.

6.Whenthecomputerrestarts,thediagnosticprogramopensautomatically.Selectthediagnostictestyou

wanttorun.PresstheF1keyforadditionalhelp.

Navigatingthroughthediagnosticsprograms

Usethecursormovementkeystonavigatewithinthemenus.

•TheEnterkeyisusedtoselectamenuitem.

•TheEsckeyisusedtobackuptothepreviousmenu.

•ForonlinehelpselectF1.

Runningtests

Therearefourwaystorunthediagnostictests.

•Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightRunNormalTestorRunQuickTestfromtheDiagnostics

menuandthenpressEnter.Thisautomaticallyrunsapre-denedgroupoftestsfromeachtestcategory.

RunNormalTestrunsamoreextensivesetofteststhandoesRunQuickTestandtakeslongerto

complete.

•PressF5toautomaticallyrunallselectedtestsinallcategories.

•Fromwithinatestcategory,pressCtrl-Entertoautomaticallyrunonlytheselectedtestsinthatcategory.

•Usingthecursormovementkeys,highlightasingletestwithinatestcategory,andthenpressEnter.

Thisrunsonlythattest.

PressEscatanytimetostopthetestingprocess.

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