Texas Instruments TI-nspire CAS Touchpad User manual

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TI‐nspireCASTouchpad
OperatingSystemnotfound.InstallOSnow.
ComputertoUnitTransfer
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ATI‐nspireCASTouchpadcalculatorthatreturnsthis
messageatstartuphaseitheracorruptedoperating
systemornooperatingsysteminstalled.
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Inmostcasesthedocumentsfolderisunaffectedand
thedevicewillstillberecognisedbyTI‐nspireComputer
LinkortheTI‐nspirecomputersoftware.Ifyouwishto
backupyourcalculatorfilesthisshouldbedonebefore
followingthesestepsbycopyingtheentiredocuments
foldertothecomputer.
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Step1–MaintenanceMenu
Themaintenancemenuprovidesaninbuiltmethodof
deletingremnantsofanincompleteorcorrupted
operatingsystem.Toaccessthemaintenancemenuthe
calculatormustbeturnedoffcompletely.Thiscanbe
donebyremovingallthebatteriesorbypressingthe
resetbutton.Ifyouhavearechargeablebattery
installed,theresetbuttonisthefastestoption.
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Removebatteries
Detachthekeypadandremovetwo
batteries,onefromeachofthetwoslots.
Waitfor5secondsbeforereinsertingthebatteries.
Replacethekeypadthenpressandhold:[DOC]+[Enter]+[EE]while
turningthecalculatoron.Keepholdingthethreekeysuntilthe
maintenancemenuisdisplayed.
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Resetbutton
Pressandhold:[DOC]+[Enter]+[EE]andpresstheresetbuttononthe
reversesideofthecalculator.(Youmayneedafriendtohelpyou.)Keep
holdingthethreekeysuntilthemaintenancemenuisdisplayed.
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Step2–MaintenanceOptions
Selectoptionfour:
[4]‐Completeformat
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Step3–Devicewillbereformatted
Confirmthereformattingoptionby
pressing[1].
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Step4–DeletingOperatingSystem
Noactionisrequiredforthisstep.The
progressbarmovesrepeatedlyacross
thescreenastheoperatingsystemis
cleared.
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Step5–Restarting
Oncetheoperatingsystemhasbeen
completelyerased,thecalculator
promptstorestart,pressanykey.
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Step6–OperatingSystemnotfound
Theoldorcorruptedoperatingsystem
hasnowbeencompletelyremoved.The
calculatorisnowreadytoacceptthe
newoperatingsystem.Connectthe
calculatortoacomputerwitheitherthe
TI‐nspireCASorTI‐nspireComputerLink
software.
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Note:
Thesoftwaremayautomatically
promptfortheinstallationofa
newoperatingsystem.Ifthis
occurs,press[continue]andfollow
theprompts.Thisstepmayrequire
accesstotheinternetifthefileis
notonthecomputer.
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Step7–InstallingtheOperatingSystem
(TI‐nspireCASsoftware)
Onthecontentstab,selectthe
connectedhandheld.
Onthetoolsicon(dropdownmenu),
select“InstallOS…”
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Selectthecorrespondingoperating
systemthenclick[InstallOS]
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Select[Yes]tocontinueforthe
operatingsystemupgrade.
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Installationisinprogress.DoNOT
unplugthecalculatoruntilprompted
todoso.Removingthecablepriorto
operatingsystemtransferwillcorrupt
thefile.
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Oncetheoperatingsystemhasbeeninstalledthecalculatorwillrestart
automatically.Onrestartthecalculatorprovidesoptionsforavarietyofsettings
includingthefontsizeandlanguage.
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