HP Image Library and Diagnostics
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for HP vectra vl400

Overview

Topics List

Quick Start

ILD User's Guide


FAQs

Updates/Latest News

 

 

Click on a topic in this list:
  • Overview: What is the Image Library & Diagnostics System CD?
  • User's Guide: The support documentation; printed and on-line
  • Component List: A list of all drivers and utilities on this disk, including version numbers and release dates

 

 

 

Overview:

 


What is the Image Library and
Diagnostics System CD-ROM?

 


The 'Image Library and Diagnostics System CD-ROM' consists of two software parts: The first is the Image Library software, and the second the Hardware Diagnostic software. These are independent of each other, and are used separately.


WHAT IS THE IMAGE LIBRARY?: The HP Image Library is an application and a set of drivers and HP utilities for your HP PCs on this CD-ROM. The drivers and utilities are specially packaged to enable you to perform automatic installations to your PC. You can use Image Library to reinstall one or more (or all) of these software elements. A friendly user interface facilitates the selection and loading of all drivers, HP utilities, and third-party applications.

You can use Image Library as part of the process to reinstall the whole operating system , plus all drivers and utilities originally loaded, or you can use Image Library alone, and just choose to reinstall one or more drivers and/or utilities by selecting elements individually.

In normal circumstances HP recommends that you carry out the full reinstallation, including all drivers and utilities originally loaded.


WHAT ARE THE DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS?: The CD-ROM also contains a package to carry out hardware diagnostics called HP e-DiagTools. You can run e-DiagTools by booting the PC from this CD.

DiagTools will check the configuration of your system and verify that it is running correctly. It will identify any hardware problems and provide precise information which can be passed to your HP-dedicated support agents if necessary.

Note: In this text, the Image Library and Diagnostics System CD-ROM is called ILD-CD or simply ILD, for brevity.

 

 

 

Quick Start

 

 

 

 


How to start and use Image Library
How to start e-DiagTools

 

 

 


To Start the Image Library: As this HTML document is included in the Image Library software, you may have already started the Image Library and Diagnostics CD in order to read this text page. Simply place the ILD CD-ROM in the drive while your PC is running. The Windows 'AutoPlay' function will detect the CD-ROM and start the Image Library software automatically.

Alternatively (or if AutoPlay is disabled) enter the command line D:\FrontPanel.exe (where D:\ is the letter designating your optical drive).

To enter this command from Windows, click on Start, then select Run. Type the command into the panel provided and click on OK.

When the Welcome Screen opens, select the option Launch Installer of drivers and utilities, to begin the reinstallation process. Follow the on-screen instructions.

You will be asked what type of installation you want:

MINIMUM: Installs only the drivers for auto-detected hardware
CUSTOM: You are prompted to select the components to install
MAXIMUM: All HP drivers, utilities, and 3d-party licenced applications are installed.

A Installation Log File is automatically recorded.

For further information on the installation sequence, see Chapter 3 of the User's Guide.

To Start e-DiagTools: to start the hardware diagnostics (e-DiagTools) you must boot your PC from this CD-ROM.

To do this; with the "ILD" CD-ROM in the CD-drive, power-off your PC using the correct shut-down procedure. For security (to avoid current surge) wait a few seconds, then turn the PC back on to begin the boot process. At the beginning of the boot, press F8 to select the BIOS Setup screen of your PC. Ensure that option PNP is set to 'No' and the BIOS boot sequence is set to boot first from the optical drive.

When the PC boots from the CD-Drive, the e-DiagTools program will run automatically and open the first screen of the hardware diagnostics. Follow the instructions on-screen.

Note that under any Windows Operating System, you cannot access DiagTools on this CD unless you boot from the CD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Requirements

 


This version of the Image Library and Diagnostics CD-ROM is for:
HP vectra vl400

 


Before using the Image Library, ensure the PC is compatible with the version of CD-ROM you are using. The CD's upper (printed) surface or the cover shows the HP PC.

Your PC must have one of the following operating systems:

Windows NT 4.0
Windows 98
Windows 95
Windows 2000

The exact configurations are specified in the HTML file Updates and Latest News

 

 

ILD User's Guide

 


The User's Guide for the Image Library and Diagnostics System CD, is available in PDF format on this CD.

