System Reset!

Question

How do I competely reset my laptop?

tgsmith · Answer

RandomRican, Do you want to reset it in the sense of restore it to factory as-shipped condition, or reset it in the sense of pushing a reset button to clear CMOS?  Model number? Tony

RandomRican · Answer

Factory shipped condition

Errol Eid · Answer

Contact this phone no. 1-800-624-9896. They can assist you.

amygiac · Answer

If you want reset it to the as shiped condidion, Right when the 'Dell ' screen appears, you press CTRL+F11 (releasing bogh keys at the same time) and I think that takes you to the prompth......Hope this helps.  I had to do it once, and this is how I did it.....

tgsmith · Answer

Use the Dell™ PC Restore by Symantec Utility to restore your Dell to "as-shipped" condition.

Dell PC Restore by Symantec is available on Dimension and Inspiron systems that shipped on or after 7/16/2004 in the Americas and 8/30/2004 in Europe.

Turn on computer. When the Dell screen appears press and hold the CTRL key on the keyboard, press the F11 key, then release them both at the same time. The Dell PC Restore by Symantec window appears. Press the keys one time only. If you press them more than once, a keyboard error occurs and the process has to be initiated again.

Click Restore button or press Tab key to highlight Restore and press Enter..A message appears advising all data will be lost. Click the Confirm button or press the Tab key to highlight Confirm and press Enter. The Progress window appears. Once the process is begun, Dell PC Restore usually takes 8 to 10 minutes to complete. Restore is complete when the message "The system recovery process was successful" appears. