Acer Aspire X1470 - Windows 7

Hardware info on main page.

The machine came with Windows 7 Home Premium.

Links

FreeDOS prebuilt USB image,

History

2015-04-03: check out da0s4:

root@kg-core1# ntfs-3g /dev/da0s4 /mnt -o ro
root@kg-core1# df -h /mnt
Filesystem    Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/fuse     223G     93M    223G     0%    /mnt

empty?

root@kg-core1# ll /mnt
total 8
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel     0 Mar 23  2012 $RECYCLE.BIN/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel  4096 Aug 24  2014 ./
drwxr-xr-x  21 root  wheel  1024 Nov  2 11:18 ../
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel     0 Jan  6  2012 System Volume Information/

yes, probably drive "D:" in Windows.

2015-04-03: check out da0s3:

root@kg-core1# ntfs-3g /dev/da0s3 /mnt -o ro
root@kg-core1# df -h /mnt
Filesystem    Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/fuse     116G     65G     51G    56%    /mnt
root@kg-core1# ll /mnt
total 28365124
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel         4096 Mar 23  2012 $Recycle.Bin/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel         8192 Aug 24  2014 ./
drwxr-xr-x  21 root  wheel         1024 Nov  2 11:18 ../
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel         8192 Jul 11  2011 BOOTSECT.BAK*
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel            0 Jan  6  2012 CIMTEMP/
lrwxrwxrwx   2 root  wheel           60 Mar 23  2012 Documents and Settings@ -> /mnt/.NTFS-3G/C:/Users
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel         4096 Aug 24  2014 OEM/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel            0 Jul 14  2009 PerfLogs/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel         8192 Mar 23  2012 Program Files/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel        12288 Aug 24  2014 Program Files (x86)/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel         8192 Aug 24  2014 ProgramData/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel            0 Mar 23  2012 Recovery/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel        16384 Aug 24  2014 System Volume Information/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel         4096 Mar 23  2012 Users/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel        32768 Aug 24  2014 Windows/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel            0 Mar 23  2012 book/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel            0 Jun 16  2012 diverse/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel         4096 Aug 24  2014 download/
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel  12448186368 Aug 24  2014 hiberfil.sys*
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel  16597585920 Aug 24  2014 pagefile.sys*
root@kg-core1# ll /mnt/Users
total 33
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  4096 Mar 23  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  8192 Aug 24  2014 ../
lrwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    84 Mar 23  2012 All Users@ -> /mnt/.NTFS-3G/C:/ProgramData
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  8192 Mar 23  2012 Default/
lrwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    92 Mar 23  2012 Default User@ -> /mnt/.NTFS-3G/C:/Users/Default
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  4096 Mar 23  2012 Public/
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   174 Jul 14  2009 desktop.ini*
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  8192 Mar 23  2012 tingo/

ok, this is the "C:" drive in Windows.

2015-04-03: check out da0s2 also:

root@kg-core1# ntfs-3g /dev/da0s2 /mnt -o ro
root@kg-core1# df -h /mnt
Filesystem    Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/fuse     100M     24M     75M    24%    /mnt
root@kg-core1# ll /mnt
total 388
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel    4096 Jan  6  2012 ./
drwxr-xr-x  21 root  wheel    1024 Nov  2 11:18 ../
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel    4096 Jan  5  2012 Boot/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel       0 Jan  6  2012 System Volume Information/
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel  383786 Nov 21  2010 bootmgr*
root@kg-core1# ll /mnt/Boot
total 604
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel    4096 Jan  5  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel    4096 Jan  6  2012 ../
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   28672 Aug 24  2014 BCD*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   25600 Aug 24  2014 BCD.LOG*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 BCD.LOG1*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 BCD.LOG2*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   65536 Jan  5  2012 BOOTSTAT.DAT*
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 Fonts/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 cs-CZ/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 da-DK/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 de-DE/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 el-GR/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 en-US/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 es-ES/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 fi-FI/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 fr-FR/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 hu-HU/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 it-IT/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 ja-JP/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 ko-KR/
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  485760 Nov 21  2010 memtest.exe*
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 nb-NO/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 nl-NL/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 pl-PL/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 pt-BR/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 pt-PT/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 ru-RU/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 sv-SE/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 tr-TR/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 zh-CN/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 zh-HK/
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 zh-TW/
root@kg-core1# ll /mnt/Boot/en-US/
total 132
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel      0 Jan  5  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   4096 Jan  5  2012 ../
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel  85056 Jul 14  2009 bootmgr.exe.mui*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel  43600 Nov 21  2010 memtest.exe.mui*

