Page 2 - Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide; Contents; Downloaded from LpManual.com Manuals
Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide Contents 1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 2 “How-T...
Page 3 - Overview; Product
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. Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision notebooks systems ship with Microsoft oper...
Page 4 - 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 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 computers can ...
Page 5 - Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision New Features & Image Impact; : Not all features are available on all systems; generation
Dell Latitude 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 applications...
Page 6 - Privacy Panel; Intel® Responsiveness Technologies –
Dell Latitude 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 & Mobile Pre...
Page 7 - Latest Drivers / Applications and Utilities; Choose drivers and downloads
Dell Latitude 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 Dell’s suppor...
Page 8 - 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 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 performance. Actual ...
Page 9 - Installation Sequence & Features at a Glance:
Dell Latitude 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 compilation of c...
Page 10 - 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 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, Contactless Smart C...
Page 11 - BIOS; Settings; : eSATA is not functional in this mode; RAID support requires second hard disk drive.
Dell Latitude 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 critical to Op...
Page 12 - This setting is not available for Non-TPM configuration of 4; Intel Responsiveness Technologies Guide
Dell Latitude 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 to be depl...
Page 13 - Recommended Drivers / Applications Installation Order; Media Memory Card Controller
Dell Latitude 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 Operating Sy...
Page 14 - ) under the “Serial ATA” section
Dell Latitude 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 Operating Syste...
Page 15 - Installing the Intel IMSM driver using the Floppy Drive; the latest IMSM / IRST driver can also be obtained from
Dell Latitude 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 the Create R...
Page 16 - Generation Intel® CoreTM CPUs are available on 4; Generation CPU to 3; Generation CPU and vice versa.
Dell Latitude 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 Dell’s dri...
Page 18 - ) 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 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 the “Audio” s...
Page 19 - Dell Control Point – DCP; Mobile Precision only)
Dell Latitude 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 recommends...
Page 20 - Control Point System Manager
Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide 2.6.9.2 Control Point System Manager o Dell Control Point System Manager module is a Dell developed modular application providing a complete set of power management configuring and alerting capabilities: o Battery Status o Power Sc...
Page 21 - 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 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 options: 3. Co...
Page 22 - (applies to Latitude Precision 3; - This is the main application Dell Data Protection | Access; so the installation order is important
Dell Latitude 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 uninstall Dell S...
Page 23 - Refer to Table B3 under Appendix-B for DDPA – Data Protection Access; “Network” section
Dell Latitude 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 32 & 64-Bit Operating Systems do not provide na...
Page 24 - Mobile Broadband Wireless Wide Area Network Adapter (WWAN); applies to 1; Precision only; Touchpad
Dell Latitude 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 32 & 64-Bit Operating Systems do not provide native support for the broadband Wireless WAN contro...
Page 26 - Free Fall Sensor; Applicable ONLY to vPro Configurations
Dell Latitude 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 32 & 64-Bit Operating Systems do not include the Free Fall Sensor driver. Install the following driver provided by Dell: 1. Free Fall Senso...
Page 27 - generation systems,; Touch Screen Digitizer; the “Input Device Drivers” section; generation Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision only; ) under the “Input Device Drivers” section
Dell Latitude 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 Identity P...
Page 28 - Windows Update
Dell Latitude 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.Microsoft.com 2.6....
Page 29 - Latitude ON Reader / Precision ON Reader; Intel® Responsiveness Technologies; ) under the “SATA Drivers” section; Table of Storage configurations supported:; Not supported Not supported Not supported
Dell Latitude 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® Responsiveness...
Page 30 - SSD only
Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide HDD + SSD Not supported Supported Supported HDD + mSATA Not supported Supported Supported SSD only Supported Supported Not supported (Note: SSD performance achieved without Smart Response) mSATA only Supported Supported Not support...
Page 31 - Appendix
Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide Appendix Downloaded from LpManual.com Manuals
Page 32 - Appendix A
Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide Appendix A .NET Framework Requirements What is .NET Framework? The .NET Framework is a software framework from Microsoft, which is bundled with Windows operating systems. The .NET Framework is intended to be used by most applicatio...
Page 33 - Appendix B
Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide Appendix B 512e / 4KBe HDD Re-image Guidelines 1 What is Advanced Format HDD? HDD industry is moving towards supporting higher drives capacity, to address the current limitations with the 512-byte sector HDDs, the industry is movin...
Page 34 - Re-imaging Requirements when using Advanced Format HDDs; Microsoft Operating Systems Advanced Format Aware Readiness
Dell Latitude 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 and which me...
Page 35 - Image Installation Guidelines; Clean Image Installation on an Advanced Format HDD
Dell Latitude 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 Media 1. In...
Page 36 - Other Partition Alignment Requirements; Environment; Misaligned encrypted Advanced Format drives need; Partition Alignment Options; Pre-Installation of Operating System
Dell Latitude 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 Alignment ...
Page 37 - SATA Drives
Dell Latitude 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.exe from Wind...
Page 38 - Appendix C
Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide Appendix C General Re-Imaging FAQs 1. How do I resolve a PCI Yellow Bang? a. After installing the drivers and you have this PCI yellow bang in device manager, you need to install the following drivers found in the Chipset folder: b...
Page 39 - What is the Client System Update application?
Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide a. The Dell System Software utility provides critical updates and patches for your operating system necessary for the correct operation of your system. It is important to install this utility first after re-imaging your system. It ...
Page 40 - Appendix D
Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide Appendix D Tables - Control Point System Manager Features - Table B1 Category Feature DCP SM Release Version Availablity of Feature when DCP Installed? Availablity of Feature when Dell provides drivers/middleware, but No DCP App? A...
Page 41 - Control Point Security Manager Features – Table B2
Dell Latitude E-Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How-To” Guide - Control Point Security Manager Features – Table B2 - Dell Data Protection | Access, DDPA – Table B3 Category Feature Release Version Availablity of Feature when DCP Installed? Availablity of Feature when Dell provides drivers/mid...
Page 42 - Control Point Connection Manager Features – Table B4
Dell Latitude 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 of Feature...
Page 43 - Appendix E; Windows XP. Please refer to
Dell Latitude 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-Family products...