TabletKiosk Sahara Slate PC i400 Series User Manual

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Chapter 08: Troubleshooting

If your drive has an existing partition (overwriting existing OS):
When prompted, press any key to boot to the recovery DVD.

If your drive doesn’t have an existing partition (new drive no
OS):

It will automatically load the recovery application.

Select the “Tools” Button and then the “Reset Partition”
Button to continue.

Enter the partition size you wish to create for your OS. In
general, you should use the number from the “Free Space”
box as this will provide you with the largest system partition
possible.

Select the File System desired: FAT32 or NTFS. Click “Next” to
continue. (We recommend NTFS unless you require Windows
95/98/ME compatibility.)

Select “OK” to proceed with partition creation.

Select “OK” if you understand that this process will
PERMANENTLY DELETE ALL THE EXISTING DATA ON THE DRIVE.

Select “OK” once the drive has been partitioned and then
“Cancel” to return to the main menu.

Select the “Restore Now!” Button.

10. Select “OK” to prepare the partition you created above, and

then select “OK” again to restore the operating system.

11. Select “Quit” once the restore process completes to reboot

your Sahara Slate PC.

12. Immediately eject the DVD or unplug the USB DVD drive

from your Sahara Slate PC so the system will reboot from the
restored hard drive.

Recovering Your System with the Windows® XP Professional and
Tablet PC Edition System Restore Discs:

IMPORTANT: This process is destructive to the data stored on
your hard drive. All existing data will be lost. It is vital you
back-up any files you wish to keep before you proceed.