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April 27th, 2007 01:00
Restore to Factory Settings
I recently bought a laptop (secondhand) it is a Dell Inspiron e1505.
The previous owner installed XP Pro and I would like to restore it to factory settings using Dell Factory Image Restore. The instructions are to use Windows Advanced Boot Options select the option "Repair My Computer". However I do not have that option. My options are the one that I have always seen on other systems including safe mode, safe mode w/networking, boot logging, debugging mode, etc. I have tried the ctrl and F11 and nothing.
I have read that sometimes when reformatting that partition can be corrupt or erased. I have however looked into the recovery drive and found the file on the D drive it is 4.21 GB and it is a WIM file. The MediaDirect partition is also there and working correctly. Is there a way I can restore without doing so through Windows Advanced Boot Options? Maybe booting with DOS?
Any help would be much appreciated!
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April 27th, 2007 04:00