factory restore for dell studio 1558

The recovery is in a Windows image file created by ImageX.  You can prepare a Windows PE boot CD and use ImageX to restore it.

This isn't trivial to do, as you can see:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721929%28WS.10%29.aspx

i guess this is real long procedure right??

i think there is just a porblem with my MBR..

Hi Ganesh,

thanks for the valuable reply.. i will certainly work on this procedure.. it seems to be pretty lengthy .. but still i will give it a shot and try as per ur instruction in couple of days.. and will post here....i appreciate your time and help.

thanks once again.

this now i think u made it really easy for me.. just a small doubt.. instead of burning cd or dvd can i boot from pen drive?? i mean just changing the boot option from cd/dvd i can just boot from pen drive? or its not a good idea???

thank u

Prepare a bootable CD with ImageX  on it -- that will restore the file.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721929%28WS.10%29.aspx

one more thing is the link u provided.. will it work fro 64 bit windows 7?? i guess it shows for 32 bit...

@ murthy511

ur CD works, but I think you forgot to mention I should first go to the CD drive (eg. E:) then type this code: " imagex /apply c:\dell\image\factory.wim 1 d: "

because otherwise the command prompt was always pointing at X:\Windows\System32\ and I always got the error "imagex " wasn't recognized.

It's taking about 9 mins on my dell studio 1558 ( Core i5, 4 GB DDR3)

thanks for the help anyway.

ok guys.. now i am having sometime different issue.. i somehow managed to do this thing.. and worked well.. but now again when i wanted to factory reinstall from recovery drive..i am having diffferent error..

before i formated my C drive not knowing tht it will erase my option for dell factory restore option by pressing f8.

now the problem which i havee.. is ...

after pressing f8, repair ur computer.. clicking on dell restore to factory settings.. it shows error "invalid parameter"  ... i am able to see the option for dell factory restore thing.. but once clicking.. this error comes..

does anyone knows what to do??

and since the first post i made.. i think so far all the things are messed up with different replies on this thread..

i would like to request ppl who have made the valuable solution.. to make a final thread completing whole process without missing any steps.. and mark as the answer.. in tth way it will be easy...

please do let me know what can be the solution of my problem.. i think there is just minor thing hindering my process.. unlike before where the option of factory restore was not available.. this time its seen but not working..

i hope u guys can help me out in this..

thanks a lot.

MIke

Hello ,
    I talked to one of the technician on the toll free number yesterday the afternoon about the problem that i faced with dell dock and IDT software. I Formatted my laptop last week and I am not able to Use IDT as it is just gettin installed but i am not able to find the icon but if i go to the program files and then click the application of IDT, it automatically shows some error and it jus deletes some of the files and i have to manually install it again but the same problem occurs again. I have tried this many times. And secondly, i have problem in activating Dell Dock.I am able to install it but while starting the app its asking for the verification.  And as per the technician's advice i need to reinstall my OS. But now i remembered that when i was formatting my laptop last week, i accidentally deleted the OEM(Reserved) Partition without knowing about it. Is it because of that that i am not able to install this applications? What all things does this OEM partition contains? Is there any way of solving this problem?
    Looking forward to your reply,

Hey Murthy511.
I'm having the exact same problmen, as the others.
So i tried to follow your guide, but unfortunately i am not a computer expert, so it didst went well.
If you could, i would really apreciate if you could make a guide to a rookie, that would be awesome.
Best Regards Jesper.

Hi, i have same problem with my dell studio 1558.

i boot with a bootable partition manager disk, and when it ask me for fixed a problem in my Disk i click OK. and then i lost my windows.

I installed my windows 7, and now in my Computer there is two drive: C(windows drive) and D(Recovery drive)

my Recovery drive is empty! is it really empty? or i can't see it's contained in windows?

now i want ask you that is there any way to get my original windows 7? (my purpose is in recovery method or download method or ... ?)

Hi, i have same problem with my dell studio 1558. i boot with a bootable partition manager disk, and when it ask me for fixed a problem in my Disk i click OK. and then i lost my windows. I installed my windows 7, and now in my Computer there is two drive: C(windows drive) and D(Recovery drive) my Recovery drive is empty! is it really empty? or i can't see it's contained in windows? now i want ask you that is there any way to get my original windows 7? (my purpose is in recovery method or download method or ... ?)

Hi Ganesh

Great post, and the iso image really helped me a lot. I recently experienced this problem in a new XPS 15 and eventhough I had the recovery pen drive I was totally unable to recover the system.

I followed all the steps, but I found I also had to format the drive otherwise the imagex command will not even get to 1% progress.

After I format the drive the process went smoothly until it reached the 100% and then suddenly got the error:

seq 10 - Resource not found

After some forum reading, it came to the conclusion the image was actually split into three parts, therefore the following command worked smoothly,

E:\imagex /ref c:\dell\image\factory*.wim /apply c:\dell\image\factory.wim 1 d:

I found actully three image file in the c:\dell\image\ factory.wim, factory1.wim and factory2.wim.

After this everything worked except for the Factory Image Restore option in the Repair menu of the Advanced Boot Options, but this really does not bother me. By the way my OS is Window 7 Pro (64 bits).

Alberto

@Murthy511.

Hey! Can you just wrap up and summarize everything. Cause it seems a bit messy around here.

Thanks.

@Murthy511

Boot system using the same disk and follow the steps

1.     Check C: drive is recovery partition  by going into C: and type dir

2.     if it is recovery partition(most probably, it will be),go to D: and check it, is OS partition

3.     it is OS partition(most probably, it will be), go to E:(your DVD drive)

4.     format D: drive   and

5.     type

imagex /apply c:\dell\image\factory.wim 1 d:

6.     wait until reaching 100 % (for me it took 6.32 minutes)

7.     type exit

8.     that’s it.

About these steps my OS is in the C: drive and my recovery is on some hidden drive and I don't know the letter. What should I do now?