Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics (Graphical User Interface version), A1236

Custom Instructions for CD123610.exe:

Diskette creation using CD123600.exe

Download

1. Click the location, e.g. Americas, from which you want to download the file.
2. If the Export Compliance Disclaimer window appears, click Yes, I Accept this Agreement.
3. When the File Download window appears, click Save this program to disk and click OK. The Save In window appears.
4. From the Save In drop-down menu, click to select Desktop and then click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
5. If a Download Complete window appears, click Close. A new icon appears on your desktop.

Diskette Creation

1. Double-click the new icon on the desktop. The Self-Extractor window appears.
2. Click Setup. An MS-DOS window appears with a message indicating how many diskettes you will need.
3. Press the [ENTER] key. A message appears prompting you to insert a blank diskette. Insert a diskette into the drive.
4. Press the [ENTER] key. A message appears indicating that all data on the disk will be erased.
5. Press the [y] key and then press the [ENTER] key. The files are copied to the diskette. Once the files have been copied to the diskette a message appears prompting you to insert the next diskette.
6. Repeat steps 3 - 5 until you reach the end of the diskette set. Label each diskette with a disk number starting from 1.
7. After all the files have been copied to the last diskette, press the [ENTER] key and the MS-DOS window closes.

Running the Diagnostics

1. Insert the first diskette of the set into your diskette drive.
2. Click Start, click Shutdown, click Restart, and then click OK to reboot your system.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Custom Instructions for CZ123600.EXE:

Hard Drive Installation using CZ123600.exe

Download

1. Click the location, e.g. Americas, from which you want to download the file.
2. If the Export Compliance Disclaimer window appears, click Yes, I Accept this Agreement.
3. When the File Download window appears, click Save this program to disk and click OK. The Save In window appears.
4. From the Save In drop-down menu click to select Desktop and then click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
5. If a Download Complete window appears, click Close. A new icon appears on your desktop.

Install

1. Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled CZ123600.exe.
2. When the Self-Extractor window appears, click Continue.
3. A dialog box will prompt you for the directory to unzip the files to. Normally you should leave the default path. This path must be on an MS-DOS FAT partition. If you extract the files to any other type of partition (for example NTFS) you will not be able to run the diagnostics. Write down the path where the files were placed.
4. Click OK.
5. If you get a prompt asking you if you would like to create the directory, click YES.
6. After a few seconds a dialog box will appear that says that all files were successfully unzipped. Click OK to exit from the installer.

Running the Diagnostics from a Hard Drive

1. In order to run the diagnostics you must boot to an MS-DOS prompt. If necessary create a DOS boot disk. For more information, refer to Dell Knowledge Base Article TT1014475 - "What can I use for a boot disk with CD-ROM support?"
2. Insert the diskette into the diskette drive and reboot the computer.
3. At the A:/> prompt, type "C:" (or the drive letter where you saved the diagnostics to) and then press the [ENTER] key.
4. Type "cd c:\dell\drivers\Rxxxx" (or the path that you specified above) and then press [ENTER].
5. Type "Delldiag" and then press [ENTER] to run the diagnostics.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Custom Instructions for CDD1236.exe:

Diskette creation using CD123600.exe

Download

1. Click the location, e.g. Americas, from which you want to download the file.
2. If the Export Compliance Disclaimer window appears, click Yes, I Accept thi