Activating the windows operating system – Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.1 User Manual

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K2 Storage System Instruction Manual

September 6, 2006

Chapter 10 Managing K2 software

The Non-Empty Destination Hard Disk Drive page opens.

13. Select

Yes…delete all partitions…

and then click

Next

.

If messages appear asking for disks, insert CDs sequentially and click

Retry

until

you can proceed to the next step.

The Next Selection page opens.

14. Select

No, I do not

and then click

Next

.

The Restore Operation option page opens.

15. Do not make any selections. Click

Next

.

The “…ready to proceed…” page opens.

16. Verify that you are restoring partitions. Click

Proceed

.

The Operation Progress page opens and displays progress.

17. Insert CDs as prompted. As messages appear asking for disks, insert CDs

sequentially and click

Retry

.

18. When a “The data was successfully restored” message appears, click

OK

.

19. Click

Operations | Exit

to exit the Acronis True Image program.

The K2 Media Server or Level 1 device restarts automatically.

20. Remove the Recovery CD while the K2 Media Server or Level 1 device is shutting

down.

Activating the Windows operating system

If a K2 Media Server or Level 1 RAID Storage system is restored to its factory default
state or otherwise has the Windows operating system re-applied, you might need to
active the operating system. This procedure provides instructions for doing this while
the machine is connected to the Internet. The Activation wizard provides other
options, which you can also choose if desired.

To active the Windows operating system on a K2 device, do the following:

1. Make sure the machine is connected to the Internet.

2. From the Windows desktop, in the system tray double-click on the key symbol

icon. The Activate window opens.

3. Select

Yes, let's activate Windows over the Internet now

and click

Next

.

4. When prompted, “If you want to register with Microsoft right now.”, select

No

.

5. Wait for the connection. If the system times out, you are prompted for entering

information in the Internet Protocol Connection dialog. Enter the proxy address
and port number as appropriate for your facility’s connections.

6. Ensure that “You have successfully activated your copy of Windows” message

appears in Activate Windows.

7. Click

OK

to close the Activate Windows.

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