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L i f e B o o k B S e r i e s – S e c t i o n F i v e

Restoring Your
Pre-installed Software

Your system has been loaded with a valuable utility that
allows you to restore your LifeBook notebook’s disk
drive contents as they were originally shipped from the
factory. Most often this is necessary if files or software
programs (only those files/programs that came pre-
installed) become corrupt or accidentally erased.

DRIVE IMAGE SPECIAL EDITION (DISE)

PowerQuest Drive Image Special Edition® (DISE)
provides a way to restore your computer if you experi-
ence a hard disk crash or other system failure. Fujitsu has
used DISE to create an image of everything installed on
the computer at the time you purchased it. The image is
saved on a separate partition on the hard disk. You can
use DISE to restore the factory image and return your
computer to the state in which it shipped from Fujitsu.

NOTE: Systems with the Windows 98 operating system
installed have the DISE directory structure in place, but
without the disk image or the DISE software installed.

(See Installing and Using DISE With Windows 98 Systems
on page 63 for more information)

Although it is not necessary, you can use DISE to store
additional image files that you create. For example, if
you install several applications and save data files on
your hard disk, you can create a new image file that
includes them and then save that image file on the hard
disk. Then, in the event of a hard disk failure, you can
restore the image that includes the applications and data
files you use.

Fujitsu recommends that you create a Drive Image SE
floppy boot diskette as a “rescue disk.” If your computer

fails, you can boot and run DISE from the rescue disk.

USING DISE WITH WINDOWS 2000/XP

Creating a Drive Image SE Diskette

You can use a DISE disk to boot your machine and run
DISE if your machine is unbootable or if you do not
have access to Windows.

Insert a formatted floppy disk in your machine.

From the Drive Image Special Edition main window,
click

Options > Create Drive Image SE Diskette.

Running DISE from Diskettes

1. Insert the Drive Image SE Disk 1 in the floppy drive.

2. Reboot your computer.

3. Insert Disk 2, type DISE, then press <Enter>.

Creating a Backup Image

You can create a backup image of your C:\ drive at any
time. The C:\ partition must be a FAT, FAT32, or NTFS
partition, and it must be directly before the backup
partition on your hard disk.

1. At the Drive Image Special Edition main screen,

click

Options> Create New

Backup.

There is also a button on the main DISE screen that
performs the same function.

2. You will be prompted to type a password. Type a

password (or leave the password fields blank), then
click

OK.

DISE displays a warning that it must go to

DOS to create the image.

3. Click

Yes.

DISE creates an image file in the backup partition. If
you created a backup image previously, the new
image overwrites the old one.

Enlarging the Backup Partition

If there is not enough unused space in the backup parti-
tion on your hard disk, DISE will resize the partition.
DISE will display the minimum, maximum, and recom-
mended sizes for the backup partition. You choose the
size you want.

DISE takes the space from the FAT, FAT32, or NTFS
partition that you are backing up. If there is not enough
unused space in that partition to take, you will not be
able to resize the backup partition and create an image
file. You can delete files from the FAT, FAT32, or NTFS
partition to create more unused space on the hard disk.

Restoring a Backup Image

You can restore either a factory image or a backup image
you created. Be aware that restoring a backup image will
replace the contents of the C:\ partition with the image
you restore.

1. Disable virus protection software. If virus protection

software is enabled, DISE will hang.

2. From the DISE main window, click

Options >

Restore Factory Backup

to restore the factory image.

DISE exits to DOS and restores the image file.

Drivers and Applications Restore CD

The Drivers and Application CD can be used to selec-
tively re-install drivers and/or applications that may have
been un-installed or corrupted. Please refer to installa-
tion instructions located in the Drivers and Applications
Restore CD.

P O I N T

Using the DISE feature will reduce the amount of usable
disk space on your hard disk drive.

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