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darkmav2011

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November 11th, 2016 17:00

Alienware 17 R4 Recovery Media creation

Hi,

I have a brand new Alienware 17 R4 laptop, and I want to mirror the factory image on a USB drive, so that in case of a system crash I can restore the system back to its factory settings -- at least as far as the Dell provided software + Windows 10 are concerned.

If I use the SupportAssist utility to create a recovery medium on a flash drive, does it just include a bare bones Windows 10 installation or does it also include the Dell-provided software?

Thanks!

Natakuc41

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November 16th, 2016 13:00

3. Did you read this?
 
Notice it says:
 
Temporarily disable Secure Boot in your UEFI firmware settings. Some motherboards will not boot from a USB unless you do this first. When the Windows installation is finished, you can enable secure boot if you like.
 
See, with SecureBoot ON (and actually working) ... the list of "allowed bootable" apps and OSes is very short (and that's pretty much the point of it in the first place).
Genuine Windows disks (and perfectly made ISOs of them on USB), a few versions of Linux and Macrium Reflect. Those are the ones I know about. Sure, there are others but the list is short (and that's a good thing).

No need to disable SecureBoot with the Dell Windows 10 TH2 .iso. Here is a clean installation on a Latitude 7350 with one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgaGvRUKjII 

Note SecureBoot is on. I can boot from the USB (GPT partition scheme made using the Dell TH2 .iso). As you can see at the end of the install no additional drivers are installed, there is Dell OEM info in system properties but no additional Dell logos and theres nothing else really added.

Given it takes longer to install with this image and then longer to upgrade to RS1.... I don't see much value in using it.

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