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Disguise User Guide

Update & Restore 2x2 plus

Update & restore is the process of doing an update or restore on the system using a bootable USB drive. This process does not affect the media drive.

This process can be used to update to a newer OS image, or revert to a previous OS image.

To tell what OS image your system is on please go to the help menu in Manager and select About Manager.

You will need

  • A 32Gb USB memory stick
  • A version of Rufus to turn it into a bootable disk. Make sure the volume name of the usb is: “REDISGUISE” as per image
  • An internet connection to the machine you are re-imaging
  • Download and install a version of 7Zip
  • Download and unzip the multifile archive using 7Zip
  • OS images can be found here.

Create Bootable USB device

  1. Download and unzip the multifile archive using 7Zip (NOTE: you will only need to unzip file 001): Extract 7Zip
  2. Create Bootable USB stick with the unzipped ISO. The settings should be:
    • Partition scheme - MBR
    • Target system - BIOS (or UEFI-CSM)
    • Volume label - Automatically pulled from the ISO file
    • File system - NTFS

Rufus 3 - MBR

Rufus ISO error

Booting into the USB

  1. Insert the USB key and a keyboard into the system. (USB 3.0 will be the fastest).
  2. Invoke the BIOS whilst the system is posting by continuously pressing the DEL key.
  3. Navigate to the BOOT tab and select Hard Drive BBS Priorities.alt text
  4. Select Boot Option #1. Select your USB key from the menu. Normally it is listed as the name of the Vendor of the USB key (SanDisk).
  5. Select Boot Option #2. Please ensure this is listed as the OS drive (INTEL SSDSC2BB080G4).alt text
  6. Please press F4 to Save configuration and exit. This should reset the computer and prompt you with a Press any key to boot from USB window.alt text
  7. Press enter when the “Press any key to boot from USB” window appears and you should be booting into the USB.alt text
  8. After this you will need to press Enter once to boot into the usb and the re-imaging process will commence - it should take around 20 minutes or so to complete and two system restarts will be part of the automated process.
  9. The system will boot up in a Windows inactivated state. Wait 20-30 seconds or so, so Microsoft’s servers can successfully authorize the system. With a mouse connected to any of the USB ports right-click on the start icon on the task bar and select system. This will prompt the system to update its activation state.