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What to do with manufacturer's cryptic bootable RAR file?

I'm having problems with a laptop I just got. I was given a link by the manufacturer to a couple of RAR files that extracted into the picture below. I know how to burn ISo files to USB through Rufus or Unetbootin, and I've even used poweriso to get some files like below onto a bootable USB (Windows 7), but when I tried to do the same thing, it actually didn't have etfsboot.bin or the equivalent. I then tried copying then straight onto a USB, and surprise! I could actually boot from it. But then it just started running through a couple of CMDs and then ended in a command prompt asking to reboot.

Just note in the images file there is a 6GB+ WIM file that I extracted and it seems like it's a Windows 8 or Windows 10 image as the file explorer icon is the new flat style.

I'm at a complete loss here, and was wondering if you guys could help.

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Also here are the files that the manufacturer provided me if anyone wants to take a poke at it:
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1c1kAqy8
 
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I then tried copying then straight onto a USB, and surprise! I could actually boot from it. But then it just started running through a couple of CMDs and then ended in a command prompt asking to reboot.
That's because it was probably made to run the 0_flash.bat(probably from internal disk seeking default disk numbers that get mixed up by the additional usb disk) so open this file up (right click->edit) and tell us what it says.
The 6GB+ WIM image is probably the factory reset image.

(the link you provided does not work)
 
That's because it was probably made to run the 0_flash.bat(probably from internal disk seeking default disk numbers that get mixed up by the additional usb disk) so open this file up (right click->edit) and tell us what it says.
The 6GB+ WIM image is probably the factory reset image.

(the link you provided does not work)

OK, I'll post what the bat file says. Also, if I wanted to extract the drivers from this, where would they be found?
 
Probably installed inside the wim image,not as separate packages.

I see. So depending on what I find in the bat file, you're saying that this is supposed to be a recovery image found on the hard drive's recovery partition, and wasn't meant to be booted from a USB?
 
It could be custom made just for you, I don't know.
The name 0_flash points towards bios update(bios flashing) but then why include 6gb of wim image?
 
This is what the bat file says:

cd /d %~dp0
fptw.exe -f I8211V6MIPI_V1.7.6G_R008_L1B1T1C65H0_LogoKM1082_20150909.bin
pause
c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 0

This is in the scripts folder:
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And I finally got the readme decrypted, see the original mandarin then the google translate version:

TP:无
recovery加入oem信息
把Scripts下的所有文件拷贝到升级优盘的Scripts下,解决第一次开机在Audit模式下无法操作的问题并带测试工具
多语言:英式英语(默认)、中文简体,中文繁体,美式英语,法语,德国,俄语


TP: No
Join oem recovery information
Scripts to copy all the files under the next upgrade to the USB Scripts, to solve the problem the first boot in Audit mode with inoperable and testing tools
Multi-language: British English (the default), Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, American English, French, German, Russian
 
fptw.exe is just an intel bios flash/update utility.

the scripts directory looks to be where the work is. what is inside Main.cmd?
 
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