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Pre-installation tasks
Pre-installation checklist
1 If you are installing from an electric image that was downloaded, verify that you have the required parts and have extracted the download files correctly (see below).
2 Log on to your computer with an appropriate user ID.
3 Back up any necessary files.
4 Uninstall the old version of System Architect.
5 During the installation of the latest version of System Architect, you must specify the directory that holds your license file or provide the location of a license server. (You can also specify this information after installing it: see Specifying the license information.)
Verify and extracting the electronic image
Verify the completeness of the downloaded files and extract the electronic image from the files.
1 Extract the installation files preserving the directory structure of the download compressed files.
2 Extract the contents of all the compressed files to the same directory.
See also
Installing System Architect