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How to restore dual boot capability on the HP DreamScreenThe new version of the HP DreamScreen ships with the HP DreamScreen experience and FreeDos, therebygiving customers the ability to dual boot between the DreamScreen and FreeDos experiences. Customerscan purchase a legal copy of any Operating System and install it instead of FreeDos. During the process ofinstalling another legal Operating System, the ability to dual boot may be lost.

This document describes how to restore the ability to dual boot between DreamScreen and the newlyinstalled Operating System. This is a one-t ime process and should be performed after the instal lat ion

of another Operating System.

Step 1: Start the alternate OS install process

Using the CD / DVD of the legally purchased OS, begin the install process.

Step 2: Select the correct hard-drive parti tion to install the OS

When the OS install process starts, a list of the different hard-drive partitions and their sizes will bedisplayed.

Fig. 1: Hard-drive partitions table

It is extremely important to select the partit ion called FREEDOS . This is usually the first entry inthe list, as shown in Fig.1.

Formatting the partition: To format the FREEDOS partition with another file system (e.g. NTFS), selectDrive options (Fig. 2). This will bring up additional options (Fig. 3). Now, choose the Format option tobegin formatting the partition.

Fig. 3: Select Format

Fig. 4: Format warning message box

Select Next in the format warning message box (Fig. 4) to install the alternate OS.

Step 3: Restore dual-boot capabili ty

After installing the legally purchased OS, insert the HP DreamScreen Dual Boot Restore CD and restartthe device. Select the Restore Dual Boot option as shown in Fig. 5. This will restore the capability todual boot between the HP DreamScreen experience and the newly installed OS.

Fig. 5: Recovery options dialog Fig. 6: Dual Boot options dialog

Select OK in the restore complete dialog to restart the DreamScreen. On every subsequent startup, adialog (Fig. 6) with options to boot into DreamScreen or into the other OS will be displayed. Use the arrowkeys on the keyboad to select the desired option.

Fig. 2: Select Drive options

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