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Title: reflash XP to original state
Post by: Curt on December 01, 2009, 06:20:02 PM
Is there a link to download a fresh image of the pc so i can wipe it clean and start new? My wonderful it department thought we needed to install a bunch of junk for our security policies. I cant get things to run correctly and I believe it is because of all the restrictions installed now IT does not know how to work around..... Fustrating. :-[
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: fluidium on December 01, 2009, 06:39:12 PM
Hi Curt,

I think you will find what you need if you look here http://www.magicinfopro.com/magic/index.php/topic,52.msg293.html#msg293 

Click on the link from Bill Coral who has very kindly uploaded a number of essential files.

EricL
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: Curt on December 01, 2009, 06:56:28 PM
Thanks a bunch..

You are talking about the files on Mediafire? if so then i already downloaded them. awsome reply. thanks again.... ;D
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: fluidium on December 01, 2009, 06:59:35 PM
Yes, I hope you get it working  ;D
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: bmcclure on December 10, 2009, 04:51:52 PM
Were you able to reflash XP?  I have tried Bill's re-image steps but cannot seem to get it to work.  I downloaded files from mediafire and copied to a bootable flash drive.  Once in the command prompt I enter "SFIM /r:1 4046uxnww.sfi" but receive the message "Length of Image File Name Specified Must Not be More than 8 Characters"  so I tried "SFIM /r:1 4046uxnw.sfi" and receive the message "Failed to Open the Image File for Restore - File may Not be Available or Corrupted". I did not see an sfi file that could be downloaded, do I need one?  If so, can someone please provide one?  I have a Samsung 460CXN.  Thank you in advance.
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: fluidium on December 11, 2009, 10:01:00 AM
Hi, if you call Samsung they should be able to send you a new image for your screens-they will need the full serial numbers and model numbers. Be nice to them and they are very helpful  ;)
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: bmcclure on December 14, 2009, 06:06:20 PM
Thanks for the info.  I had contacted them by email last week and still have not received a response.  I will try calling them today.
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: Bill Coral on December 16, 2009, 10:40:10 PM
The best way to contact Samsung Digital Signage is:

0044 1932 834 066
0044 1932 834 067

or email them at:

[email protected]

Samsung use the NETVIEWER program and will configure your screens remotely all FREE of charge! I used this service a couple of times and they have helped me with router configurations and also networking issues that I had.

Regards, Bill
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: fooyoong on January 20, 2010, 03:12:53 AM
bmcclure, "Length of Image File Name Specified Must Not be More than 8 Characters" is due to the DOS file naming system. DOS cannot recognize anything more than 8 characters, so if your SFI file name is longer than 8 character, rename it to something shorter and it should work.

Apart from that, you can also try using the "dir/w" on the command prompt. Look for your SFI extension filename and use the filename as listed accordingly.

Hopefully this help if you've yet to get any response from Samsung.
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: ovad2 on January 26, 2010, 02:43:56 PM
Hi Curt,

I think you will find what you need if you look here http://www.magicinfopro.com/magic/index.php/topic,52.msg293.html#msg293 

Click on the link from Bill Coral who has very kindly uploaded a number of essential files.

EricL

I've gratefully browsed through Bill's uploaded files.  However, I can't seem to find where he's actually hosting the 4046UXNWW.SFI file.  That is the OS image, correct?  On the samsunglfd.com download center, the only OS offered is 320TSn2 M-LEOXPE04HTS_1010.0 - no mention of 4046UXNWW. 

Are these images intended to be used on all MagicInfo Pro displays, specifically my 460DXN?

Thanks for your posts.

David
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: Bill Coral on January 26, 2010, 07:18:01 PM
Hi David, you can download the SFI image for your 460DXn from the Samsung LFD web site. I will upload it to the Mediafire FTP site as well. Do you know how to reflash?

Bill
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: ovad2 on January 26, 2010, 07:50:51 PM
Hi David, you can download the SFI image for your 460DXn from the Samsung LFD web site. I will upload it to the Mediafire FTP site as well. Do you know how to reflash?

Bill

Bill,

Thanks!  For whatever reason, my Business Partner account hasn't yet been approved, so I wonder if I'm only able to view a limited listing of OS/Software items in the samsunglfd Download Center. 

