HP VL400 - Vectra - 64 MB RAM User Manual

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  • Page 1 Image Library & Diagnostics PC Image Engineer System CD-ROM Image Library & Diagnostics System CD-ROM for Vectra VL400 and e-Vectra English 1...
  • Page 3 The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Hewlett-Packard...
  • Page 5: Acronyms

    About This Manual This manual is intended for PC users or systems administration personnel. A knowledge of Microsoft operating systems as well as software deployment tools is required. If using Windows NT or Windows 2000 operating systems, you must have administrator privileges.
  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents About This Manual ......... Acronyms .
  • Page 8 4 Troubleshooting and Support Troubleshooting ..........Obtaining the Latest Versions of Drivers and Utilities .
  • Page 9: Introduction

    Introduction The Image Library and Diagnostics System CD-ROM and its use in the recovery of HP preloaded software.
  • Page 10: Your Preloaded Software

    Your Preloaded Software Your HP PC is delivered with preloaded software already in place on the hard disk. This includes the operating system, all the correct drivers for your hardware, plus special HP utilities to support you if you should run into difficulties at any time during the working life of the To provide a secure backup against software corruption, the entire preloaded system can be restored using the HP CD-ROMs provided with your PC.
  • Page 11: What Is The Image Library & Diagnostics System Cd-Rom

    What is the Image Library & Diagnostics System CD-ROM? The Image Library & Diagnostics (ILD) System CD is a CD-ROM that contains drivers and HP utilities for HP PCs. The drivers and utilities are packaged to enable you to perform automatic installations on local PCs.
  • Page 12: Hp Pc Image Engineer Products

    HP PC Image Engineer Products The Image Library & Diagnostic CD is one part of HP PC Image Engineer solutions. The HP PC Image Engineer suit comprises these products: Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM Image Library (Administrator version) CD-ROM Image Library and Diagnostics System CD-ROM Image Transition Tool Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM This CD-ROM is provided with most new HP PCs.
  • Page 13 Image Transition Tool The Image Transition Tool is a CD-ROM software utility to help you adapt an existing PC’s disk image to a new HP PC. Check availability with your HP supplier, or on HP websites. Image Library (Administrator version) CD-ROM This is a full ‘Administrator Version’...
  • Page 14: Running Image Library From The Cd-Rom

    Running Image Library from the CD-ROM To run Image Library from the HP Image Library & Diagnostics System CD, insert the CD-ROM in your optical drive while your Windows operating system is running. The user interface will start automatically (if not, check that the ‘AutoPlay’ CD function is enabled). Alternatively, you may run the Image Library manually by clicking on Start and selecting the option Run.
  • Page 15: Getting Started

    Getting Started This Chapter describes the Image Library & Diagnostics System CD- ROM and its contents, and how to start using it.
  • Page 16: The Image Library & Diagnostics System Cd-Rom

    2 Getting Started The Image Library & Diagnostics System CD-ROM The Image Library & Diagnostics System CD-ROM Image Library Contents The drivers and HP software utilities comprising the Image Library are provided in the form of automatic packages. An Automatic installation package is an executable file that installs a software component automatically, without the need for user intervention.
  • Page 17: Language Versions

    2 Getting Started The Image Library & Diagnostics System CD-ROM Directory Structure NOTE The CD directory structure is described here to help you understand the Image Library’s layout and contents. However, the exact layout may differ from the one shown. Each subdirectory level corresponds to a classification criteria.
  • Page 18: System Requirements

    2 Getting Started System Requirements System Requirements The Image Library & Diagnostics CD-ROM is available for these HP PCs: HP Vectra VL400 • HP e-Vectra • The Quick Tour included on the Image Library, in the section System Requirements, lists Image Library and Operating System compatibility. Windows NT 4.0, SP4, SP5 or SP6a •...
  • Page 19: Operating System Installation

    2 Getting Started Operating System Installation Operating System Installation Vanilla Operating A ‘Vanilla Operating System’ must be installed before you can carry out the automatic installation of drivers and HP utilities described in System Chapter 3. The ‘Vanilla’ OS consists of a version of your Microsoft OS with the minimum set of default drivers required for the PC to operate.
  • Page 20 2 Getting Started Operating System Installation 3 Copy the directory from your CD to the directory on your hard disc as follows: U U U U s s s s i i i i ng ng ng ng t t t t h h h h i i i i s s s s I I I I n n n n s s s s t t t t a a a a lli lli lli llin n n n g g g g t t t t h h h h i i i i s s s s C C C C o o o o p p p p y y y y t t t t h h h h i i i i s s s s T T T T o o o o t t t t h h h h i i i i s s s s d d d d i i i i r r r r e e e e c c c c t t t t o o o o r r r r y y y y on on on on y y y y o o o o u u u u r r r r...
  • Page 21 2 Getting Started Operating System Installation If you installed Windows 98, create the \Windows\Options\Cabs directory on the hard disk, then copy the contents of the windows_98 directory from the ICR CD to this new directory. 4 If you do not copy the operating system setup files to the hard disk as described above, you will be prompted to insert the operating system CD when using the Image Library.
  • Page 22: Starting And Using The User Interface

