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Starting

PC-Doctor

from

a

diagnostic

diskette

or

CD-ROM

Note:

If

your

computer

has

no

internal

diskette

drive,

an

external

USB

diskette

drive

is

required

when

using

the

diagnostic

diskette.

1.

If

your

computer

is

already

on

when

you

start

this

procedure,

shut

down

the

operating

system

and

turn

off

the

computer.

2.

Insert

the

diskette

or

CD-ROM

in

the

appropriate

drive.

3.

Turn

on

the

computer.

Note:

If

the

PC-Doctor

program

fails

to

start,

make

sure

that

the

startup

device

sequence

is

configured

to

allow

startup

from

the

diskette

or

CD-ROM

drive.

See

“Selecting

a

startup

device”

on

page

58.

Diagnostics

program

download

If

you

have

access

to

the

internet,

you

can

download

a

diskette

image

or

a

startable

CD-ROM

image

(.iso

file)

of

the

diagnostics.

To

download

the

latest

diagnostics

program

from

the

WWW,

do

the

following:

v

Go

to

http://www.lenovo.com/think/support

.

v

Type

the

machine

type

in

the

″Use

Quick

Path

field

and

click

Go

.

v

Click

Downloads

and

drivers

and

scroll

down

to

locate

the

Enhanced

diagnostics.

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

diagnostics

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.

See

“Test

selection”

on

page

51.

v

From

within

a

test

category,

press

Ctrl-Enter

to

automatically

run

only

the

selected

tests

in

that

category.

See

“Test

selection”

on

page

51.

v

Using

the

cursor

movement

keys,

highlight

a

single

test

within

a

test

category,

and

then

press

Enter

.

This

runs

only

that

test.

Press

Esc

at

any

time

to

stop

the

testing

process.

Test

results

(N/A,

PASSED,

FAILED,

ABORTED)

are

displayed

in

the

field

beside

the

test

description

and

in

the

test

log.

See

“Viewing

the

test

log”

on

page

54.

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