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Subject: Reinstalling Windows and PowerCinema on the X series notebook with a new hard drive or a hard drive with no partitions.
Keywords: linux, 223II0, media partition, restore, reimage
Tech Article Number: WBTA2000190004

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.


This document describes the process for installing the PowerCinema software on a WinBook notebook. These instructions can be used when the hard drive is new, or when all existing partitions have been removed.

  1. Boot the computer from the WinBook X-Series recovery DVD.
  2. When the message "Press 'R' to display system recovery options" appears on the screen, press 'CTRL+Backspace' to enter the Manufacturer Menu.
  3. Select option '7' to create a primary partition on the hard disk.
  4. Enter the size of the partition to be created. (The PowerCinema Linux partition requires an exact amount of available space for a successful install. It is important that exactly 510MB of available space is available.) Subtract 510 from the maximum size available and enter this value. (Example; 80GB HDD shows a maximum of 76351. Subtract 510 and the final value entered is 75841. If the remaining partition is too large the PowerCinema application will not run. If it is too small the PowerCinema application will not install.) .
  5. After entering the value in step 4 above, the message "Press 'R' to display system recovery options" will appear again on the screen. Press 'R'.
  6. Accept the license agreement and left click on 'OK' to start the recovery process.
  7. When the recovery process finishes, left click on 'Restart', then remove the restore DVD from the drive.
  8. Boot from the PowerCinema Linux install CD.
  9. When prompted type 'YES' (all in CAPS), then press the 'Enter' key to continue.
  10. The program will display four available /dev partitions. Select option '2', then press the 'Enter' key to continue. (The partition will be automatically created and the multimedia application installed)
  11. When the installation has finished the program will prompt you to press the 'Enter' key to power off the notebook. Press the 'Enter' key.
  12. The X series notebook now has Windows and the PowerCinema software successfully installed on the hard drive.


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