TITLE: HP Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition

VERSION: 8.0.0 Rev. A
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains the HP Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition for the 
supported desktop models and operating systems. 

HP Insight Diagnostics is a proactive management tool that provides diagnostics 
and troubleshooting capabilities to assist Information Technology (IT) 
administrators in verifying installations, troubleshooting problems, and 
performing repair validation. 

HP Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition performs various in-depth system and 
component tests while the operating system is not running, and is available by 
booting from the Documentation and Diagnostics CD. 

PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP38789
SUPERSEDES: None
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 2008
CATEGORY: Diagnostic
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Desktops

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP Compaq dx2390 Microtower PC: All Models
HP Compaq dx2400 Microtower PC: All Models
HP Compaq dx2450 Microtower PC: All Models

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
FreeDOS
Linux
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32 Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

LANGUAGE(S): 
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
US English

ENHANCEMENTS: 
N/A

PREREQUISITES: 
None

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: 
IMPORTANT: The CD data is delivered as a single ISO image file (in the format 
.iso). This ISO image file is first downloaded to your hard drive and then must 
be burned directly to CD media, exactly as is. This is a large file (greater 
than 60 MB) and may take several minutes to download. Make sure you have enough 
space on your hard drive to store the image file.

1. Download the .iso file indicated in the SoftPaq Version field.

Downloading this file provides a master ISO image file of the most current HP 
Insight Diagnostics Offline Edition CD-ROM. From this .iso file, you can burn 
your own bootable CD.

A CD (ISO) image is not a collection of compressed or uncompressed data files; 
nor is it an executable (binary). Rather, it is a large, single file, which 
must be copied exactly as is onto a CD. In effect, you will download the image 
from the download site, ''burning'' its contents onto your CD.

2. Burn the full ISO image onto a blank CD using a CD-ROM burner/recorder and 
any major CD-burning software, such as Roxio (Adaptec) or Nero. Most common 
CD-burning applications should have the ability to burn an image to CD.

The following procedure provides an example for creating a bootable data CD 
from an .iso Image File (using Roxio/Adaptec Software):

1. Insert a blank CD into your CD-ROM burner/recorder (the destination drive).

2. From the File menu, select Create CD from CD Image.

3. Select the image file (*.iso file) that you want to burn to the CD.

4. Click Open. The CD Creation Setup dialog box appears.

5. If necessary, change the CD Creation Setup settings. 

6. Click OK.


Use the following procedure to run the HP Insight Diagnostics once you have 
created a bootable CD: 

1. Set your system to enable it to boot from CD.

2. Insert the HP Insight Diagnostics CD that you created into the CD-ROM drive. 


3. Shut down and then restart the computer, allowing it to boot from the CD. 
The Diagnostics are automatically loaded and run.


Copyright (c) 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.