Loading An Operating System On The Marathon; The Marathon Drivers Cd-Rom; Using The Recovery Dvd - Honeywell Marathon User Manual

Loading an Operating System on the Marathon

If it becomes necessary to reload the Marathon operating system, two options are available.
1. A recovery DVD from Honeywell. The recovery DVD is customized for the type of hard drive and operating system installed
in the Marathon.
2. A user provided operating system. The user must:
• Provide their own installation source of a supported operating system (such as Windows 7).
• Have a valid activation key for that operating system.
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The Marathon Drivers CD-ROM

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The Marathon Drivers CD-ROM contains files that may be necessary when configuring the Marathon. It is recommended
that the device drivers CD be available during Microsoft Windows installation and configuration. Since the Marathon does
not have a CD-ROM drive, the device drivers can be copied to a USB jump drive or accessed via a USB CD drive. The
device drivers can also be copied to a location on the network if a network connection is used to install the Windows OS.
After Microsoft Windows is installed, device drivers contained on the CD can be used to update default Windows device
drivers, if necessary.
For more information on installing or updating Microsoft Windows device drivers, refer to Help and Support on the Windows
Start menu or commercially available Windows documentation.

Using the Recovery DVD

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The Recovery DVD is a method to restore the software on your Marathon to the same state it had when it was shipped from
the factory. When the Recovery DVD is used on your Marathon, it destroys any information on your hard disk so make sure
that any information on the hard disk that needs to be preserved is backed up before using the Recovery DVD.
In order to use the Recovery DVD, the following components are needed:
• A Marathon capable of booting from a USB mass storage device.
• A USB DVD player.
• A Recovery DVD suitable for your combination of OS, language and Marathon model.
• An AC power source for the Marathon and the USB mass storage device.
Procedure
1. Shut down the Marathon before beginning this process. Connect the Marathon to AC power.
2. Attach the USB DVD player to the Marathon using one of the USB ports on the right side of the Marathon.
3. Insert the Recovery DVD into the USB DVD player.
4. Power up the Marathon.
5. When the Marathon boots from the USB DVD player the BIOS asks you to press any key in order to continue to
boot from the DVD. Press any key.
6. Windows begins loading files.
7. The next screen shows the estimated processing time. This process could take 30 minutes or more depending on
the actual OS image, USB standard, etc. The Marathon may feel warm during the processing, this is normal.
8. At the end of the loading files process a monochrome screen is displayed.
9. Disconnect the USB cable between the USB DVD player and the Marathon.
10. Do not power off the Marathon while the hardware automatically continues processing. When a Windows screen is
displayed that states Welcome to Microsoft Windows the processing is complete.
11. The Marathon can be shut down or you can continue with the Windows operating system setup.
12. Remove the Recovery DVD from the USB DVD player when the Marathon has been shut down to avoid booting
up the Marathon into the Recovery DVD again. Your Marathon has now completed the Recovery process.
(page 14-1) for information on the Marathon Recovery DVD and the Drivers CD ROM.
(page 14-1) to get the latest Marathon drivers CD ROM.
(page 14-1) to get the latest updates before performing the procedures that follow.
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