Maintenance and service
11.2 Reinstalling the Operating System
SIMATIC Box PC 627
Operating Instructions, Release 05/2006, A5E00362052-03
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11.2 11.2 Reinstalling the Operating System
11.2.1 Windows XP Embedded
11.2.1.1 General installation procedure
If your software becomes corrupt for any reason, you can reinstall it from the Restore CD.
The Restore CD contains a image file for the hard disk or CF card with the original software
(operating system with installed hardware drivers) and forms part of the scope of delivery of
the device.
Note
You require a USB keyboard in order to reinstall the operating system.
11.2.1.2 Restoring the software to factory state using the Restore CD
You can reinstall the original factory software using the Restore CD (forms part of the scope
of delivery). The CD contains the necessary images and tools for transferring the factory
software to the hard disk or CF card of your PC. The following options are available for
restoring software:
• You can restore the entire hard disk with drive C: (system) and drive D:
• or only drive C:. This allows you to retain any user data on drive D.
• Restore the entire CF card.
Caution
With the option "Restore system partition only", all data on drive C: (System) will be
deleted. All data, user settings and all authorizations or license keys on drive C: will be
lost in the process! All data on drive C: of your hard disk drive will be deleted. Setup
formats the hard disk partition and reinstalls the original factory software.
When you select the "Restore entire hard disk" option, ALL the data, user settings and
authorizations or license keys will be lost on the hard disk.
Restoring the factory state
To restore the factory state, proceed as follows:
1. If the device does not have an optical drive, connect a USB CD-ROM drive to the device.
2. Insert the Restore CD in the drive and reboot the device. When the BIOS message
appears, press
<F2> to enter SETUP or <ESC> to display the boot menu
the F2 key.
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