Files and directories installed on your hard drive – National Instruments PXI-8170 Series User Manual

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Chapter 1

Introduction

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Files and Directories Installed on Your Hard Drive

Your hard drive includes a directory called

images

in its root that

contains software and soft copies of manuals for the operating system
and peripherals. The directory structure under the

images

directory is

logically organized into several levels.

In the

images

directory itself, you will find a

manuals

directory,

directory, and directories for each of the peripherals of your

computer.

The

manuals

directory contains quick reference guides, technical

reference manuals, and National Instruments software manuals, all in
Adobe Acrobat format. To access any of these manuals, change your
directory to

c:\images\pxi8170\manuals

and list the contents of that

directory. You will see several files, one corresponding to each peripheral.

The

directory contains a subdirectory corresponding to the operating

system installed on your computer. That subdirectory contains an image
of the CD from which your operating system was installed, so you do not
need to insert the CD when you install a new peripheral. When the software
prompts you to insert the CD, direct the system to look in the

images\os

directory instead.

For example, if your system has Windows 98 installed, you should find an
image of the Windows 98 CD in

c:\images\os\win98

The rest of the directories correspond to each peripheral in your system.
Within each of these directories are the drivers for the peripherals. These
files and directories are copied exactly from the distribution disks of the
manufacturers, so the naming conventions vary from peripheral to
peripheral.

Because the naming conventions may not be completely straightforward,
National Instruments provides a text file named

drivers.txt

in the

c:\images\pxi8170

directory. The

drivers.txt

file explains how

to install support for each peripheral. You may want to print this file for
reference when you install your peripheral device drivers.