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Installing system software – Apple Power Macintosh 5400 series User Manual

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Installing system software

Follow the steps in this section to do what is commonly called a “normal”
installation of system software.

If you’re installing system software on a hard disk for the first time, make sure
that your hard disk has been initialized, a process that prepares the disk to
store information. If you see the hard disk’s icon on the desktop when you
start up the computer, the disk has been initialized. If no disk icon appears
when you start up, see “Initializing a Hard Disk” earlier in this chapter for
instructions.

To do a normal installation, follow these steps:

1

Start up your computer from the CD-ROM disc that contains system software (or from

the

Disk Tools disk, if your computer does not have a CD-ROM drive).

See “Starting Up From a CD-ROM Disc” or “Starting Up From a Floppy
Disk” in the section “Initializing a Hard Disk” earlier in this chapter.

2

Find and open the Disk First Aid icon.

You may need to look in a folder called Utilities to find Disk First Aid.

After Disk First Aid starts, follow the instructions on the screen. Disk First
Aid checks your hard disk for any problems.

3

When Disk First Aid has finished checking your hard disk, choose Quit from the

File menu.

4

Open the Drive Setup program.

You use the Drive Setup program to update your hard disk.

5

In the list of drives, click your startup disk.

6

Choose Update Driver from the Functions menu.

7

When the update process is finished, quit Drive Setup.

8

Shut down your computer.

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