Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide

1 Overview

The purpose of this document is to detail the required steps for reimaging Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision notebooks with Microsoft Operating Systems.

Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision notebooks systems ship with MS Windows XP SP3 (SP2 for XP 32-Bit), Vista SP2, or Windows 7. These images include the Dell recommended software stack and settings, drivers, and applications which are tested and validated with the system.

Drivers and applications must be installed on Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision systems in a prescribed order to ensure optimal performance. Failure to install drivers and applications as detailed in this document may result in undesirable performance.

Dell provides drivers and applications that are not included in Microsoft Operating Systems. These drivers are required to enable the new technologies and features of Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision products, including the 512e Advanced Format HDD (See appendix –B). Reinstalled images should be built from a clean hand installed OS load and following the steps in this guide. Dell does not recommend starting from an image built on previous generations of products or other computer systems.

Dell recommends ensuring BIOS settings (including SATA configurations modes) are correctly set and using the latest device drivers and applications when imaging their systems.

This “How-To” guide applies to the following Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision systems:

Product

1st Generation

2nd Generation

3rd Generation

 

 

E4200

-

E6220

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E4300

E4310

E6320

 

Family-E

 

 

 

 

E5400

E5410

E5420/E5420m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latitude

E5500

E5510

E5520/E5520m

 

 

 

 

 

E6400

E6410

E6420

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E6400 ATG

E6410 ATG

E6420 ATG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E6500

E6510

E6520

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile

WorkStations

M2400

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

Precision

M4400

M4500

M4600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M6400

M6500

M6600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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