HP VL400 - Vectra - 64 MB RAM User manual

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Image Library & Diagnostics
System CD-ROM
PC Image Engineer
HP
User’s Guide
Image Library & Diagnostics
System CD-ROM for
Vectra VL400
and e-Vectra

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About This Manual
This manual is intended for PC users or systems administration
personnel. A knowledge of Microsoft operating systems as well as
software deployment tools is required. If using Windows NT or
Windows 2000 operating systems, you must have administrator
privileges.
This manual provides guidelines for using the HP Image Library &
Diagnostics system CD-ROM software, which is part of the HP PC
Image Engineer software.
Acronyms
The following terms are sometimes used in this manual for brevity, to
replace the full description:
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Contents
English vii
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
1 Introduction
Your Preloaded Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Full Recovery of Preloaded Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
What is the Image Library & Diagnostics System CD-ROM? . . . . . . 11
HP PC Image Engineer Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Running Image Library from the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Running e-Diag Tools from the CD-ROM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2 Getting Started
The Image Library & Diagnostics System CD-ROM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Image Library Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Language Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Operating System Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Starting and Using the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3 Installing Drivers and Utilities Automatically
How to Perform a Recovery of Drivers and Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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4 Troubleshooting and Support
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Obtaining the Latest Versions of Drivers and Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Additional Information and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Legal Information
HP Software Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
HP Software License Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Introduction
The Image Library and Diagnostics System CD-ROM and its use in the
recovery of HP preloaded software.

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Your Preloaded Software
Your HP PC is delivered with preloaded software already in place on
the hard disk. This includes the operating system, all the correct
drivers for your hardware, plus special HP utilities to support you if you
should run into difficulties at any time during the working life of the
PC.
To provide a secure backup against software corruption, the entire
preloaded system can be restored using the HP CD-ROMs provided
with your PC. These utilities permit a rapid trouble-free restart should
you ever need to reinstall your operating system, drivers and/or HP
utilities.
Full Recovery of Preloaded Software
Two steps to carry out a complete reinstallation of all preloaded
software on your PC:
1Use the Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM to restore the
operating system (and HP disk partition). Refer to the
documentation on the Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM for
details
2When the OS is reinstalled and running, use the Image Library and
Diagnostics CD-ROM to reinstall the specific drivers, HP
applications and utilities.

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What is the Image Library & Diagnostics
System CD-ROM?
The Image Library & Diagnostics (ILD) System CD is a CD-ROM that
contains drivers and HP utilities for HP PCs. The drivers and utilities
are packaged to enable you to perform automatic installations on local
PCs. A friendly user-interface simplifies this process.
The ILD CD-ROM also contains a diagnostic package called HP
e-DiagTools for hardware diagnostics. You can run it by booting your
PC from the CD to perform hardware diagnostics.
This User’s Guide describes the Image Library section of the ILD CD-
ROM, and the User Interface, and explains how to use it to select and
load software.
In addition, start-up notes on e-DiagTools are included to make clear
the operation of the CD. HP e-DiagTools are fully documented
elsewhere.

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HP PC Image Engineer Products
The Image Library & Diagnostic CD is one part of HP PC Image
Engineer solutions. The HP PC Image Engineer suit comprises these
products:
Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM
Image Library (Administrator version) CD-ROM
Image Library and Diagnostics System CD-ROM
Image Transition Tool
Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM
This CD-ROM is provided with most new HP PCs. It contains on-line
documentation fully explaining its use. With the latest, full-featured
version, you can:
•Recover the operating system
•Set disk partitioning parameters
•Upgrade or downgrade the operating system (to the alternative
provided on the CD-ROMs)
•Browse the operating system master files
The ICR CD-ROM can be used in cases where you must reinstall
your operating system and other software, after reformatting your
hard disk. This may be useful when you can not guarantee the
integrity of you software, for instance due to virus infection.
Image Library and Diagnostics System CD-ROM
This CD-ROM is the subject of the present Guide. It is included with
your PC for most models and language versions. The ILD CD-ROM
is used to carry out automated software recovery and/or diagnostics
on single PCs:
•Recover all drivers, applications and HP utilities
•Recover individual drivers
•Run HP e-DiagTools, the hardware diagnostics utilities

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Image Transition Tool
The Image Transition Tool is a CD-ROM software utility to help you
adapt an existing PC’s disk image to a new HP PC. Check availability
with your HP supplier, or on HP websites.
Image Library (Administrator version) CD-ROM
This is a full ‘Administrator Version’ of the Image Library, and is
intended for MIS, IT, or system administration personnel. The
administrator version will perform automatic installations on local
PCs, and additionally provides software packages in other formats,
so that a server may be updated to perform remote installation
using your own deployment or maintenance solution, Microsoft
SMS2.0, or HP TopTools. For detailed information on this package,
refer to the Image Library: System Administrator’s Guide on the
Image Library Administrator Version CD-ROM.
When should I use Image Library (Administrator version)?
The Image Library (Administrator version) CD-ROM is for use in the
following cases only:
•with SMS 2.0 for installation of SMS packages,
•with a compatible proprietary loader to install the Automatic
Packages,
•with TopTools for maintenance (only) using the TopTools Driver
Update Packages
In any other situation, the Image Library and Diagnosis System CD-
ROM provides the correct version of Image Library.
NOTE Not all the Image Engineer products are packaged with each PC.
NOTE The range of language versions available may vary between tools.

