[dalgibbard]

Hey all,

I recently received my iWork1X, and am generally very pleased- seems like nice hardware and a very low price.

Soon after receiving, I used the functionality built into Windows to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro (in the new-style settings app, the activation tab allows you to insert an alternative key to unlock the features) – and the system gets stuck at “Adding features 100%” when booting up.
I like the idea of Android and Windows Dual boot (then I can play Anki Overdrive with the kids on this huuuuge tablet), so with an interest in re-installing Windows only, and keeping the Android install, I made some effort to translate the document that comes in the “Cube IWORK1X(i30) Dual Boot files” download available from the download section here.

Some points worth noting in advance for those who are interested:
* If looking to completely re-install, including Android, you must do Android first
* Installing android wipes the entire disk including Windows install.
* The windows install in the dual pack is Chinese… yet to poke around the see if this can be replaced with the other installer package or the PE script edited for another language…

The installation docs suggest that you should either:
* Connect a USB keyboard to the USB port, and the USB key to do the install via an OTG
* Connect the iWork1x keyboard dock, and install via normal USB port

To do the Android install (note: I haven’t tested this), Format a USB key (8gb+) – unspecified filesystem, most likely FAT32; drop the contents of the ‘Android’ folder onto the root of the USB key. Connect the USB key to the iWork1x, and press F7 (or Fn+F7 on the iwork1x keyboard dock) to access the boot menu, and select your USB key to start the installation.
On completion, the device will automatically restart, and the USB key should be removed at this point.
The system will boot and restart a few times; and installation is completed once you’re at the Android desktop.

To do the Windows installation; Format a USB Key (8GB+) as NTFS, and name it ‘WINPE’, and make it bootable- ie. set partition as active (see: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj200124(v=ws.11).aspx). Note: if you don’t mark it as active, it won’t boot.
Unpack all the files from the ‘WIN10’ folder onto the root of the disk. Boot the system as a normal boot (no F7 needed), and select the Windows icon from the OS Selection screen. the Windows 10 Deployment process should start automatically — though for me, I was presented with the Windows recovery/repair tools screen – I selected ‘Command Prompt’, and entered:
D:
cd Scripts
Main.cmd

When the PE provisioning interface shows the deployment as completed (the command prompt background turns green), type ‘exit’, and select ‘turn off’ if prompted. Power back on, and after a few minutes of booting up, the tablet will enter into the administrator account; please *cancel* the System Preparation Tool on the desktop.
Now right click ‘Cleanup’ on the desktop, and select ‘Run as Administrator’. The script will run and shut down automatically.
Power the machine up once more, some more initialisation will complete, and after a few minutes the tablet will enter the Windows 10 initial setup interface. Follow this through as instructed.

After installing, make sure the Windows disk is the first boot device (Use F7 or button mash the F keys on boot to get into BIOS and select it there)

Installing the Dualboot BIOS is not necessary if just reinstalling the system according to the documentation. My understanding is that installing the Android image deploys the necessary components for Dual Boot, and the BIOS is untouched for the functionality required for it to work if wiping the whole disk/installing a custom windows install.
Should you need/want to, the documentation does specifically state that there is a risk with flashing BIOS (as per any BIOS flash really.).
If you definitely want to, you can flash the BIOS by unpacking the BIOS folder contents whilst in the Windows installation, and running ‘0_flash64.bat’ as Administrator (not confirmed or well documented, but seems logical).

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