6. Click
Format
.
7. After formatting is complete, a confirmation dialog window appears. Click
Close
.
8. Refer to the
ISC-178x Getting Started Guide
for information about installing software and
configuring the device.
Related Information
Safe Mode (NI Linux Real-Time)
on page 16
Restoring the Windows Operating System
You can restore the Windows operating system on the onboard storage of the ISC-178x. This
erases the contents of the onboard storage. Back up any files you want to keep before restoring
the onboard storage.
Note
Restore the Windows operating system from the included recovery DVD or a
bootable USB flash drive with the recovery DVD contents loaded onto it. Installing
your own copy of the Windows operating system is not supported.
Creating a Bootable USB Flash Drive
You can create a bootable USB flash drive from the reinstallation DVD if you do not have an
external USB DVD drive to connect to the ISC-178x.
Note
If you have an external USB DVD drive, you can use the reinstallation DVD
to restore Windows without creating a bootable USB flash drive. Proceed to the next
section if you are using an external DVD drive.
What to Use
•
USB flash drive, at least 8 GB but no more than 32 GB
•
Windows reinstallation DVD
•
Windows computer with a DVD drive
What to Do
Complete the following steps to prepare the USB flash drive for recovery.
1. Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port on the computer and wait for the flash drive
to be recognized.
Note
Ensure the USB flash drive appears as a Removable Drive in Windows.
Avoid using drives that appear as Fixed Disk drives.
2. Open a command prompt as an administrator.
3. Type
diskpart.exe
and press <Enter>.
4. Type
list disk
and press <Enter>.
5. Identify the drive number that corresponds to the USB flash drive.
6. Type
select disk
x
, where
x
is the drive number of the USB flash drive, and press
<Enter>. For example, in the following image, the USB flash drive is disk number 5. The
command is
select disk 5
.
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