Workstation 5A Setup Guide - Fourth Edition 2-27
Workstation 5A BIOS
Win CE Factory Restore
Win CE Factory Restore
For Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3, a custom pre-boot firmware application
we call WINCE CE Factory Restore is available. Should the OS Image or
platform files become corrupt or otherwise unusable, Factory Restore replaces
all files on the USB hard drive and erases the CF card, returning the unit to the
‘out-of-box’ or factory condition. The procedure can be found in Chapter 4.
To understand how Factory Restore works, let’s examine the Windows CE
USB Hard Drive partitions, as shown in Figure 2-21 below. Sizes of 256MB or
512MB may be encountered, but each contains three partitions of equal size.
Two of the three partitions are hidden and not visible in ‘My Device.’
Partition 1 is a hidden boot partition, containing the OS image in a file called
NK.BIN. Partition 2 is also hidden and contains the factory restore files. This
includes a duplicate set of platform files, configuration files and folders,
utilities, and the NK.BIN file. Partition 3 is visible and appears as ‘\DOC’ in
‘My Devices.’
Figure 2-21: USB Hard Drive Partitions
Figure 2-22 illustrates how Factory Restore copies the image file and platform
files to the correct partitions.
Figure 2-22: Windows CE Factory Restore Operation
The WINCE image, NK.BIN is copied from Partition 2 to Partition 1, the boot
partition. The platform files and folders are copied from Partition 2 to Partition
3, the visible \DOC partition. Finally, a Wipe CF is performed to remove all
files (and corruption) from the Compact Flash card.
Included with the Platform Files is a file called F
ACRECOV.DAT. This text
file resides in the \DOC folder and contains information about the Factory
Recovery feature. It can be examined from the WS5ADiagUtility System
Information screen by touching the [Recovery Image Info] button. See Chapter
5 for more information.
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