How to Reload the Disk Image on Emphasis Dell Servers
How to Reload a Disk Image
This entire process takes about 8-10 minutes.
- Boot server
- As soon as the Dell screen appears press F12 (this is very quick!)
Note: If you see the Windows booting screen, you are too late. Restart and try again. - You will see several options on a black screen.
- Down arrow to 4. IDE CD-ROM Device
- Insert Disk One into CD drive.
- Press Enter
The blue screen will say:
WARNING!
Continuing this process will delete all the files on your hard drive .
Press CTRL - C to ABORT
Press any key to continue
Press any key (not the any key)
The next blue screen will say:
Press E to restore only the
Emphasis Program files.
(Restore the C drive)
Press A to compete reinstall
of the full disk image.
(Restore C and D drive. This
will delete your show files)
Press CTRL - C to ABORT
Select E or A (See When to Load Emphasis Disk Image entry for expanded explanations).
About 5 or 6 minutes later you will see a pop up box that says:
Insert Disk 2 into the CD drive and press enter.
About 3 or 4 minutes later the image will be finished.
(You will either see a green screen that says reboot or you will see a blank black screen.)
- Remove the CD
- Power off the machine
- Reboot
- Once it is finished booting the first time, you will be asked to reboot by windows
- Do a hard power Reboot