Re-installing On this Dell

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@Bizkit047 wrote:

I re-installed my Dell Deminison 3000's OS, Windows XP, last night. Unfortunately I thought there would be an option to install it back to when I first bought it. Instead it didn't do that, and I want to know is it possible to restore back to when I first turned it on when bought it?

 

I tried Dell PC Restore where it says to press Ctrl + F11 while rebooting, but that dont' work at all. Is there a CD I can order to get it all back? Or am I stuck with these base settings?

 

Using the Advanced Forum Search on the bottom of this page, you can quite easily find the answer to this often asked question.

 

Dell PC Restore would have worked fine UNTIL you reinstalled the OS yourself, disabling the function.

 

There is no CD you can order.  You can try and restore the functionality ASSUMING you didn't delete the partition.

 

If the Symantec PC Restore utility won't work, but still resides on your computer, a Dell customer has figured out some ways to get it to work again. Note - If you removed this partition, it is not recoverable, cannot be downloaded from the internet, and cannot be shipped from Dell. Click here for ways to fix Symantec PC Restore. Users have also reported that the partition can be restored with Ghost 2003, and Ghost 9 using the '03 capabilities of it. If you boot to the Ghost 9 CD, select Advanced Recovery Taks, select Utilities, then Restore Legacy Image it should work - but you want to verify the image before attempting the restore. It's in a folder called IMG.