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Running Image Library from the CD-ROM
To run Image Library from the HP Image Library & Diagnostics System
CD, insert the CD-ROM in your optical drive while your Windows
operating system is running. The user interface will start automatically
(if not, check that the ‘AutoPlay’ CD function is enabled).
Alternatively, you may run the Image Library manually by clicking on
Start and selecting the option Run. Then Enter the command:
D:\FrontPanel
where ‘D:’ defines your optical drive location.
For details, see “Starting and Using the User Interface” on page 22 of
this Guide.
Running e-Diag Tools from the CD-ROM
To run e-DiagTools from your HP Image Library & Diagnostics CD,
follow this procedure:
1Insert the CD-ROM in your optical drive
2Shut down the operating system and restart your computer
3Ensure that the CD-ROM drive is configured in the BIOS to be the
first device to boot from. Set the BIOS attribute ‘PNP OS’ to the
option ‘No’
4The PC boots from the CD-ROM. The programs on the CD-ROM will
automatically determine the appropriate version of e-DiagTools to
run and the main Diagnostics menu of the CD-ROM appears.
Select the option to run the hardware diagnostics. This will open e-
DiagTools.
NOTE The main Diagnostics menu will only appear to the user when the CD-
ROM is used to boot the PC, as described above. The Diagnostics tools
are not accessible from Image Library menu options under Windows.

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Getting Started
This Chapter describes the Image Library & Diagnostics System CD-
ROM and its contents, and how to start using it.

2 Getting Started
The Image Library & Diagnostics System CD-ROM
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The Image Library & Diagnostics System CD-ROM
Image Library Contents
The drivers and HP software utilities comprising the Image Library are
provided in the form of automatic packages.
An Automatic installation package is an executable file that installs a
software component automatically, without the need for user
intervention. The automatic packages in the Image Library &
Diagnostics CD-ROM are suitable for performing a local installation.
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List of Components and
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To view a complete list of components available on the Image Library &
Diagnostics CD, including the version number of each component,
select the option ‘Quick Tour’ on the opening screen of the Image
Library user interface.
Detailed Information on
CD Contents
For detailed information about each automatic package, such as notes,
version numbers, and supported platforms, use the Properties Button
on the user interface Component Selection screen.

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2 Getting Started
The Image Library & Diagnostics System CD-ROM
Directory Structure
NOTE The CD directory structure is described here to help you understand
the Image Library’s layout and contents. However, the exact layout may
differ from the one shown.
Each subdirectory level corresponds to a classification criteria.
Language Versions
The User Interface is in the English language during an initial period.
The Image Library application supports all the Operating System
languages which are supported by the Image Creation and Recovery
CD-ROM.
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2 Getting Started
System Requirements
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System Requirements
The Image Library & Diagnostics CD-ROM is available for these HP
PCs:
•HP Vectra VL400
•HP e-Vectra
The Quick Tour included on the Image Library, in the section System
Requirements, lists Image Library and Operating System compatibility.
•Windows NT 4.0, SP4, SP5 or SP6a
•Windows 95 SR2.5 (for Vectra VL400 only)
•Windows 98 Second Edition
•Windows 2000 Gold.
Administrator Rights For PCs running Windows NT 4 or Windows 2000 you must have
administrator rights in order to install drivers.

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2 Getting Started
Operating System Installation
Operating System Installation
Vanilla Operating
System
A ‘Vanilla Operating System’ must be installed before you can carry out
the automatic installation of drivers and HP utilities described in
Chapter 3.
The ‘Vanilla’ OS consists of a version of your Microsoft OS with the
minimum set of default drivers required for the PC to operate.
Installation of the Vanilla Operating System is described below.
To prepare your PC for the installation of drivers and HP utilities, we
recommend you use the Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM that
came with your PC. Simply start the CD-ROM and follow the step by
step guide.
The ICR CD-ROM includes options to recreate the special HP Utility
Partition on your hard-disk and reinstall the operating system ready for
the use of ILD CD.
You may choose instead, to reinstall your operating system using the
Microsoft Operating System CD. However, if you reinstall in this
manner, the HP Utility Partition will not be created.
Preparation
To prepare for use of the Image Library on the Image Library and
Diagnostics System CD-ROM:
1Start with a blank, formatted hard disk.
2Using either the HP Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM, or the
appropriate Microsoft Operating System CD, install one of the
following operating systems:
•Windows NT 4.0 SP4, SP5 or SP6a
•Windows 95 SR2.5 (not preinstalled for e-Vectra)
•Windows 98 Second Edition
•Windows 2000

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