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This process clears all information from the hard drive to prepare the hard drive for system recovery.

1. Enter the system BIOS and select the Boot menu.

2. Change the startup (boot) order so the computer starts from the first optical drive (CD-ROM/ATAPI CD-ROM/DVD). You may need to enter a sub-menu called Boot Device Priority .

3. Insert Disk 1 of the System Recovery disk set in the first (top) optical drive.

4. Press F10 , then press Enter to save the changes and restart the computer.

   When the PC restarts, it reads from the Recovery CD, and displays a screen of options (typically R , F , and Q ).

5. Press and hold the Ctrl key, and press the Backspace key. The Manufacturer Menu is displayed.

   
   Manufacturer Menu:

   <1> boot from drive 1

   <2> Start recovery program on CD/DVD

   <3> boot Floppy a:

   <4> clear the partition table of drive 1

   <5> erase the Master Boot Record of drive 1

   <6> wipe all sectors of drive 1

   <7> create a primary partition on drive 1

   <8> create a SmartImage partition on drive 1

   <9> Install ST Master Boot Record

   <A> Install Standard Master Boot Record

   <S> Save DMI Sysinfo to drive 1

   <T> Test the system RAM for defects

   <ESC> restart this CDROM

NOTE: Drive 1 may be shown as 0x80 in the menu of earlier versions.Not all options shown in the list below will be available for some PCs.

Select option clear the partition table .

The following message appears: No Operating System Installed or Partition CorruptedPress "R" to perform a full system recovery .

Do not press R . Instead, press and hold ctrl , then press Backspace to bring up the Tools Menu.

Select option erase the Master Boot Record of drive .

The following message appears: No Operating System Installed or Partition CorruptedPress "R" to perform a full system recovery .

Do not press R . Instead press and hold down ctrl , then press Backspace to bring up the Tools Menu.

NOTE: If there are no partitions, the following message appears: No MBR or master boot record found .Continue using these steps.

Select option wipe all sectors of drive .

An Erasing Hard Drive progress bar will appear. This process will take approximately from 15 minutes to over one hour, depending on the size of the hard drive.

When the hard drive is completely erased, the following message is displayed:

No Operating System Installed or Partition CorruptedPress "R" to perform a full system recovery

Press R to begin the automatic System Recovery process.

NOTE: This procedure requires that you have a set of System Recovery CDs or DVDs for the computer. Also, the Manufacturer Menu is only available on Summer 2002 and newer models. The Manufacturer Menu is not available for System Recovery performed from the hidden partition.

CAUTION: If an additional hard drive has been installed, disconnect the power and IDE cables from the additional drive. This is necessary to prevent data loss on the added hard drive.