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[Hari Prasad Ponnada]

Take some time to read this information before starting to use the administration of your forum:

How to access your administration panel ?
In the top menu, click on Log In, a new page is displayed. Fill in the username "admin" and the password you have choosen during your registration. If you have lost or forgot it, click here. Once you are logged in, click on the link "Administration Panel" at the bottom of the page.

How to modify your board's appearance ?
You can modify your board's appearance by choosing a theme (each theme displays different pictures, colors and icons). To do that, go to the administration panel, then click on Management in the Styles Admin menu and choose one of the displayed themes. You can later change it or choose another one.

How to manage the categories and forums ?
You can add, modify and delete the categories and forums that you have created anytime and without limit. To do that, go to the administration panel, in the management part of the Forum Admin, and click on "Add a link" (a forum or a category). In a first time, we advice you to create test categories and test forums that you will delete later, in order to understand how this tool works.

[Hari Prasad Ponnada]

CDs Used : Operating System CD & Driver Recovery CD

Full Restore is the type of restore where all the contents of the hard drive are removed on the computer and new image of OS is loaded on the computer. Full restore can be performed by first reinstalling Windows XP and then installing the drivers & applications from the Drive Recovery CD.
Reinstalling Operating System :
To reinstall the OS, perform the following steps ...
1. Turn on the notebook. Immediately insert the OS CD into the CD drive.
2. Hold the Power button for five seconds to turn off the notebook.
3. Press the Power button again to start the notebook.
4. Press any key to boot from CD when prompted.
5. The Welcome to Setup screen is displayed. Press Enter to continue.
6. A Licensing Agreement screen is displayed. Press F8 to accept the agreement and continue.
7. The Setup window is displayed. Press Esc to continue installing a fresh copy of the operating system without repairing.
8. Press Enter to setup the operating system.
9. Press C to continue using this partition.
10. Select Format the partition using the NTFS file system (Quick) and press Enter. A caution is displayed that formatting this drive will delete all current files.
11. Press F to format the drive.
12. The reinstallation process begins and may take several minutes to complete.The notebook restarts into Windows after the process is complete.
NOTE: When prompted for the product key, refer to the Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity located on the bottom of the notebook.
Installing the Drivers & Applications :
1. Once Windows XP is installed on the computer, you can use the Driver Recovery CD to install the drivers on the computer.
2. While running Windows, insert the Driver Recovery CD into the optical drive, and then follow the instructions on the screen. (When you are prompted to select the drivers you want to reinstall, you can select or clear the check boxes for some or all of the listed drivers.)
NOTE: If the CD does not open within several seconds, select Start > Run. Type D:\SWSETUP\APPINSTL\SETUP.EXE (where D indicates the optical drive) into the Open text field, and then select OK.
This will restore the Notebook back to factory conditions.

For further reference, visit the following link:

http://geocities.com/redchatdocs/r3000/fullrestore.htm