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Enter you email address and any other relevant info, the submit it.<br \/>\n5. Download the graphical .iso file for your preferred language. Choose to save the file to your desktop, rather than run it.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve downloaded the .iso, you will need to burn it as a disk image. You can use the Nero utility included on your Creation Station to do this:<\/p>\n<p>6. Open Nero Express.<br \/>\n7. Choose &#8220;Disk image or saved project.&#8221;<br \/>\n8. Navigate to and choose the .iso you just downloaded.<br \/>\n9. Burn the image to disk.<\/p>\n<p>To run SeaTools, you will need to boot to the .iso CD you just created:<\/p>\n<p>10. Press F-8 during post on a fresh reboot.<br \/>\n11. Select the DVD drive as your boot device.<\/p>\n<p>SeaTools will now be running. 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