WDS / GDS3500 - A few basic questions
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WDS / GDS3500 - A few basic questions
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to get a guess about the nature of a potential problem with a USA Ford WDS machine. I don't yet have my hands on the machine, but I want to get a jump on troubleshooting so details will be vague for the moment.
First, I'm not completely clear on what the boot-up procedure is. I've used a WDS, but it was long in the past so my memory on the process is faint. I've thoroughly read through two of the major WDS threads in this forum and I roughly understand the role of the A/B/C disks, but I need some clarification. Please tell me if I'm mistaken in my understanding.
As I understand it, the red and blue (A and B) disks are only used for situations like a fresh install, update, or to repair a corrupted drive. I'm not as clear on the black disks. Are they only used 'once' during an initial install/update, or do you need one of them in the CD-ROM drive at every startup. I seem to recall something like this in my brief experience with a WDS at a Ford dealership, but like I said, my memory is foggy. I could just be confusing this with the vehicle-specific disks which were constantly swapped in and out.
Please set me straight on this: Do the 'C' disks just get used for install/update or are they needed for every boot-up?
Thanks!
I'm trying to get a guess about the nature of a potential problem with a USA Ford WDS machine. I don't yet have my hands on the machine, but I want to get a jump on troubleshooting so details will be vague for the moment.
First, I'm not completely clear on what the boot-up procedure is. I've used a WDS, but it was long in the past so my memory on the process is faint. I've thoroughly read through two of the major WDS threads in this forum and I roughly understand the role of the A/B/C disks, but I need some clarification. Please tell me if I'm mistaken in my understanding.
As I understand it, the red and blue (A and B) disks are only used for situations like a fresh install, update, or to repair a corrupted drive. I'm not as clear on the black disks. Are they only used 'once' during an initial install/update, or do you need one of them in the CD-ROM drive at every startup. I seem to recall something like this in my brief experience with a WDS at a Ford dealership, but like I said, my memory is foggy. I could just be confusing this with the vehicle-specific disks which were constantly swapped in and out.
Please set me straight on this: Do the 'C' disks just get used for install/update or are they needed for every boot-up?
Thanks!
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Secondly, does anyone know how the WDS will behave during boot-up if the CD drive is missing/broken or the machine can't detect the drive for some other reason?
Assuming all of the correct software (A6, B42a, B43, C5-1&2) has previously been installed successfully, will a missing/broken/undetected CD drive affect the ability to boot, load Windows, and run the WDS software?
Thanks again!
Assuming all of the correct software (A6, B42a, B43, C5-1&2) has previously been installed successfully, will a missing/broken/undetected CD drive affect the ability to boot, load Windows, and run the WDS software?
Thanks again!
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I'm not sure how the WDS would boot up without identifying a CD Drive. It certainly doesn't need to have any CD inserted upon startup. I would suspect it would boot up ok.
If the software has previously been installed properly, then you should be ok. No C Disk is necessary to startup, or boot up the WDS.
If the software has previously been installed properly, then you should be ok. No C Disk is necessary to startup, or boot up the WDS.
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