I have a thumb drive (is 1GB big enough?) that I will convert into a bootable drive.  However, other than that, I'm not 100% on the process.  Your notes in the README file on MediaFire site:
 
Quote
1) Turn the monitor OFF
2) At the 3 USB ports at the back, please insert aUSB Keyboard, USB mouse
and a bootable USB stick
3) Turn monitor ON and press DEL while is booting up
4) Enter BIOS and select USB as the Boot device
5) Reboot the monitor
6) At C prompt, please type: C:\>SFIM /r:1 4046UXNWW.SFI

explain the physical steps of reimaging.  However, I'm not sure what exactly needs to be on the thumb drive other than the image.  I'd be grateful if you could expand on that.

Many thanks,
David
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: Bill Coral on January 31, 2010, 01:58:36 PM
OK, here it goes. There are few steps that you need to do:

1) Get a USB memory stick that is 2GB (you can do 1GB as well)
2) Download the HP utility from the Mediafire site - I have posted it up there
3) Install it to your PC
4) Download the DOS files that are on the same Mediafire site and store the files in a directory
4) Insert it to your PC or laptop - whatever you use
5) Create a DOS bootable through the HP utility and DOS files
6) Copy the filename.sfi to your USB stick
7) Copy the Samsung sfim2_64.exe file to your USB stick
8) Insert keyboard to the screen
9) Insert the Bootable USB stick to your screen
10) R) 1eboot your screen and press either Del or F2 (some products have different BIOS access key)
11) Select the Bootable drive to be your USB stick
12) Then at C:\> prompt type the following


C:\>sfim2_64 /r:1 filename.sfi

And that's it!

Tell me if that works for you.

Bill
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: creid75 on February 01, 2010, 01:19:16 PM
Hi Bill,

I'm in the exact same scenario with a 460uxn. Where is the OS image for this? I checked your site, nothing there, could you repost? And Samsung doesn't have online.
...any help much appreciated.
...Thanks!

,CHRIS
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: tstahlfsu on February 02, 2010, 01:40:13 PM
Hi Bill,

I'm in the exact same scenario with a 460uxn. Where is the OS image for this? I checked your site, nothing there, could you repost? And Samsung doesn't have online.
...any help much appreciated.
...Thanks!

,CHRIS

If you call 1-800-SAMSUNG (US Based) they can send you what you need. They are very helpful in this regard.
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: FruF on February 02, 2010, 02:27:53 PM
Its something to get used to.
There is almost nothing Online or Easy to find.
No Help No Troubleshoot no Downloads
But If u call them or write an Email. Its Fast and Reliable!

Took me a long time to accept this fact ;)
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: ovad2 on February 04, 2010, 02:49:05 PM
Hi Bill,

I'm in the exact same scenario with a 460uxn. Where is the OS image for this? I checked your site, nothing there, could you repost? And Samsung doesn't have online.
...any help much appreciated.
...Thanks!

,CHRIS

Chris,

Email SamsungLFD customer service on this page http://www.samsunglfd.com/support/contactUsWriteForm.do (http://www.samsunglfd.com/support/contactUsWriteForm.do).  Ask them for a local contact point's information if you don't already have that information.  Register yourself as a Business Partner on the samsunglfd.com (http://samsunglfd.com) website.  After that registration has been approved, you can go to the download center and search your model number to find the proper OS.  Then just follow Bill's instructions.


Bill,

Thanks a ton.  I finally got Business Partner access to the download center and am about to reimage my display now.  Thanks so much.

David
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: ovad2 on February 11, 2010, 09:12:44 PM
OK, here it goes. There are few steps that you need to do:

1) Get a USB memory stick that is 2GB (you can do 1GB as well)
2) Download the HP utility from the Mediafire site - I have posted it up there
3) Install it to your PC
4) Download the DOS files that are on the same Mediafire site and store the files in a directory
4) Insert it to your PC or laptop - whatever you use
5) Create a DOS bootable through the HP utility and DOS files
6) Copy the filename.sfi to your USB stick
7) Copy the Samsung sfim2_64.exe file to your USB stick
8) Insert keyboard to the screen
9) Insert the Bootable USB stick to your screen
10) R) 1eboot your screen and press either Del or F2 (some products have different BIOS access key)
11) Select the Bootable drive to be your USB stick
12) Then at C:\> prompt type the following


C:\>sfim2_64 /r:1 filename.sfi

And that's it!

