Dell OptiPlex FX160 - Manual (Page 10)

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Dell OptiPlex FX160 Re-Imaging Guide
To create the bootable USB flash drive with WIndows, use the program
USBDiskImageTool.exe
to write the SLETC file to the USB flash drive:
NOTE:
The Windows operating system used to build the bootable USB flash drive
must include Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 or later.
CAUTION:
This procedure formats the USB flash drive used to load the system
image. All files on the drive are erased.
1 On a system running Windows XP or Windows Vista, insert the SLETC
update CD into a CD-ROM drive, and the USB flash drive into a USB
port.
2 Open an Explorer window that shows the contents of the update CD.
3 Find and open USBDiskImageTool.exe. If using Windows Vista, respond
appropriately to User Access Control messages to continue.
4 In the USB Disk Image Tool window, click the Browse button and select
the SLETC update file on the update CD.
5 In the field Choose a USB device, use the pull-down menu to select the
USB flash drive.
6 Click Write Disk Image to initiate the write operation. Allow the Write...
and Verify... operations to complete fully before removing the USB flash
drive.
7 When the message Disk was imaged successfully message appears, click
Close.
8 Remove the USB flash drive and the update CD from the Windows
system.
Re-Imaging SLETC on an FX160 Computer With a USB Flash Drive
CAUTION:
Re-imaging your FX160 computer will erase all data from the hard
drive or flash card. Back up your system to an external device before re-imaging
your computer.
1 Shut down the operating system and power off the computer.
2 Insert the bootable flash drive with the SLETC image into a USB port.
3 Power on the FX160 computer.
4 When the BIOS window options list appears (in the upper right-corner of
the screen) press to access the Boot Device menu.