Chapter 3: Starting Your PowerStation Using the CompactFlash Card
PA2 PowerStation User Guide 3-8
Restoring a CompactFlash Card
Because you use a CF card as the startup drive in a PA2 PowerStation, you
should create a bootable CF card for the system from a blank or used card.
This procedure will fix a ROM-DOS Shell CompactFlash card and let you do
the following:
• Reinstall the PowerStation Utilities onto a CF card
• Prepare a new CF card for use
You can easily reformat a CF card by using Parker’s Flashback Utility, which
restores the ROM-DOS operating system and PA2 PowerStation operating
files to a CF card in one operation.
When you use Flashback, the following software will be replaced on your
CompactFlash card:
• Operating system
• System drivers
• MachineShop Shell
Writing to the CompactFlash Card
To write to the CompactFlash card, you will need one of the following:
• A personal computer running Windows with a CD-ROM drive and a
SanDisk ImageMate or any CompactFlash card PC reader/writer. A
SanDisk Imagemate is a CompactFlash reader/writer that connects to
the personal computer through a USB port.
• A laptop computer running Windows with a CD-ROM drive and a
PCMCIA-to-CompactFlash adapter. The PCMCIA-to-CompactFlash
adapter lets you read from or write to a CompactFlash card through
your laptop’s PCMCIA slot. You can order a PCMCIA-to-CompactFlash
adapter (model number FLH-ADPT-2000) from your local Parker
distributor.
Reformating the CompactFlash Card
Warning:Manually formatting a CompactFlash card in Windows NT, 2000,
XP, or Vista before using Flashback could possibly make the CF
card unusable.
Warning:Removing the CompactFlash card: During a disk transfer
procedure, do not remove the CF card before issuing a Stop or
shutting down the USB port service. Otherwise the last part of
the data will not transfer to the CF card.
To reformat a CF card for a PA2 PowerStation, complete the following steps
on a personal computer or laptop:
1 Insert the CompactFlash card into the CompactFlash card PC
reader/writer or the PCMCIA slot.
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