Installing Windows 2000
On
Iridium Starbook 510
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Heathcote Estate
Warwick
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Introduction
This booklet has been designed to help the novice user to
set up their Iridium Starbook 510 notebook computer with Windows 2000.
Some knowledge of computers is required to follow through this booklet. If you experience any difficulties when setting up the software, contact mobile-support.net Customer Services.
Please ensure all extra devices (PC cards, Modems, Network cards, external mice etc.) are removed before starting this installation.
If you have any queries regarding any part of this installation, please do not hesitate to contact the mobile-support.net Technical Support Department
Please have the following disks and CD�s to hand, as theses will be required during the process of installing Windows to your hard drive.
- Notebook Driver CD.
- Windows 2000 CD
- A Blank Formatted Floppy disk
This Installation process may take up to 2 hours to install depending on the speed of your machine. Please backup any files required, as the hard drive is going to be completely wiped clean.
How To Use The F-disk Windows 2000 on your Starbook 510
F-disk is a dos based program that allows you remove any partitions from the hard drive and format the drive before installing any operating system.
- Enter the F-Disk Program by booting from a Windows 98 boot disk
- Choose boot without CDROM support and wait for the system to load.
- Type �Fdisk� at A:\>
- Enter the fdisk by pressing enter to [Y]
- Display Partition Information by pressing [4] and note the partitions present
- Press ESC to get back to the main menu and delete the partitions present by choosing number [3] Delete Partition or Logical DOS Drive
- You need to remove non DOS Partitions by selecting [4] Select delete non-DOS Partition and
- press enter to continue.
- You will be conformed with a message �Are you sure�, Press [Y] for Yes and Enter
- After removing Partition[s] press ESC to go back to the main screen.
- Check to see if all partitions are removed by selecting [4] View Partition Information there should no Partitions defined and press Esc and reboot the machine.
Complete Reinstall
WARNING: ALL DATA ON HARD DISK DRIVE WILL BE DELETED
These instructions assume a completely blank Hard Disk.
Follow, Fdisk Instructions Enclosed for a hard drive that contains information, and proceed from step 1 thereafter.
- Switch The Starbook 510 On and, when prompted, press CTRL ALT S to enter set-up
- Select Start-up and then select Boot Device. Enable 1st boot CD-ROM Drive 2nd boot Diskette A and 3rd boot Hard Disk C.
- Select OK, and then Exit then Save Changes and Exit, and OK to confirm
- Insert Windows 2000 CD and wait for windows 2000 whilst set-up loads some files
- Press enter to set-up windows 2000 when prompted
- Windows Wizard will now set-up Windows 2000
- Read the license agreement and, press F8 �I accept the agreement�
- Press Enter to install using unpartitioned space
- Format the partition using the NTFS file system and press enter
- Please wait while set-up formats the partition
- Leave the current file system intact (no change) and set-up will examine your drive and copy files, this may take several minutes to complete
- Click next to continue set-up. Windows will detect devices on your computer and the screen may flicker a few times which is normal
- Regional settings message will appear and select customise and select English (UNITED KINGDOM) and click apply and ok for the keyboard select English (UNITED KINGDOM) and click ok and next
- Type in name and organisation if relevant
- Carefully enter the Product ID number found on your certificate of Authenticity, which is found on the windows manual.
- Click next on next screen administrator password
- Change the date time and click next
- Wait for network setting to install software and components and wait for final set of tasks this may take a few moments and click finish after the installation is complete
- Windows will restart automatically
- Click next if you wish not to connect an network and finish
- Congratulations, you have now installed Windows 2000. All that is left is to install is the video drivers and modem, network card drivers � instructions are included overleaf
Installation of Video drivers on Starbook 510 under Windows 2000
- Boot into windows, you may find it difficult to view the screen
- Double click on my computer and double click the CDROM drive
- Once the drive starts to spin, double click video folder, and then double click the win2000 folder
- Double click the set-up icon represented by a computer monitor
- Click next and do a typical installation
- Click next and next, wait for files to be copied
- Restart the machine and check that there are utility manager in display properties from windows desktop
- Right Click on the desktop and select properties
- Click the Settings tab from the menu above and change the screen area and colours to Size: 1024x768, Colours: High Colour (16 Bit)
- Click the advance tab, utility manager should at the top
- Apply theses setting by clicking on apply and then OK
Installation of Sound Drivers on Starbook 510 Under Windows 2000
- Right click on My Computer click properties and then hardware then Click Device Manager
- Insert the drivers CD supplied with the computer.
- Double click the Multimedia Audio Controller listing under Other Devices
- Click the reinstall driver tab and click next
- Search for better drivers as recommended, place a tick in CDROM and Specify location, type D:\Audio\ win2000 and click ok and click the next tab to start copying files and click finish
The Sound drivers are now installed � to test reboot the computer and you should hear a jingle as Windows restarts.
Installation of the PCI card (modem) on Starbook 510 for Windows 2000
- Insert the drivers CD supplied with the computer.
- Right click on My Computer click properties and then hardware then Click Device Manager
- Select PCI Card, this device is listing under Other Devices
- Click the reinstall driver tab and click next
- Search for better drivers as recommended, place a tick in CDROM and Specify location, type D:\MDC\win2000 and click ok and next to continue with installation. Restart the machine for the drivers to take effect.
Installation of the Ethernet card on Starbook 510 for Windows 2000
- Insert the drivers CD supplied with the computer.
- Right click on My Computer click properties and then hardware then Click Device Manager
- Double click the PCI Ethernet Controller, this device is listing under Other Devices
- Click the reinstall driver tab and click next
- Search for better drivers as recommended, place a tick in CDROM and Specify location, type D:\Lan\Win2000 and click ok and then next when a suitable driver is found.
- Click finish and restart the machine as requested.
Installation of the DVD software on the Starbook 510 for Windows 2000
- Insert the Win DVD 2000 CD into the drive
- Wait for the Auto run
- Click the Install InterVideo WinDVD 2000 tab
- Click the install now tab and wait for the set-up to start
- Click the next tab, agree with the licence agreement and click yes
- Type the name of the computer usually Starbook 510 and the serial number from the envelope for the CD and click next.
- Click the next tab, select the typical installation, click next and wait for the files to be copied and click finish.
- Install the direct x version 7 from the CD when prompted then click ok to restart the machine.