GETTING STARTED MANUAL
WRXi-A-GSM-E Rev A 99
Aftertherecoveryprocedureisdone,youmustactivateWindows,eitherby
internetconnectiontoMicrosoft’sWebsiteorbytelephone.Forthis,youneedto
providetheWindowsProductKeynumber,whichisaffixedtothebottomofthe
oscilloscope.
Note:Therecoveryprocessproducesareplicaoftheoperatingsystemand
oscilloscopeapplicationsoftwareattherevisionlevelsthatwerecurrentwhenthe
oscilloscopewasmanufactured.Anylaterrevisionsoftheapplicationsoftware,
Windowsoperatingsystem,andvirusscandefinitionfilesarenotautomatically
loaded.Aftercompletionofthediskimagerecovery,itishighlyrecommendedthat
yousearchthevendors’Websitestoupgradetheindividualcomponentstotheir
currentrevisionlevel.Thecurrentoscilloscopeapplicationsoftwarecanbe
downloadeddirectlyfromtheLeCroyWebsiteatwww.lecroy.com.
SincethecalibrationdatafortheoscilloscopeisstoredintheD:drive,thecurrent
calibrationconstantsarepreservedduringtherecoveryprocess.
RecoveryProcedure
Youroscilloscopeisdesignedtooperatereliablyformanyyears.However,the
applicationsoftwareoperatingtheinstrumentrunsonaWindowsplatform.The
loadingorincompleteremovalofadditionalWindowsapplicationsmayeventually
causeproblemsinthestabilityoftheoperatingsystem.Severecasesmayrequirea
reloadingofthebaseo
peratingsystemandoscilloscopeapplication.Thisisdone
usingarecoveryroutinethatrestoresacleancopyoftheimageoriginallyinstalled
ontheC:drive.
Note:AnyuserandcalibrationdatalocatedontheD:partitionisnotaffectedby
therecoveryprocess.
LeCroyprovidesyouwitharecoveryapplicationandabackupimageinanextra
partitionontheinstrument’sharddrive.Therecoveryprocessiseasytoperform,
usingtheRecoveryWizard.Aftertherecoveryprocedureisdone,youmustactivate
Windows,eitherbyInternetconnectiontoMicrosoft’sWebsiteorbyte
lephone.
HaveyourWindowsProductKeynumber(locatedontherearoftheoscilloscope)
handyduringWidowsreactivation.