Software recovery application, Restarting the application after recovery – Teledyne LeCroy WaveSurfer MXs-B Getting Started Manual User Manual
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Software Recovery Application
Your oscilloscope is designed to operate reliably for many years. However,
the application software operating the instrument runs on a Windows
platform. The loading or incomplete removal of additional Windows
applications may eventually cause problems in the stability of the operating
system. Severe cases may require a reloading of the base operating system
and oscilloscope application. This is done using a recovery routine that
restores a clean copy of the image originally installed on the C: drive.
NOTE: Any user and calibration data located on the D: partition is not
affected by the recovery process.
Teledyne LeCroy provides you with a recovery application and a backup
image in an extra partition on the instrument’s hard drive. The recovery
process is easy to perform using the Recovery Wizard. A .PDF document
containing instructions are loaded on the oscilloscope desktop, and are
available for download from the technical library at teledynelecroy.com.
After the recovery procedure is done, you must activate Windows, either
by Internet connection to Microsoft’s Web site or by telephone. Have your
Windows Product Key number (located on the rear of the oscilloscope)
handy during Widows reactivation.
NOTE: The recovery process produces a replica of the operating system and
oscilloscope application software at the current revision levels when the
oscilloscope was manufactured. Any further revisions of the application
software, Windows operating system, and virus scan definition files are not
automatically upgraded. Therefore, after completion of the disk image
recovery, it is highly recommended to search vendor Web sites and
upgrade the individual components to current revision levels.
The current oscilloscope application software can be downloaded directly
from the Teledyne LeCroy website at teledynelecroy.com. Since the
calibration data for the oscilloscope is stored in the D: drive, current
calibration constants are not overwritten during the recovery process.
Restarting the Application after Recovery
Upon initial power-up, the oscilloscope automatically loads the instrument
application software. If you exit the application and want to reload it, touch
the shortcut icon on the desktop: