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Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide Contents 1 Overview ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

Page 4 - Overview; Product

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, 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 Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision notebooks. Dell Latitude Ultrabook , E-Family & Mobile Precision notebook...

Page 5 - Supported Operating Systems; Note; systems. XP only available via CFI service on 3; Generation systems; Microsoft Windows XP 32 Bit: Validated on 1

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2 “How-To” 2.1 Supported Operating Systems The following Microsoft operating systems have been validated for use on Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision notebook computers: Note : Not all generation notebook com...

Page 6 - Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision New Features & Image Impact; : Not all features are available on all systems; generation

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.2 Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision New Features & Image Impact Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision systems feature new hardware technologies which require a new software stack, drivers, and / or a...

Page 7 - Privacy Panel; Intel® Responsiveness Technologies –

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide o Dell Data Protection | Encryption(DDPE) - Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision 3 rd & 4 th generation o Privacy Panel o Touch Screen Digitizer - Four Fingers touch with Stylus support on Latitude E-Family &...

Page 8 - Latest Drivers / Applications and Utilities; Choose drivers and downloads

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.3 Latest Drivers / Applications and Utilities Dell recommends always obtaining the latest and most updated BIOS, drivers, firmware, and applications. Dell validated and tested drivers and applications are located on De...

Page 9 - Installation Sequence; The list below is a; general overview; of drivers and applications that must be installed on Dell; sequence. Please refer to Dell Support Website for these Laptops.; Installation Sequence Overview

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.4 Installation Sequence The list below is a general overview of drivers and applications that must be installed on Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision systems in a prescribed order to ensure optimal performan...

Page 10 - Installation Sequence & Features at a Glance:

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.4.2 Installation Sequence & Features at a Glance: 2.4.2.1 BIOS, Drivers and Firmware: o BIOS o Intel Chipset - Helps Windows control system board components and controllers. o Dell Desktop System Software - A compi...

Page 11 - Requires Dell DCP System Manager (; for all System Manager release; Requires Security driver (; generation Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision; generation Latitude Mobile Precision

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide  HW based solution using out-of-band communication for management access to client systems (independent of the system state) o USB 3.0 o Touch Screen Digitizer o Control Vault Driver Update (FingerPrint Reader, Contactl...

Page 12 - BIOS; Settings; : eSATA is not functional in this mode; RAID support requires second hard disk drive.

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.5 BIOS Dell recommends flashing the latest BIOS available to the system. This is posted on Dell’s driver & downloads support web site ( support.dell.com ) under the “BIOS” section. Some of the BIOS settings are cri...

Page 13 - This setting is not available for Non-TPM configuration of 4; Intel Responsiveness Technologies Guide

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide TPM Security: Note :  This setting is not available for Non-TPM configuration of 4 th generations Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision. These options enable and configure the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). If TPM is...

Page 14 - Media Memory Card Controller

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.6 Recommended Drivers / Applications Installation Order For best results, Dell recommends installing drivers / applications in the following order: 2.6.1 Intel Mobile Chipset Software Installation Utility o Microsoft O...

Page 15 - ) under the “Serial ATA” section

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide o The SATA operation modes are configured in the BIOS. Refer to the BIOS section 2.5 o If the SATA mode is configured in AHCI, IRRT, RAID On, or RAID mode, the IMSM / IRST driver must be installed during the initial Oper...

Page 16 - Installing the Intel IMSM driver using the Floppy Drive; the latest IMSM / IRST driver can also be obtained from

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide - Follow these steps to install the IMSM / IRST driver: 1. For Microsoft XP 32 & 64-Bit Operating Systems:  Installing the Intel IMSM driver using the Floppy Drive  Boot to the Dell Recovery DVD (RDVD) and select t...

Page 17 - Generation Intel® CoreTM CPUs are available on 4; Generation CPU to 3; Generation CPU and vice versa.

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.6.5 Graphics: o Microsoft Operating Systems include the VGA graphics drivers only. Therefore for optimum graphics performance, Dell recommends installing the Dell graphics driver applicable to their system available on...

Page 19 - ) under the “Audio” section; generation only, the Audio driver must be installed prior to; Intel Turbo Boost Driver – (; nVidia or ATI discrete graphics cards; Integrated Wired Network Controller (Ethernet)

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.6.6 Audio: o Microsoft Operating Systems do not include the Audio driver recommended by Dell. The IDT 92HDxxx HD Audio driver is available on Dell’s driver & downloads support web site ( support.dell.com ) under th...

Page 20 - Dell Control Point – DCP; Mobile Precision only)

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide - Network Controller drivers are available on Dell’s driver & downloads support web site ( support.dell.com ) under the “Network” section Note : To ensure full functionality of the Intel Gigabit Network adapter, Dell...