looks like an "ESP" to me. A closer look:

root@kg-core1# file /mnt/bootmgr
/mnt/bootmgr: DOS executable (COM)
root@kg-core1# file /mnt/Boot/B* /mnt/Boot/m*
/mnt/Boot/BCD:          MS Windows registry file, NT/2000 or above
/mnt/Boot/BCD.LOG:      MS Windows registry file, NT/2000 or above
/mnt/Boot/BCD.LOG1:     empty
/mnt/Boot/BCD.LOG2:     empty
/mnt/Boot/BOOTSTAT.DAT: GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST
/mnt/Boot/memtest.exe:  PE32 executable (Unknown subsystem 0x10) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
root@kg-core1# file /mnt/Boot/en-US/* /mnt/Boot/nb-NO/*
/mnt/Boot/en-US/bootmgr.exe.mui: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
/mnt/Boot/en-US/memtest.exe.mui: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
/mnt/Boot/nb-NO/bootmgr.exe.mui: PE32 executable (DLL) (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

ok.

2015-04-03: this is what the original Windows hard drive looks like when I check it with my FreeBSD workstation:

tingo@kg-core1$ uname -a
FreeBSD kg-core1.kg4.no 9.3-STABLE FreeBSD 9.3-STABLE #0 r273918: Fri Oct 31 22:52:44 CET 2014     root@kg-core1.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

I connect it with a usb-to-sata adapter (powered). From /var/log/messages:

Apr  3 22:02:32 kg-core1 kernel: ugen3.3: <Generic> at usbus3
Apr  3 22:02:32 kg-core1 kernel: umass0: <Generic External, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.04, addr 3> on usbus3
Apr  3 22:02:32 kg-core1 kernel: umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x4000
Apr  3 22:02:32 kg-core1 kernel: umass0:7:0:-1: Attached to scbus7
Apr  3 22:02:32 kg-core1 kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus7 target 0 lun 0
Apr  3 22:02:32 kg-core1 kernel: da0: <Generic External 1.04> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-4 device
Apr  3 22:02:32 kg-core1 kernel: da0: Serial Number WD-WMAYU6337845        
Apr  3 22:02:32 kg-core1 kernel: da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
Apr  3 22:02:32 kg-core1 kernel: da0: 476940MB (976773168 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 60801C)
Apr  3 22:02:32 kg-core1 kernel: da0: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE>

gpart output:

root@kg-core1# gpart show -p da0
=>       63  976773105    da0  MBR  (465G)
         63       1985         - free -  (992k)
       2048   39845888  da0s1  !39  (19G)
   39847936     204800  da0s2  ntfs  [active]  (100M)
   40052736  244436992  da0s3  ntfs  (116G)
  284489728  223125504         - free -  (106G)
  507615232  469155840  da0s4  ntfs  (223G)
  976771072       2096         - free -  (1.0M)

interesting. What does disktype get out of it?

