Siemens PANEL PC 877 User Manual
Maintenance and service
12.5 Installing Software
SIMATIC Panel PC 877
Operating instructions, Release 07/2006, A5E00877780-01
Operating instructions, Release 07/2006, A5E00877780-01
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12.5.4
Restoring the factory state of the software using the Restore DVD
You can restore the software to the original factory state using the Restore CD (not included
in all package variants). The DVD contains the necessary images and tools for transferring
the factory software to the hard disk of your PC. You can restore the entire hard disk with
drive C: (system) and drive D: or only drive C:. at the command line input. This allows you to
retain any user data on drive D.
Recovering authorizations or license keys for SIMATIC software from the hard disk
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If you have installed SIMATIC software with a license key or authorization on the PC,
please check if you can recover the license key or authorization on the hard disk. The
transfer of license keys or authorizations is described in the Help of the Automation
License Manager program.
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If it is not possible to back up your authorization, please contact the Customer Support
Hotline. There you can obtain information necessary for your software authorization.
Caution
With the option "Restore system partition only", all data on drive C: (System) will be
With the option "Restore system partition only", all data on drive C: (System) will be
deleted. All data, user settings and all authorizations or license keys on drive C: will be
lost in the process! All data on drive C: of your hard disk will be deleted. Setup formats
the hard disk partition and reinstalls the original factory software.
When you select the "Restore entire hard disk" option, ALL the data, user settings and
When you select the "Restore entire hard disk" option, ALL the data, user settings and
authorizations or license keys will be lost on the hard disk.
Restoring the factory state wih the installed drive
To restore the factory state, proceed as follows:
1. Make the following setting in the BIOS Setup:
1. Make the following setting in the BIOS Setup:
Menu Exit > Get Default Values
2. Insert the Restore DVD in the drive and reboot the device. When the BIOS message
”Press <F2> to enter Setup or <ESC> to show Boot Menu"
appears, press the ESC key. After initialization, a "Boot Menu" is displayed.
3. Select the optical drive with the cursor keys.
4. Now follow the instructions on the screen.
4. Now follow the instructions on the screen.
Caution
All existing data, programs, user settings and authorizations or License Keyswill
All existing data, programs, user settings and authorizations or License Keyswill
bedeleted from the hard disk and are therefore lost.