    2 Getting Started Starting and Using the User Interface Starting and Using the User Interface Before using the Image Library & Diagnostics CD, check the system requirements as detailed above (page 18) to ensure that the PC is compatible with the version of CD you are using. 1 The user interface will start automatically when the CD is inserted in the PC (if the OS ‘AutoPlay’...
  • Page 23: Installing Drivers And Utilities Automatically

    Installing Drivers and Utilities Automatically This Chapter describes the automatic installation of drivers and utilities on your PC.
  • Page 24: How To Perform A Recovery Of Drivers And Utilities

    3 Installing Drivers and Utilities Automatically How to Perform a Recovery of Drivers and Utilities How to Perform a Recovery of Drivers and Utilities 1 1 1 1 Insert the Image Library & Diagnostics CD in the target PC. The user interface is launched automatically by the ‘CD autoplay’...
  • Page 25 3 Installing Drivers and Utilities Automatically How to Perform a Recovery of Drivers and Utilities The Image Library program carries out an automatic verification of the PC type and configuration. A check mark appears next to each element in the list as it is confirmed. If a problem is found during the configuration check, Image Library will return a Warning or Error status message explaining the problem.
  • Page 26 3 Installing Drivers and Utilities Automatically How to Perform a Recovery of Drivers and Utilities M M M M i i i i n n n n i i i i m m m m u u u u m m m m : Only drivers for the detected hardware will be •...
  • Page 27 3 Installing Drivers and Utilities Automatically How to Perform a Recovery of Drivers and Utilities 5 5 5 5 Click on a component check-box to select the corresponding driver for installation. You can also highlight any component and select by clicking on the line, then click to see more information Properties...
  • Page 28 3 Installing Drivers and Utilities Automatically How to Perform a Recovery of Drivers and Utilities 6 6 6 6 When you have chosen all the components you wish to install, (check that your selection is complete) click to launch the actual Next installation process.
  • Page 29 3 Installing Drivers and Utilities Automatically How to Perform a Recovery of Drivers and Utilities 7 7 7 7 As the installation progresses, the status of each component installation is shown. You can use the Status display to check the progress of the installation, and to verify that each component is correctly installed.
  • Page 30 3 Installing Drivers and Utilities Automatically How to Perform a Recovery of Drivers and Utilities 8 8 8 8 When you are satisfied the installation is correct, click on Close continue. If you experienced difficulties during the process, you can also use to check the current log file for more information.
  • Page 31 3 Installing Drivers and Utilities Automatically How to Perform a Recovery of Drivers and Utilities If you have no further drivers or HP utilities to install, remove the CD from the drive so that the PC will reboot from the hard disk: NOTE W W W W i i i i n n n n d d d d o o o o w w w w s s s s N N N N T T T T If the Service Pack (SP6) has not been automatically reinstalled, Image...
  • Page 33: Troubleshooting And Support

    Troubleshooting and Support This Chapter contains support information for the HP Image Library.
  • Page 34: Troubleshooting

    4 Troubleshooting and Support Troubleshooting Troubleshooting If you encountered any problems installing a component, you can try • to install it manually using the installation files that were copied to the target PC’s hard disk in the directory. \Masters If you encountered any problems installing the LAN driver, you must •...
  • Page 35: Obtaining The Latest Versions Of Drivers And Utilities

    4 Troubleshooting and Support Obtaining the Latest Versions of Drivers and Utilities Obtaining the Latest Versions of Drivers and Utilities Standard Format For the latest versions of drivers and utilities, in standard format for local installation, consult HP’s Vectra PC support web sites. Use the HP Updates web site guide for the latest addresses and content of web pages.
  • Page 37: Legal Information

    Legal Information...
  • Page 38: Hp Software Warranty

    HP Software Warranty HP Software Warranty THIS WARRANTY STATEMENT TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER ANY OTHER SOFTWARE WARRANTY STATEMENT INCLUDED WITH THIS PRODUCT. Ninety-Day Limited Software Warranty HP warrants for a period of NINETY (90) DAYS from the date of the delivery that the software product will execute its programming instructions when all files are properly installed.
  • Page 39: Hp Software License Agreement

    TO THE EXTENT YOU USE OR IMPLEMENT THIS INFORMATION, DOCUMENTATION OR SOFTWARE IN YOUR OWN SETTING, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK. IN NO EVENT WILL HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OR, YOUR INABILITY TO USE THIS...
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