Chapter 5. diagnostics, Pc-doctor for dos, Creating a diagnostic cd image – Lenovo Secure Managed Client User Manual

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Chapter

5.

Diagnostics

Diagnostic

programs

are

used

to

test

hardware

components

of

your

computer

and

report

operating-system-controlled

settings

that

can

cause

hardware

failures.

PC-Doctor

for

DOS

Use

PC-Doctor

for

DOS

to

run

hardware

diagnostic

tests

on

your

system.

You

can

run

PC-Doctor

for

DOS

from

a

diagnostic

CD

image

that

has

been

created.

Creating

a

diagnostic

CD

image

To

create

a

diagnostic

CD

image,

download

a

self-starting

bootable

CD

image

(known

as

an

.iso

image)

of

the

diagnostic

program

from

http://

www.lenovo.com/support/.

After

you

download

the

image,

you

can

create

the

CD

using

any

CD

burning

software.

Running

diagnostics

from

the

CD

or

diskettes

To

run

diagnostics

from

the

diagnostic

CD

image

that

you

created,

use

the

following

procedure:

1.

Make

sure

the

computer

is

turned

off.

2.

Insert

the

CD

into

the

optical

drive.

3.

Restart

the

computer.

Note:

If

the

diagnostic

program

does

not

start,

you

might

not

have

your

optical

drive

or

diskette

drive

set

as

a

startable

device.

See

“Selecting

a

startup

device”

on

page

46

for

instructions

on

how

to

change

the

startup

device.

4.

When

the

diagnostics

program

opens,

follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen.

5.

When

the

program

finishes,

be

sure

to

remove

the

CD

or

diskette

from

the

drive.

6.

Select

the

diagnostic

test

you

want

to

run.

Press

the

F1

key

for

additional

help.

Navigating

through

the

diagnostics

programs

Use

the

cursor

movement

keys

to

navigate

within

the

menus.

v

The

Enter

key

is

used

to

select

a

menu

item.

v

The

Esc

key

is

used

to

back

up

to

the

previous

menu.

v

For

online

help

select

F1

.

Running

tests

There

are

four

ways

to

run

the

diagnostic

tests.

v

Using

the

cursor

movement

keys,

highlight

Run

Normal

Test

or

Run

Quick

Test

from

the

Diagnostics

menu

and

then

press

Enter

.

This

automatically

runs

a

pre-defined

group

of

tests

from

each

test

category.

Run

Normal

Test

runs

a

more

extensive

set

of

tests

than

does

Run

Quick

Test

and

takes

longer

to

complete.

v

Press

F5

to

automatically

run

all

selected

tests

in

all

categories.

v

From

within

a

test

category,

press

Ctrl-Enter

to

automatically

run

only

the

selected

tests

in

that

category.

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Lenovo

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IBM

Corp.

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