NOTE: You, the customer, are solely responsible for data security. WinBook strongly recommends that you perform a backup of all personal data contained on your system prior to performing this procedure. Warning: WinBook will NOT be held responsible for any data loss incurred during this process.

GENERAL INFORMATION: The steps in this WinBook Tech Article are intended to set the computer's software back to factory shipped conditions. These steps only apply to computers that shipped with Win98. These steps do not apply to computers that shipped with Win95.

WARNING! Re-mastering your hard drive will delete all data and software currently contained on the computer. If there is valuable data that is currently on your drive do not proceed with the following steps. Doing so will result in loss of all information currently contained on your hard drive.

In order to proceed you will need the following items.

1. The WinBook XL restore CD.
2. Your Win98 certificate of authenticity.
3. Contact WinBook Tech Support at 1-800-468-1225 in order to obtain the restore CD password.

WARNING! Do not proceed until you have all the above items. You will not need to be able to complete the install until you have all the items.

Changing The Boot Sequence to allow booting from the Restore CD.
As the computer is starting up, you will see the message Press DEL for Setup. Press the DEL key until you see the blue Setup Screen. Use the Down Arrow key to move to the Advanced CMOS Setup menu. Press the ENTER key once. Use the Down Arrow key to highlight BOOT SEQUENCE. Press the PgUp key till the setting is CD-ROM,A:,C:. Press the ESC key once. Press the F10 key once. When asked if you wish to save changes, press Y and then Enter.

1. Insert your WinBook XL restore CD in to the CD-ROM drive of your computer.
2. Restart the computer.
3. WARNING! All the information on your hard drive will be deleted if you follow this next step. If you are not prepared to lose your data then do not proceed with this step.
4. At the main menu press the 4 to begin coping the image on your hard drive.
5. Enter the password that you received from WinBook Tech Support.
6. Press the spacebar to continue past the warning message.
7. Click on the RESTORE button. Click on YES to continue.
8. The computer will now begin to copy the WIN98 image on to your hard drive.
9. When the image has completed copying the computer will prompt you to remove the restore CD from the drive and press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to restart. Do so when you see that message.
10. The computer will boot to Windows 98. Since this is the first time this copy of Windows is loading you will need to input your registration information.
11. After Windows has completely loaded it will be ready for you to install your software.

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