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L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s – S e c t i o n 5

Restoring Your
Pre-installed Software

Your system has been loaded with a valuable utility that
allows you to restore your LifeBook notebook 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 failure. Fujitsu has used
DISE to create an image of everything that was 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.

Although it is not necessary, you can use DISE to store
an additional image file 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 DISE disk as a
"rescue disk." If your computer fails, you can boot and

run DISE from the rescue disk.

Creating Drive Image SE Diskettes

Note: 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 a factory image or a backup image you
created. Note that restoring a backup image will replace
the contents of the C:\ partition with the restored image.

1. Disable virus protection software in the BIOS. If

virus protection software is enabled, DISE will hang.

2. From the DISE main window, click

Options >

Restore Backup

to restore an image you created, or

click

Options > Restore Factory Backup

to restore

the factory image.

DISE shuts down to DOS and restores the image file.

3. Restore Microsoft Works using the CD(s) that came

with your system.

DRIVERS AND APPLICATIONS RESTORE CD

The Drivers and Application CD can be used to re-install
drivers and/or applications that may have been un-
installed or corrupted. Refer to installation instructions
found in the Drivers and Applications Restore CD. You
can also consult FPC’s Web site at www.8fujitsu.com.

P O I N T

Look for and open files with .doc and .txt extensions.

P O I N T

The factory restore image does not include Microsoft
Works. Use the included CD(s) to re-install this
application.

P O I N T

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