Page 22 - party security software; Control Point Connection Manager,; generation Latitude E-; Ability to create, export, and import user defined usage profiles; Dell Feature Enhancement Pack – DFEP,

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 1. For these security devices to function and interface on E-Family notebooks, install the appropriate Software stack (Applications and Utilities) 2. The security software stack can be obtained through one of the two opt...

Page 23 - (applies to Latitude Precision 3; - This is the main application Dell Data Protection | Access; so the installation order is important

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide o The DFEP Application is available on Dell’s driver & downloads support web site (support.dell.com) under “System Utilities” section Note : Supported for Windows7 only Note : Dell Feature Enhancement Pack will unins...

Page 24 - Refer to Table B3 under Appendix-B for DDPA – Data Protection Access; under the “Network” section

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide o Refer to Table B3 under Appendix-B for DDPA – Data Protection Access 2.6.12 Wireless Local Network Adapters (WLAN) o Microsoft XP 32 & 64-Bit, Vista 32 & 64-Bit and Win7/8 32 & 64-Bit Operating Systems do n...

Page 25 - Mobile Broadband Wireless Wide Area Network Adapter (WWAN); applies to 1; Precision only; Touchpad

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.6.14 Mobile Broadband Wireless Wide Area Network Adapter (WWAN) o Microsoft XP 32 & 64-Bit, Vista 32 & 64-Bit, and Win7/8 32 & 64-Bit Operating Systems do not provide native support for the broadband Wirele...

Page 27 - Free Fall Sensor; Applicable ONLY to vPro Configurations

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.6.16 Free Fall Sensor o Microsoft XP 32 & 64-Bit, Vista 32 & 64-Bit, and Win7/8 32 & 64-Bit Operating Systems do not include the Free Fall Sensor driver. Install the following driver provided by Dell: 1. Fr...

Page 28 - Touch Screen Digitizer; the “Input Device Drivers” section; generation Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision only; ) under the “Input Device Drivers” section; Solution; Generation; Generation

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide  Intel Identity Protection Technology (IPT) feature requires IPT Middleware to be installed after the AMT Unified driver 4. For E-Family 4 th generation systems,  Intel Unified AMT 8 Management Interface Driver  Intel...

Page 29 - Windows Update

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.6.22 Windows Update o Dell recommends performing Microsoft Windows updates to ensure the latest security, reliability, and compatibility updates are installed. These updates can be downloaded from Windowsupdate.Microso...

Page 30 - Intel® Responsiveness Technologies; ) under the “SATA Drivers” section; Table of Storage configurations supported:; Not supported Not supported Not supported

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide  Latitude ON Reader / Precision ON Reader  Install the "Reader 2.0" in Windows available on Dell’s driver & downloads support web site ( support.dell.com ) under the “Applications” section 2.6.24 Intel® Res...

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

Page 35 - Re-imaging Requirements when using Advanced Format HDDs; Microsoft Operating Systems Advanced Format Aware Readiness

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 3 Re-imaging Requirements when using Advanced Format HDDs The following are the re-imaging guidelines needed to support Advanced Format HDDs. These requirements are dependent on which Operating System will be installed a...

Page 36 - Image Installation Guidelines; Clean Image Installation on an Advanced Format HDD

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 3.2 Image Installation Guidelines 3.2.1 Clean Image Installation on an Advanced Format HDD Microsoft® OS Installation Method Windows 7 SP1 Windows 7 Windows Vista SP1 Windows Vista Windows XP Using Dell Operating System ...

Page 37 - Other Partition Alignment Requirements; Environment; Misaligned encrypted Advanced Format drives need; Partition Alignment Options; Pre-Installation of Operating System

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 3.3 Other Partition Alignment Requirements Environment Action IRRT / RAID 0,1 & 5 Configuration Use Alignment Tools (1) to ensure Advanced Format drive partitions are properly aligned Data Protection / Encryption Use...

Page 38 - Post-Installation of Operating System; SATA Drives

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide DISKPART may be used to enable storage configuration or create a partition at an explicit disk offset from a script, a remote session, or another command prompt. Dell recommends using WinPE's (3.0 or greater) Diskpart.ex...

Page 43 - Control Point Connection Manager Features – Table B4

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide - Control Point Connection Manager Features – Table B4 Category Feature Release Version Availablity of Feature when DCP Installed? Availablity of Feature when Dell provides drivers/middleware, but No DCP App? Availabilty...

Page 44 - Appendix E; Windows XP. Please refer to

Dell Latitude Ultrabook, E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide Appendix E E-Docks - Dell E-Docks (E-Family Docking Stations) o Dell E-Family docking stations are architected differently than previous generations of Dell docking stations. o To enhance Plug And Play performance E-Fami...