Hardware-Software Guide

Software Update and Recoveries
Hardware and Software Guide 16–11
Reinstalling the Operating System
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CAUTION: To prevent the loss of all of your personal data, back up
your data before reinstalling the operating system. Personal data and
any software you have installed on the tablet PC will be lost during the
operating system reinstallation process.
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The Multilingual User Interface (MUI) is installed on select
models only. For more information, refer to
“Multilingual User
Interface (MUI)” later in this chapter.
If other recovery efforts do not successfully repair the tablet PC,
you can reinstall the operating system.
To reinstall the operating system:
1. Connect an optional external MultiBay or MultiBay II to
the
tablet PC.
2. Connect the tablet PC to external power and turn on the
tablet
PC.
3. Immediately insert the Operating System disc into the optical
drive of an optional external MultiBay or MultiBay II.
4. Restart the tablet PC.
5. When prompted, press any key to boot from the disc. After
a
few minutes, the Welcome to Setup window is displayed.
6. Press enter to continue. A Licensing Agreement screen is
displayed.
7. Press f8 to accept the agreement and continue. The Setup
window is displayed.
8. Press esc to continue installing a new copy of the operating
system instead of repairing it.
9. Press enter to set up the operating system.