Advent 2003 PC

Drivers

Your PC should have a backup copy of all the drivers, you can find it by browsing to the c:\applications\drivers folder.

Case Disassembly

1. Lay the computer on its side and remove the stand by supporting the case and sliding it backwards.
2. Remove the two thumbscrews from the back to release case.
3. Slide the side panel backwards and lift away from the case.
4. Remove the retaining bar from the centre of the case. From this point you may access the CPU, heatsink and PCI cards. To service the hard disk drive, CDROM or floppy drive continue with the next steps.
5. Remove the front bezel by gently lifting the plastic retaining tabs. Once this has been removed, disconnect the front panel connector taking note of which way round the connector goes.
6. Once the front panel has been disconnected, remove the CDROM by releasing the plastic retaining while pulling the drive from the chassis.
7. When the CDROM has been removed, the hard drive will be made visible and can be removed by removing the two retaining screws. Once they have been removed the hard disk drive can be lifted from the case for service or replacement.
8. To put the computer back together, follow this procedure in reverse.

In the Box

Disks Supplied

• System Recovery CD
• Microsoft Works

Items Supplied

• Advent base unit
• Silver and blue USB mouse
• Multimedia speakers and power supply
• Base unit stand
• UK mains power cable
• UK modem cable

Documentation Supplied

• Quick installation guide
• Advent users guide
• Microsoft Windows XP start here guide
• Advent trouble shooting guide

Recovery Disc

To recover your Advent PC you will need your Advent System Recovery CD.

• Place the CD into the DVD drive and restart your computer.
• Press R on the keyboard when prompted.
• The recovery will load and display a menu of options:
  • Non-destructive recovery: this option will restore Windows, supplied applications, and drivers. This option will not destroy your documents or programs. These will be backed up along with the registry. These are restored at the end of the recovery process.
  • System Recovery - No format: this will reinstall Windows, supplied applications and drivers. It will move your files to a folder called "My old disk structure". Any applications (except those supplied) will need to be reinstalled.
  • System Recovery - Quick format: this option will erase your hard drive including your personal files. Windows, supplied applications and drivers will be reinstalled.
• Select the Non-destructive recovery option and press Next.
• You will be informed about System Restore in Windows, click Yes.
• The recovery will begin. Once this is complete you should eject the CD and click Restart.

Due to the nature of the recovery process you should not use FDISK or any other partition management software to delete the partition on your Advent computer. Doing so will prevent the recovery from functioning correctly. If the recovery asks for a second CD you will need to obtain an Update CD from Advent.

Additional information.

Press the ALT and D keys at the recovery menu to access a command prompt. This will allow access to C: drive. The command prompt will default to E:\i386\system32 where you can run a variety of tools including CHKDSK.EXE.

Pressing CTRL + BACKSPACE at the ‘Press R to display system recovery options’ will display the manufacturers hidden menu. This menu contains a number of tools to delete or recreate the partitions on the hard disk drive.

Reinstalling applications

From version 2.x of the recovery system onwards you can install applications from the c:\applications folder. Drivers can be installed from the c:\applications\drivers folder and utilities from the c:\applications\tools folder. You will still need to install Microsoft Works from the supplied CD.