Creating Startup Disks

You need to create either

·	A startup CD/DVD disc. You may create an ISO image, or write the disc directly from R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator, if there is a CD/DVD recorder in your system.

·	A startup FAT/FAT32 removable device recognized by your system as a bootable one. The total available size of the device should be more than 50 MB.

·	5 floppy disks.

Check the Hardware Compatibility List.

If you have problems with starting you computer up from the R-Studio Emergency startup disks, select Configure startup media troubleshooting options on the Startup media type selection dialog box. Then the Startup Media Troubleshooting Options dialog box will appear. You may configure these options to eliminate those problems.

When R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator starts, its Welcome dialog box appears:

Welcome to R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator dialog box

R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator dialog box

click the Next button to see the list of all devices on which startup disks may be created.

Startup media type selection dialog box

To create a startup CD/DVD disc directly on your CD/DVD writer (if present):

1	Run R-Studio Emergency

2	Select the CD/DVD writer on the Startup media type selection dialog box and click the Next button

3	Read and accept the License Agreement and enter the registration key on the R-Studio Emergency Activation dialog box and click the Next button

R-Studio Emergency Activation dialog box

4	Insert a blank CD/DVD disk into the CD/DVD recorder and click the Next button

Insert a CD/DVD disc dialog box

>	R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator will start creating the startup CD/DVD disc showing the progress on the Creating startup media dialog box

Creating startup media dialog box

When R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator finishes creating the startup CD/DVD disc, the R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creation is Finished message will appear

You may either exit R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator by clicking the Finish button or create another startup media by clicking the Back button.

R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creation is Finished message

To create an ISO image of a startup CD/DVD disc

1	Run R-Studio Emergency

2	Select ISO Image for a startup CD/DVD on the R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator dialog box and click the Next button

3	Read and accept the License Agreement and enter the registration key on the R-Studio Emergency Activation dialog box and click the Next button

4	Select a place and file name for the ISO image of the startup CD/DVD and click the Save button

>	When R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator finishes writing the file with the ISO image, the R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creation is Finished message will appear

You may either exit R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator by clicking the Finish button or create another startup media by clicking the Next button.

R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creation is Finished dialog box

5	Create the startup CD/DVD using your favorite CD/DVD creation software

Load the created ISO image into the CD/DVD creation software. Consult documentation for the software for details.

To create a startup FAT/FAT32 removable device

1	Run R-Studio Emergency

2	Select the removable device on the Startup media type selection dialog box and click the Next button

3	Read and accept the License Agreement and enter the registration key on the R-Studio Emergency Activation dialog box and click the Next button

4	Check that the FAT/FAT32-formatted device is ready and click the Next button

Ready to create startup media dialog box

>	R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator will start creating the startup USB disk showing the progress on the Creating startup media dialog box

When R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator finishes creating the startup device, the R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creation is Finished message will appear

You may either exit R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator by clicking the Finish button or create another startup media by clicking the Next button.

R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creation is Finished dialog box

To create floppy disks:

You will need 5 floppy disks.

1	Run R-Studio Emergency

2	Select Floppy Disk for the startup floppy disks on the R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator dialog box and click the Next button

3	Read and accept the License Agreement and enter the registration key on the R-Studio Emergency Activation dialog box and click the Next button

4	Insert the first floppy disk and click the Next button on the Ready to create startup media dialog box

R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creation- Floppy Disk message

>	R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator will start creating the first startup floppy disk showing the progress on the Creating startup media dialog box

5	Insert the second floppy disk and click the OK button when the Please insert formatted diskette #2 into drive A: message will appear

>	When R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator finishes creating the second startup floppy disk, the R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creation is Finished message will appear

You may either exit R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creator by clicking the Finish button or create another startup media by clicking the Next button.

R-Studio Emergency Startup Media Creation is Finished message

Startup Media Troubleshooting Options

Those options will help you if you have problems with starting you computer up from the R-Studiostartup disks. Please, contact the R-Studio Technical Support Team for more information.

R-Studio Startup Media Troubleshooting Options dialog box

Display kernel startup messages	if this checkbox is enabled, R-Studio Emergency displays all startup messages. That may be useful to locate the source of the problem when your system hangs during R-Studio Emergency startup.
Disables ACPI Disables APIC	Select these checkboxes when your system detects some hardware incorrectly during R-Studio Emergency startup and displays messages like: hda: lost interrupt
Disables USB device support	Select this checkbox if your system experiences problems with USB devices during R-Studio Emergency startup.
Disables SCSI device support	Select this checkbox if your system experiences problems with SCSI devices during R-Studio Emergency startup.
Disables PCMCIA device support	Select this checkbox if your system experiences problems with PCMCIA devices during R-Studio Emergency startup.
Disables DMA for all IDE disk drives	Select this checkbox if your system experiences problems with IDE disks during R-Studio Emergency startup.
IRQ polling mode	Select this checkbox to enable the IRQ polling mode to prevent locking the system because a device generates too much interrupts for the system to handle.
PCI BIOS	Select an appropriate option if your system experiences problems with PCI cards.
BIOS RAIDS	Select an appropriate option if your system experiences problems with RAIDs built in the system board.