root@kg-core1# disktype /dev/da0

--- /dev/da0
Character device, size 465.8 GiB (500107862016 bytes)
DOS/MBR partition map
Partition 1: 19 GiB (20401094656 bytes, 39845888 sectors from 2048)
  Type 0x27 (Unknown)
  NTFS file system
    Volume size 19.00 GiB (20401094144 bytes, 39845887 sectors)
Partition 2: 100 MiB (104857600 bytes, 204800 sectors from 39847936, bootable)
  Type 0x07 (HPFS/NTFS)
  NTFS file system
    Volume size 100.0 MiB (104857088 bytes, 204799 sectors)
Partition 3: 116.6 GiB (125151739904 bytes, 244436992 sectors from 40052736)
  Type 0x07 (HPFS/NTFS)
  NTFS file system
    Volume size 116.6 GiB (125151739392 bytes, 244436991 sectors)
Partition 4: 223.7 GiB (240207790080 bytes, 469155840 sectors from 507615232)
  Type 0x07 (HPFS/NTFS)
  NTFS file system
    Volume size 223.7 GiB (240207789568 bytes, 469155839 sectors)

Ok, the first partition is interesting. Mount it and check it out:

root@kg-core1# ntfs-3g /dev/da0s1 /mnt -o ro
root@kg-core1# df -h /mnt
Filesystem    Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/fuse      19G     13G    5.5G    71%    /mnt
root@kg-core1# ll /mnt
total 732
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel    4096 Mar 23  2012 ./
drwxr-xr-x  21 root  wheel    1024 Nov  2 11:18 ../
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel       1 Jan  5  2012 50_CR.DAT*
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel    4096 Jan  5  2012 ACERBOOT/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 BOOT/
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel  333203 Jan 19  2008 BOOTMGR*
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 D2D/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 EFI/
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel     540 Apr 28  2009 Flag.log*
-rwxrwxrwx   2 root  wheel     165 Mar 23  2012 ImageInfo.dat*
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel     588 Feb 13  2011 LPCD.dat*
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel      66 May 12  2011 NAPP.DAT*
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel  387761 Jan  5  2012 Napp7.log*
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel     425 Jul 11  2011 RCD.DAT*
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 Restore.dat*
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel    4096 Jan  5  2012 RyTools/
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 SOURCES/
-rwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel    1453 Jul 20  2011 SYSTEMCD.DAT*
drwxrwxrwx   1 root  wheel       0 Jan  6  2012 System Volume Information/

interesting.

root@kg-core1# ll /mnt/ACERBOOT/*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel       0 Apr 30  2008 /mnt/ACERBOOT/ACERBOOT_FOLDER.TAG*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  333203 Jan 19  2008 /mnt/ACERBOOT/BOOTMGR*

/mnt/ACERBOOT/BOOT:
total 3360
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel        0 Jan  5  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel     4096 Jan  5  2012 ../
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   262144 Jan  5  2008 BCD*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  3170304 Jan  3  2008 BOOT.SDI*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel     2048 Jan  5  2008 ETFSBOOT.COM*
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel        0 Jan  5  2012 FONTS/

/mnt/ACERBOOT/EFI:
total 4
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel     0 Jan  5  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  4096 Jan  5  2012 ../
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel     0 Jan  5  2012 MICROSOFT/

/mnt/ACERBOOT/GAIA:
total 333
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel    4096 Jan  5  2012 ../
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  324096 Nov  2  2006 PEIMG.EXE*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel      33 Dec 27  2007 PEIMG.INI*
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel    8192 Jan  5  2012 SERVICING/

/mnt/ACERBOOT/SOURCES:
total 236508
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel          0 Jan  5  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       4096 Jan  5  2012 ../
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  242177414 Jul 20  2011 BOOT.WIM*

now the BOOT directory:

root@kg-core1# ll /mnt/BOOT
total 3372
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel        0 Jan  5  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel     4096 Mar 23  2012 ../
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   262144 Jan  5  2012 BCD*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel     9216 Jan  5  2012 BCD.LOG*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  3170304 Jan  3  2008 BOOT.SDI*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel     2048 Jan  5  2008 ETFSBOOT.COM*
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel        0 Jan  5  2012 FONTS/

