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If no supported NIC is found, you can gather informa t ion about your computer
and send it t o Technical Support to see if an updated recovery CD or an
appropriate
driver is available. To do this, select Save , insert a formatted floppy
disk
or USB disk into your compu t er , and select the appropriate option ( Save to
Flop py Disk or Save to USB Disk ). Once the f ile has been saved to the
specified location, you can send it to Technical Support. Then select Finish and
select Yes to restart your computer . At t his poin t, you have 10 seconds to
remove t he recovery CD from your CD-ROM drive and boot from your local disk
once
more. Otherwise, your computer will boo t from the recovery CD again.
4 . When the hardware list displays, t ake the desired action :
To do this Do this
Proceed with recovering data Select Next .
You can select Next only if at least one supported NIC
is listed.
Load a new recovery driver Select Load Driver , select the location from which you
want
to install the driver ( Load From System for the
local
hard disk, Load From Floppy Disk for a floppy
disk,
Load From CD for a CD, or Load From USB
Disk for a USB disk), insert the disk (if loading from a
floppy
disk, CD, or USB disk), and respond to the
prompts.
See a complete list of the
detected
hardware
Select Diagnostic Mode .
When you are done viewing the list, select Normal
Mode .
5 . Review the network settings for your NIC and select Next .
The recovery CD obtains the IP address to use from your DHCP server . If the
displayed
settings are no t the ones you wan t to use, or if no IP address is
displayed
, select the NIC in the li st, select Config , specify the desired IP
address, subnet mask, and defau lt gateway , and select OK .
If multiple NICs are listed, the recovery CD will use the last operational one (that
is, the last NIC whose Status is Enabled ). If you do not want to use the last
listed NIC, selec t that NIC, select Config , and then select Disable to change the
Status to Disabled . Repeat this procedure for each NIC that you do no t want to
use.
Then select Next .
6 . In the Computer Name field, enter the full computer name of this computer .
If you don’t remember the full computer name, access the Manager (as
described
in “Accessing the Manager”) and click Backups in the
navigation bar . I n the Protected disks group box, the Computer Name column
lists
t he compu t er name of each computer t hat has backed up disks to the
storage system.