NEC VXi - Manual (Page 5)

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Updating the BIOS ...........................................................................................................3-27
Obtaining the BIOS Update.......................................................................................3-27
Preparing the BIOS Update Diskette.........................................................................3-27
Performing the BIOS Update ....................................................................................3-28
Identifying the Switch Settings.........................................................................................3-29
4 Using the Operating System and Utilities
Windows Introduction ........................................................................................................4-2
Windows 2000.............................................................................................................4-2
Desktop Icons.......................................................................................................4-2
Taskbar Icons .......................................................................................................4-3
Windows 98 Second Edition .......................................................................................4-3
Desktop Icons.......................................................................................................4-3
Taskbar Icons .......................................................................................................4-5
Windows NT ...............................................................................................................4-6
NEC Utilities ......................................................................................................................4-6
NEC Customize Utility................................................................................................4-6
Using the NEC Customize Utility ........................................................................4-7
HDPREPEZ Utility .....................................................................................................4-7
Using HDPREPEZ in Windows 98 ......................................................................4-7
Using HDPREPEZ with Windows NT.................................................................4-8
SpeedStep Applet ...............................................................................................................4-8
SoftDVD Player..................................................................................................................4-8
NEC CD-RW CD ...............................................................................................................4-9
Installing the DOS Mode CD-ROM Driver (Windows 98).........................................4-9
Installing Easy CD Creator........................................................................................4-10
Installing DirectCD ...................................................................................................4-10
Application and Driver CD...............................................................................................4-11
Launching the Application and Driver CD with Windows 98 ..................................4-11
Launching the Application and Driver CD with Windows 2000/NT ........................4-11
Application and Driver CD Dialog Box ....................................................................4-12
Installing the Application and Driver CD Software ..................................................4-12
Personal Code Setting Utility ...........................................................................................4-12
Installing the Personal Code Setting Utility ..............................................................4-13
Setting a Personal Code.............................................................................................4-13
NEC Info Center...............................................................................................................4-14
Installing the NEC Info Center..................................................................................4-14
Uninstalling the NEC Info Center .............................................................................4-14
Partition Magic .................................................................................................................4-14
Product Recovery CD .......................................................................................................4-15
Guidelines for Using the Product Recovery CD........................................................4-15
Product Recovery CD Options ..................................................................................4-16
Full Disk Drive Restore.............................................................................................4-16
Partition Only Restore ...............................................................................................4-18