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Greg Shultz Tech Republic

Published: 21 Jan 2003 16:12 GMT

Installing the Windows version
You can install the Windows version of the Processor Frequency ID Utility in every version of the Windows operating system except Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.x. For computers running these versions of Windows, you need to use the Bootable version of the Processor Frequency ID utility.

To begin the installation, close all open applications, open Windows Explorer, locate the Fidenu21.exe, and double-click on it. You'll then see the Welcome screen for the installation wizard, as shown in Figure B.

Figure B

Once you peruse the information in the Welcome screen, you can click Next to begin the installation.

The rest of the wizard asks you to accept the software license agreement and to choose the installation destination folder. Once the utility is installed, the last screen of the wizard, shown in Figure C, allows you to choose whether you want to run the utility right away. There's no need to reboot the system.

Figure C

You can launch the Windows version of theProcessor Frequency ID Utility without rebooting the system.

Installing the Bootable version
Installing the Bootable version of the Processor Frequency ID Utility is also a relatively straightforward procedure. All you need is a regular, formatted floppy disk.

Note
Do not create a bootable system disk. If you do, the Processor Frequency ID Utility installation procedure will fail and a message stating that the disk is not empty will appear.

To begin, insert the floppy disk into the drive. Then, open a Command/MS-DOS Prompt window, change to the directory containing the Bfid_e16.exe file, and launch the executable file by typing its name at the prompt. When you do, the installation files will be extracted, as shown in Figure D.

Figure D

Once you run the DOS-based executable, the files will be extracted.

To install the Bootable version of the Processor Frequency ID Utility on your floppy disk, simply type Setup at the prompt. You'll then be prompted to press a key to start the installation procedure. In a few minutes, you'll be informed that the bootable disk is ready, as shown in Figure E.

Figure E

Once the installation is complete, you'll see a message telling you that the disk was created successfully.

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