Dell Latitude 7275, Latitude 5179, Latitude 5175 User Manual

Dell Latitude Tablet and 2-in-1 System Reimage “How-To” Guide

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Re-Image “How-To” Guide

Latitude Tablet and 2-in-1 System

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Feb 29th, 2016

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Dell Latitude Tablet and 2-in-1 System Reimage “How-To” Guide

Contents

1 Overview .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3

2 “How-To” ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Supported Operating Systems ................................................................................................................................. 3 2.1

Latest Drivers / Applications and Utilities .............................................................................................................. 3 2.2

Installation Sequence Overview .............................................................................................................................. 4 2.3

BIOS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.4

3 OS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

3.1 Two basic methods to install OS image ............................................................................................................................... 8

3.2 Recommended Drivers / Applications Installation Order ................................................................................................. 14

4 To install the OS with a bootable USB flash drive/SCCM:.................................................................................................... 17

Dell Latitude Tablet and 2-in-1 System Reimage “How-To” Guide

Win8.1 64bit

Win10 64bit

Latitude 5175

Latitude 5179

Latitude 7275

XPS 9250

1 Overview

The purpose of this document is for reimaging Dell Latitude Tablet. These images include the Dell
recommended software stack and settings, drivers, and applications which are tested and validated with
the system.
Drivers and applications must be installed on Dell Latitude Tablet in a prescribed order to ensure
optimal performance. Failure to install drivers and applications in this document may result in
undesirable performance.
Dell provides drivers and applications that are not included in Microsoft Operating Systems. These
drivers are required to enable the new technologies and features of Dell Latitude Tablet. Reinstalled
images should be built from a clean hand installed OS load and following the steps in this guide. Dell
does not recommend starting from an image built on previous generations of products or other
computer systems.
Dell recommends ensuring BIOS settings are correctly set and using the latest device drivers and
applications when imaging their systems.

This “How-To” guide applies to the following systems:

 Latitude 5175
 Latitude 5179
 Latitude 7275
 XPS 9250

2 “How-To”

Supported Operating Systems 2.1

The following Microsoft operating systems have been validated for use on Dell Latitude Tablet

Latest Drivers / Applications and Utilities 2.2

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 support web
site http://www.dell.com/support

o Enter the Service Tag or select the product model and the model number
o Select Operating System (Win8.1 64-Bit or Win10 64-Bit version must be selected)
o Choose drivers and downloads

Dell Latitude Tablet and 2-in-1 System Reimage “How-To” Guide

These drivers are required to enable the features of the Dell Latitude 5175/5179/7275 and Dell XPS 9250.

The needed drivers and their supporting applications can be retrieved from the following URLs:

Latitude 5175: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/latitude-5175-laptop/drivers
Latitude 5179: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/latitude-5179-laptop/drivers
Latitude 7275: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/latitude-7275-laptop/drivers
XPS 9250: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/xps-12-9250/drivers

Installation Sequence Overview 2.3

The list below is a general overview of drivers and applications that should be installed on Dell
Latitude systems in a prescribed order to ensure optimal performance. Actual system
configurations may vary.

Note: Dell Alienware, Inspiron, Studio, XPS and Vostro Laptops may have different installation

sequence. Please refer to Dell Support Website for these Laptops.

2.3.1 Installation Sequence Overview

Dell Latitude Tablet and 2-in-1 System Reimage “How-To” Guide

BIOS 2.4

Dell recommends flashing the latest BIOS available to system. This is posted on Dell’s driver &
downloads support web site (dell.com/support) under the “BIOS” section.

Some of the BIOS settings are critical to Operating System performance and installation. These are
recommended settings as follows:

1. POST Behavior-> Fastboot->Thorough

 The system USB configuration must be set to allow for USB boot. Change the BIOS default seting from

Minimal mode to Thorough.



2. System Configuration->USB/Thunderbolat Configuration

For Latitude 5175/5179: System Configuration->USB/Thunderbolat Configuration->Enable Boot

Support - Enable

Dell Latitude Tablet and 2-in-1 System Reimage “How-To” Guide

For Latitude 7275/XPS 9250, we recommended to additional enable Thunderbolt Boot Support for
TypeC USB Dock device. System Configuration->USB/Thunderbolt Configuration->Enable Thunderbolt Boot
Support. The Type-C device will be identified and boot to external device via Type-C.

2. In order to boot to PXE from an Ethernet network device, the UEFI network stack must be enabled.

General->Advanced Boot Options->Enable Legacy Option ROMs/Enable UEFI Network Stacks

For UEFI Mode: Enable IEFI Netork Stack

For Legacy Mode: Enable Legacy Option (The additional seeting for Enable Legacy Option ROM, Secure
Boot Enable > Disable)

Dell Latitude Tablet and 2-in-1 System Reimage “How-To” Guide