Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics (Graphical User Interface version), A1206

Default Instructions for CDD1206.exe:

Diskette creation using CDD1206.exe

Download file CDD1206.EXE to a new folder on your system.

1. Click the "Download now" link.
2. If the Export Compliance Disclaimer window appears, please read the
agreement, and then click Yes, I Accept this Agreement.
3. When the File Download window appears, click Save this program to disk
and click OK.
4. The Save As window appears.
5. From the Save In drop-down menu, click to select one of your hard drive
partitions.
6. Click on the Create New Folder icon.
7. Rename the new folder as DD1206, and press Enter.
8. Click on the Open button in the Save As window.
9. Click the Save button to save file CDD1206.exe in the new folder DD1206.
10. The file will download to this folder.
11. If a Download Complete window appears, click Close.

Diskette Creation

1. From My Computer, or Explorer select the folder DD1206 and double-click
the icon for CDD1206.
2. An MS-DOS window appears with a message indicating the options
available.
3. Use option 1 to create bootable diskettes.
3. Press the [1] 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 how many diskettes
will be needed.
5. 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 4 - 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.


Default Instructions for Cz120600.EXE:

Hard Drive Installation using CZ120600.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 CZ120600.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 instr