Kurzweil PC3K8 - System Utilities

B--3
System Utilities
Format Flash
PressthesoftbuttonlabeledFormatFlashtoreinitializetheinternalfilesystem.Thisdeletesall
objectsandthecurrentOS.(Ifpossible,remembertofirstsaveyourworkintheStoragemenu.
Oncedeleted,thefilesarecompletelyremovedfromthePC3Kandthereisnowaytoretrieve
them.)ThiswilldeleteeverythingthatwasstoredinternallyonthePC3K,andleaveaclean,
emptyfilesystemreadyforuse.
Itispossible(thoughnotlikely)thatthePC3Kfilesystemcanbecomecorrupteddueto
hardwarefailureorpoweroutageduringcertainoperations.Thiswillresultinthe
BootLoader
beingunabletobringupthePC3Ksystemcorrectly.Insuchacircumstance,theBootLoader
willtakeovercontrolandpresentitsusualmenu.Ifthefilesystemiscompletelycorrupted,it
willnotbepossibletoreconfigurewithoutfirstformattingtheinternal flashmemory.
Install Module
Thissoftbutton
bringsuptheUpdateImagepage,whereyoucaninstallindividualPC3K
modules.Mostofthetimeyouwon’tneedthispage,butKurzweilsupportmayadviseyouto
installindividualmodulesifyou’rehavingproblemswithyourPC3K.
Restore Older
IfyouhaveupdatedthePC3Ksoftwarebutwishtoreturn
totheearlierversion,pressthe
RestoreOldersoftbutton.YouwillbebroughttotheRestoreOlderpageandaskedtochoose
theimagetorestore.Notethatonlyoneversionofthepreviousimageisavailabletoberestored.
Ifyou’verestoredonce,anotherrestorewillbringbackthe
mostrecentlyupdatedversion.