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Restore download for Inspiron 1545?
Is there a factory restore image download for an Inspiron 1545? Shipped with Windows 7 Home Premium? I know some Dell laptops have that.
The built in restore dell>dell software & utilities >Dell getting started guide DOES NOT WORK. Nothing in any of the Dell folders on the start menu works.
It will not launch or run. Lots of things don't work on it because the laptop's owner is one of those people who installs things to "fix" problems, but they actually horrible screw up Windows.
Windows installer is screwed up so I can't even uninstall the garbage to try and fix it. The laptop's owner has already copied off everything she wants to save so it's time to wipe it and start over. Preferably back to how it came from Dell.
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May 19th, 2017 16:00
Windows 7 wasn't made available for download - you'll need to contact Dell to purchase a set of recovery media. That said, if it's never been touched, the 7 recovery partition is accessed by pressing F8 at powerup time (you may need to press it several times to get the menu to come up -- then choose the Recover option).