 


To read Portable Document Format (PDF) files, identified by the filename extension '*.pdf', you must have a version of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on you PC. The Welcome Screen of Image Library includes an option to install Acrobat Reader.

The Image Library and Diagnostic System User's Guide is located in the file D:/UsersGuide/English/Imagelibrary.pdf on this CD (where D:/ is the letter identifying your CD-reader).

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Full Recovery of
Preloaded Software

 


Two steps are required to carry out a complete reinstallation of all preloaded software on your PC

 

STEP 1: Use the HP Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM to restore the operating system


STEP 2: Use the HP Image Library and and Diagnostics System CD-ROM (this CD) to reinstall the specific drivers, HP applications and utilities.


NOTE: Do not install any other software or perform any other operations on the target PC until these two steps are completed.

Proprietary OS-install alternative: If you do not wish to use the Image Creation and Recovery CD-ROM, you can reinstall the operating system using the Operating System's proprietary Installation CD (i.e. the Microsoft Install CD).

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Select One or More Drivers or Utilities for Installation

 


Installing drivers without reinstalling the OS

Choose which items to install

 


If you do not require to do a complete reinstallation, but must reinstall one or more HP drivers or HP utilities, and are confident that your Operating System has not been compromised:


Open the User Interface of the Image Library. Move the mouse pointer onto the option Launch Installer of drivers and utilities to highlight it, and click to select. The Image Library Configuration Check Screen will appear - this indicates that Image library is checking what hardware is present in your PC.

Follow the instructions on screen.

Step by step support is given in the User's Guide, Chapter 3, 'How to Perform a Local Installation'. The User's Guide is also available in PDF format on this CD.

 

 

 

List of Components on this CD

 


Click here for details of all software components:

 


A complete list of all the software components included on this CD, with version numbers and release dates, is available in the file CompVers.htm.

 

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

 


Questions most commonly asked by our users, plus the replies.

 


To date, one question is current:

Q: In which directory can I find the drivers for the Windows 2000 operating system (they do not appear to be on the CD)?

A: Most Windows 2000 drivers are integrated into the Windows 2000 operating system itself. They form a part of the OS executable file and therefore they are not present as seperate files.

 

 

 

LAN Card Drivers
and Network Protocols

 


Network Protocols installed by default

 


When using the Image Library & Diagnostics CD to install LAN card drivers, the following network protocols are automatically installed for each operating system:

Windows 95: NetBEUI + IPX/SPX
Windows 98/2000: TCP/IP (DHCP)
Windows NT 4: NetBEUI.

When LAN drivers are installed, a random hostname is automatically generated to ensure that there is no conflict with any other PC on the network.

 

 

AutoPlay CD

Image Library will start automatically if you put it into you CD-reader when your PC is already running.

 


When you put this CD into the CD-reader of your PC, and the PC is already running, then the Image Library User Interface will open.

If the CD AutoPlay function is disabled, the Image Library software will not start automatically . To enable AutoPlay in Windows NT4, Windows 95/98 or Windows 2000:

1 - choose Start/Settings/Control Panel and double click on the 'System' icon to select it.
2 - In the System Properties window, open the the Device Manager and select your CD-ROM device
3 - double-click on the device to open the Properties panel
4 - choose the Settings tab and then click on Auto Insert Notification to enable AutoPlay.

Alternatively you can type the Command Line: FrontPanel.exe

 

 

 

 

 

Troubleshooting Log

 


Automatic logging of the installation process helps pinpoint any problems which may arise:

 

Logging is ON by default:

A Log File is created automatically in your root directory. This ASCII text file is named 'C:\ImageLibrary.log' (where 'C:' is the root directory of your hard disk).

 

 

 

Updates and Latest News

 


The Latest News file contains any important information, updates or other need-to-know reports, added to the documentation after release:

 


Click on the text link above to open the Latest News file (English language only).

 

 

Useful Web Links

 


Here are some useful worldwide-web addresses where you may find information on topics related to your PC, hardware diagnostics (DiagTools), or the Image Library:

 


HP Support web-sites:

Manuals in PDF format for HP PCs, plus technical tips and other information, and drivers/software updates:

www.hp.com/go/vectrasupport

www.hp.com/go/e-pcsupport

HP Customer Care:

www.hp.com/go/support