Dell Latitude XT: Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media

The Tablet-PC runs the Pre-boot System Assessment (PSA), a series of

initial tests of your system board, keyboard, display, memory, hard drive, etc.

• During the assessment, answer any questions that appear.

• If failures are detected during the Pre-boot System Assessment,

write down the error code(s) and contact Dell (see “Contacting

Dell” in your

User’s Guide

).

If the Pre-boot System Assessment completes successfully, the following

message appears: “

Booting Dell Diagnostic Utility

Partition.Press any key to continue

.”

4

Press any key to start the Dell Diagnostics from the diagnostics utility

partition on your hard drive.

NOTE: If you see a message stating that no diagnostics utility partition has

been found, run the Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and Utilities media.

5

When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you want

to run. See "Dell Diagnostics Main Menu" on page 28.

Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media

1

Insert the

Drivers and Utilities

media

.

2

Shut down and restart the Tablet-PC.

When the DELL logo appears, press <F12> immediately.

NOTE: If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue

®

®

to wait until you see the Microsoft

Windows

desktop; then, shut down your

Tablet-PC and try again.

NOTE: The next steps change the boot sequence for one time only. On the

next start-up, the Tablet-PC boots according to the devices specified in the

system setup program.

3

When the boot device list appears, highlight

CD/DVD/CD-RW

and press

<Enter>.

4

Select the

Boot from CD-ROM

option from the menu that appears and

press <Enter>.

5

Ty p e

1

to start the CD menu and press <Enter> to proceed.

6

Select

Run the 32 Bit Dell Diagnostics

from the numbered list. If

multiple versions are listed, select the version appropriate for your

Tablet-PC.

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