and D2D directory:

root@kg-core1# ll -h /mnt/D2D/*
/mnt/D2D/IMAGES:
total 11187828
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel    80k Jan  5  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel     0B Jan  5  2012 ../
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    21M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    42M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0110.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01100.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    35M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01101.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    44M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01102.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   137M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01103.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   146M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01104.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    44M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01105.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    56M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01106.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    34M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01107.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    70M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01108.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    93M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01109.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    42M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0111.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   138M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01110.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    42M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01111.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    30M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01112.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   439M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01113.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   195M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01114.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01115.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   9.7M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01116.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    42M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01117.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01118.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01119.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    45M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0112.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01120.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01121.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01122.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    46M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01123.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01124.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    37M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01125.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    32M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01126.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    32M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01127.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01128.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01129.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    44M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0113.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01130.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    44M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01131.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    44M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01132.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    46M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01133.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01134.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01135.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01136.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01137.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01138.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    30M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01139.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   163M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0114.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    52M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01140.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01141.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    46M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01142.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01143.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01144.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01145.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    38M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01146.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   163M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01147.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    44M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01148.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01149.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    34M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0115.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    32M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01150.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01151.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    45M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01152.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01153.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01154.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01155.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01156.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01157.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01158.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01159.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    51M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0116.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01160.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01161.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    40M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01162.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01163.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01164.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01165.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01166.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01167.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01168.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    37M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01169.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   1.3M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0117.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   161M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01170.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01171.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01172.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01173.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01174.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01175.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01176.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01177.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    44M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01178.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    46M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01179.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   144M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0118.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01180.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01181.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01182.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01183.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01184.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01185.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    19M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C01186.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0119.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    44M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C012.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    40M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0120.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    34M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0121.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    45M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0122.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    44M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0123.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    21M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0124.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    55M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0125.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0126.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0127.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   5.0M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0128.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    53M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0129.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    73M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C013.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0130.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0131.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0132.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0133.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    43M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0134.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel     1G Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0135.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0136.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0137.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0138.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0139.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    11M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C014.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0140.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0141.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0142.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0143.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    44M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0144.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    45M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0145.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0146.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0147.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0148.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    46M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0149.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    46M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C015.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    39M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0150.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    46M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0151.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0152.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0153.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0154.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    46M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0155.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0156.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0157.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0158.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0159.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    46M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C016.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    44M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0160.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0161.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0162.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0163.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    46M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0164.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0165.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    22M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0166.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   147M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0167.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0168.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0169.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    35M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C017.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0170.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    45M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0171.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   8.5M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0172.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    56M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0173.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    42M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0174.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0175.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0176.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0177.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    37M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0178.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0179.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   122M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C018.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0180.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0181.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0182.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0183.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    38M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0184.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0185.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0186.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0187.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0188.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0189.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C019.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    48M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0190.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    42M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0191.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0192.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    43M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0193.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0194.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    43M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0195.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0196.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0197.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    50M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0198.SWM*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    49M Jul 11  2011 POP01IJG0OXX0C0199.SWM*

