User manual OMNICRON ELECTRONICS TOTAL RECALL-HARD DRIVE TESTING, RELOADING, AND COPYING

[. . . ] 5. Unplug HDD and connect as a Primary Master drive in a PC, with NO other HDD connected. Start PC and document what happens when the PC starts up. This will show if OS2 starts and if Total Recall starts or where it stops. 1. 2. Internal Install of Total Recall Software If after starting a Total Recall HDD in a PC and only OS2 started and Total Recall did not start you may be able to reinstall with this method. At the OS2 Start Group Menu screen. In the Startup Group arrow down to DOS Session and press <ENTER>. Go To command prompt [C:\] type CD\ V2. 20 Rev0. 1 10 June 2002 Page 2 Change to UPGRADE directory type CD\UPGRADE C:\UPGRADE At the command prompt type INST1_02. EXE At the Total Recall Upgrade screen arrow up to CHECK VERSION Then press ENTER Then the message : SWITCH OFF AFTER 10 Seconds Switch OFF the unit. Then switch the unit back ON again and wait for the Total Recall Upgrade screen to display. [. . . ] Don't worry about the error messages displayed on startup. You will need to shut down TR but not OS/2, a batch file will need to be modified. From the TR screen press press Esc) <Alt> (&) <Esc> together (press the Alt key first and hold it then 1. 3. 2. Changing the Batch File. The OS/2 "Start Group" Menu will open. Arrow down to "DOS Session" and then press At the C:\] prompt type edit totrec\trecall. bat then press <Enter> <Enter> trecall. bat will open in the Editor screen. Arrow down to last line and add REM as the first word Press <Alt> <Enter> <S> (save) rem runos2 shutdown Press <Alt> <Enter> <X> (exit) This will take you back to C:\ ] prompt. Type EXIT then press <Enter> V2. 20 Rev0. 1 10 June 2002 Page 5 This will take you back to the OS/2 "Start Group" Right Arrow across and then down to "Total Recall Session (DOS)" Press <Enter> At TR screen press <Esc> key to shut down TR This will take you back to OS/2 "Start Group" Right arrow across to the "Running Group" Select startup. cmd then press Press <Ctrl> (&) <C> <Enter> together <Enter> Type EXIT then press 1. 3. 3. Partition the Faulty / New HDD with FDISK Select OS/2 session press Now repartition the faulty/new HDD <Enter> A new HDD will only have one partition and will not require the partitions to be deleted. Go straight to "Create Partition". At the C:\] prompt type FDISK then press <Enter> FDISK window will open. The name DISK at the top left will be highlighted Press the <Tab> Key to DISK Right arrow key to disk 2 then press the This will highlight the first partition of Disk 2, Press <Enter> <Tab> Key This will open an options menu Arrow down to "Delete Partition" then press Arrow down to second partition then press The Options menu will open. Arrow down to "Dele te Partition" then press This will set the disk to one partition Press <Enter> <Enter> <Enter> <Enter> The options menu will open. Arrow down to "Create Partition" The size of partition dialogue box will open. V2. 20 Rev0. 1 10 June 2002 Page 6 Type the size for the first partition as "1945" megabytes then press The "Type of Partition" dialog box will open Select "Primary Partition" then press Then the "Location of partition" dialog box will open Select "Create at start of free space" then press This will take you back to FDISK, <Enter> <Enter> <Enter> <Enter> Arrow down to the second row "Freespace" then press The options menu will open. Arrow down to "Create Partition" The size of partition dialogue box will open. Type the size for the second partition as "6110" megabytes then press The "Type of Partition" dialog box will open Select "Extended Logical Drive" then press <Enter> <Enter> This step may be required if the size of the HDD exceeds 8gb Then the "Location of partition" dialog box will open Select "Create at start of free space" then press<Enter> This may leave some freespace at the end of the drive. At the FDISK screen Press <F3> the exit FDISK options box will open Disc 2 partitions are identified as D: and F: Select "Save and exit" by pressing <F3> again. [. . . ] Set the slave (newly programmed) HDD to be a MASTER and restart the PC. (check the jumper settings on the drive) The system should start up into Total Recall. [. . . ]