Tell me if that works for you.

Bill

Bill,

Thanks for the help.  Actually, for whatever reason, I was unable to use the image provided on the samsunglfd document center - kept getting error about image being corrupt...

I let Samsunglfd support know about this problem, and they promptly sent me a thumb drive with a good image on it.  I've since used your instructions on your MediaFire site to backup your image.

Thanks again.
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: colinsteadman on August 16, 2010, 09:02:05 AM
Hi,

I've been attempting to backup our screen with the SFIM2 software using the commend from Bills Corals text guide:

 C:\>SFIM /b:1 filename.sfi

However its complaining that it cant find a drive to backup.  Can anyone advise how you mount a drive in DOS please.

TIA,

Colin
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: ovad2 on August 18, 2010, 07:51:44 PM
Hi,

I've been attempting to backup our screen with the SFIM2 software using the commend from Bills Corals text guide:

 C:\>SFIM /b:1 filename.sfi

However its complaining that it cant find a drive to backup.  Can anyone advise how you mount a drive in DOS please.

TIA,

Colin


Colin, I ran into this issue when using a thumb drive to back up an image of a display.  The problem is related to the size of the thumb drive.  The drive must be formatted to FAT and cannot be larger than 2GB.  This complicated things for me since the actual disk space on my monitor is 4GB :(  Hope this helps.
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: Bill Coral on August 19, 2010, 12:36:39 PM
I found an FTP site in the UK (through a contact there) where you can download software and images for Samsung Screens. Here it is:

http://92.48.120.45

It is awesome!

Bill
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: colinsteadman on August 31, 2010, 12:13:38 PM
Sorry for the delay replying, I didn't get an email notifying me of your replies for some reason.

So I'm limited to a 2GB backup.  That might be alright, anything will do, I just want to be able to get back to something that works if it crashes and corrupts the current image.

I'll have a look at your link too Bill.

Many thanks both.
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: Bill Coral on September 21, 2010, 11:52:51 PM
Ok everyone - I have finally uploaded a number of SFIM files on the MEDIAFIRE website. What happens is that Samsung have a range of displays and therefore they have to use different SFIM files that accomodate that. This means that the basic SFIM and SFIM2 executables will handle the 4GB FDMs (some have 8GB FDMs), but the SFIM2_64.exe has the capability to RESTORE and BACKUP larger HDD volumes.

http://www.mediafire.com/?vziibbqddk6bu


Bill
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: snoopyonline78 on February 02, 2011, 04:10:56 PM
Dear Forum,

i have a Samsung 460uxn too, and now i have urgently need to reinstall the original Windows xp embedded sfi-file, but i spoken with samsung, and they haven't it anymore in the Download center, because it's old.

Please Help!

Can somebody put it somewhere, to download it?

Thanks to all!

regards

:-(
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: wtenwolde on February 04, 2011, 09:07:25 AM
In our company we have 6 Samsung 460MXn-2 displays. One of them is crashing all the time, so I would like to install the original OS image. The FTP site seems to be down  ??? and Samsung is not responding to my e-mails >:(. I tried contacting them through the website form and the e-mail address above. But after 2 weeks still no reply.
Bill Corals Mediafire website seems to contain only tools, no images.

Does anyone of you know where I can get the original OS image for a Samsung 460MXn-2? Thanx!
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: Toasty on February 05, 2011, 05:40:26 PM
Hi,

If only one screen out of six is crashing, why take an image from one of the displays which are good.

This way all the codecs will all ready be installed, you just need to change any IP settings/client name of diplay.

You have all you need rom Bill's site.

Regards

Toasty
Title: Re: reflash XP to original state
Post by: Bill Coral on March 01, 2011, 10:58:56 PM
Hi everyone!

You need to get a Business partner status on the www.samsunglfd.com If you do this, then you will be able to see the OS images to download. I have checked and there is a UXn OS on the site. The problem is that the http://92.48.120.45 is taken down and no longer exists. But it is better to go directly to Samsung as these FTP sites are not reliable. OS Images are very large and you cannot send them via e-mail of course, neither upload them to mediafire without paying for an account.

Bill