/mnt/D2D/PATCH:
total 2477
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   8.0k Mar 23  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel     0B Jan  5  2012 ../
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47B Mar  5  2008 ACTIVEBP_3.INI*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    47B Nov 29  2007 ACTIVEBP_4.INI*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   2.4k Sep 17  2009 ADDLP.CMD*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   2.8k Jan 27  2011 ADDLP_X64.CMD*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel    61k Dec  1  2008 BASE.CMD*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   2.5k Sep 17  2009 CHANGELP.CMD*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   2.8k Sep 22  2009 CHANGELP_X64.CMD*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel     0B Sep 15  2009 CHECK.TAG*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   276k Jun 30  2009 DECOMPRESSFM.EXE*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   276k Jun 18  2009 DEPLOYWIM.EXE*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   433k Jun 18  2009 DEPLOYWIM_X64.EXE*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   274k Jul 14  2009 DISM_X64.EXE*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   582B Jun  9  2010 DOPATCH.CMD*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   2.1k Jan  5  2012 DeployWIM2012-01-05 03-05-34.log*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   4.1k Feb 13  2011 ENZ1LP61.MD5*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   585B Mar  7  2011 EXTRAPART.DAT*
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   4.0k Jan  5  2012 FACTORY/
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   470k Jul 15  2009 IMAGEX.EXE*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   567k Jul 15  2009 IMAGEX_X64.EXE*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   588B Feb 13  2011 LPCD.DAT*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   2.6k Sep 17  2009 LP_PATCH.BAT*
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel     0B Nov 11  2011 MODULES/
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    35B Dec  4  2007 NAPP6_OOBE.BAT*
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel    27k Jul  1  2010 PATCH.BAT*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel    24k Dec  6  2006 PATCH.BAT_*
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   4.0k Nov 11  2011 TOOLS/

recovery perhaps? Now the EFI directory:

root@kg-core1# ll /mnt/EFI/MICROSOFT/*
total 256
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 ../
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  262144 Jan  5  2008 BCD*
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       0 Jan  5  2012 FONTS/

ok. RyTools next:

root@kg-core1# ll /mnt/RyTools/
total 57
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   4096 Jan  5  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel   4096 Mar 23  2012 ../
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel   2886 Jan  5  2012 DumpDiskPart.log*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel  42175 Jan  5  2012 DumpFileList.log*
-rwxrwxrwx  2 root  wheel     63 Jan  5  2012 NAPP2P_SetHidden.ini*

not very interesting. Finally, SOURCES

root@kg-core1# ll /mnt/SOURCES/
total 236508
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel          0 Jan  5  2012 ./
drwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel       4096 Mar 23  2012 ../
-rwxrwxrwx  1 root  wheel  242177414 Jul 20  2011 BOOT.WIM*

Is it something?

root@kg-core1# file /mnt/SOURCES/BOOT.WIM
/mnt/SOURCES/BOOT.WIM: Windows imaging (WIM) image

Interesting, Wikipedia: Windows Imaging Format.

root@kg-core1# file /mnt/D2D/IMAGES/*
/mnt/D2D/IMAGES/POP01IJG0OXX0C01.SWM:    Windows imaging (WIM) image
/mnt/D2D/IMAGES/POP01IJG0OXX0C0110.SWM:  Windows imaging (WIM) image
/mnt/D2D/IMAGES/POP01IJG0OXX0C01100.SWM: Windows imaging (WIM) image
[...]
/mnt/D2D/IMAGES/POP01IJG0OXX0C0197.SWM:  Windows imaging (WIM) image
/mnt/D2D/IMAGES/POP01IJG0OXX0C0198.SWM:  Windows imaging (WIM) image
/mnt/D2D/IMAGES/POP01IJG0OXX0C0199.SWM:  Windows imaging (WIM) image

WIM images too.

2014-08-24: bios update - I boot from the FreeDOS image (via F12), select "'fdos" as boot image, and option 3 (Himem.sys). I cd to the correct directory and try to run the bios_dos.bat file, but it just says that the ROMID of the file is incompatible with this system. Running

cd x1470\p01.a4l
dos\afudos /S

tells me that this system has

System ROM ID = DA750004
System ROM ID GUID = b5c59087-feac-4b41-9d80790ba5aa070f

(it's annoying to have to reboot every time the AFUDOS program has been run) after a reboot I run

cd x1470\p01.a4l
dos\afudos rom\p01-a4l.rom /U

which tells me

ROM File ROM ID = DA752004
ROM File ROM GUID = b5c59087-feac-4b41-9d80790ba5aa070f

interesting. I rebooted and checked the other file:

cd x1470
cd p11.a1l
dos\afudos rom\p11-a1l.cap /U

which tells me that this rom has

ROM File ROM ID = DA756020
ROM File ROM GUID = b5c59087-feac-4b41-9d80790ba5aa070f

can I flash it? (also, this AFUDOS doesn't hang the system after the prevoius command). Nope - AFUDOS just says:

3 - Error: ROM file size does not match existing BIOS size.

