Maintaining and repairing the device
7.6 Installing the software
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Operating Instructions, 2017/05, A5E40965249-AA
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● Example 2: Windows installation window "Drive options (advanced)"
Load Driver
Integration of controller drivers unknown to the operating system and required for
Changing the partition size
Format Formatting a partition
Identification for error messages, for example, if the data medium was not
formatted in the required "NTFS" format.
1. Make sure that the partition on which you want to install the operating system is large
enough (at least 20GB) and is set up with an NTFS file system.
The recommended minimum size of this partition varies, depending on the operating
system, how much RAM you have available and how much additional software you want
to use. Information on how the data medium is partitioned in its delivery state is available
in the tables below.
2. Select the partition on which you want to install the operating system.
3. Click "Next".
Installation is started.
The Windows operating system is installed on the data medium.