So it doesn't work.

2014-08-24: bios update - prepare, I'm using my FreeBSD workstation to create a ub stick with a FreeDOS prebuilt image on: I've got a 8 GB usb stick, which is detected as da0:

tingo@kg-core1$ su
Password:
root@kg-core1# tail /var/log/messages
Aug 24 21:36:36 kg-core1 kernel: ugen2.4: <TDK LoR> at usbus2
Aug 24 21:36:36 kg-core1 kernel: umass0: <TDK LoR TF10, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 4> on usbus2
Aug 24 21:36:36 kg-core1 kernel: umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x4100
Aug 24 21:36:36 kg-core1 kernel: umass0:6:0:-1: Attached to scbus6
Aug 24 21:36:36 kg-core1 kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0
Aug 24 21:36:36 kg-core1 kernel: da0: <TDK LoR TF10 PMAP> Removable Direct Access SCSI-4 device
Aug 24 21:36:36 kg-core1 kernel: da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
Aug 24 21:36:36 kg-core1 kernel: da0: 7381MB (15116736 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 940C)
Aug 24 21:36:36 kg-core1 kernel: da0: quirks=0x2<NO_6_BYTE>
Aug 24 21:47:19 kg-core1 su: tingo to root on /dev/pts/26

and I'm going to dd the image:

root@kg-core1# pwd
/zs/tingo/dl/dos/FreeDOS
root@kg-core1# ll -H *img
-rw-r--r--  1 tingo  users  -   32505856 Jul 11  2012 FreeDOS-1.1-USB-Boot.img
-rw-r--r--  1 tingo  users  - 2021654528 May  2  2012 FreeDOS-1.1-memstick-2-2048M.img

do it:

root@kg-core1# dd if=./FreeDOS-1.1-memstick-2-2048M.img of=/dev/da0 bs=512k
3856+0 records in
3856+0 records out
2021654528 bytes transferred in 396.010383 secs (5105054 bytes/sec)

takes a while to run.

Verify with disktype:

root@kg-core1# ls -l /dev/da0*
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 157 Aug 24 21:56 /dev/da0
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 160 Aug 24 21:56 /dev/da0s1
root@kg-core1# disktype /dev/da0

--- /dev/da0
Character device, size 7.208 GiB (7739768832 bytes)
DOS/MBR partition map
Partition 1: 1.863 GiB (2000000000 bytes, 3906250 sectors from 1, bootable)
  Type 0x0E (Win95 FAT16 (LBA))
  SYSLINUX boot loader
  FAT16 file system (hints score 4 of 5)
    Volume size 1.862 GiB (1999667200 bytes, 61025 clusters of 32 KiB)
    Volume name "FreeDOS"

Looks ok.

2014-08-24: bios update - updating the BIOS from Windows didn't work. (Oh and the Acer support site needs Firefox to work, it doesn't work with Opera)

2014-08-24: I booted into win7 to update bios / uefi. But first I had to deal with win7 updates, antivirus updates (Avast) and so on. avast! Free is now at version 2014.9.0.2021. I also updated Acer Updater to version 1.02.3502.Not that it did any good - acer Updater is still unable to find any updates for this machine.

2012-03-23: I used Acer eRecovery Management to create Factory Default Backup on the 4 (four!) included DVDs.

2012-03-23: next step: download and install Opera. Then, download and install Avast! Free antivirus.

2012-03-23: first boot of Win 7. I selected English language, then country Norway, Norwegian time & currency, and Norwegian keyboard layout. I named the machine kg-vm2. After a long installation + update process, Win 7 was ready.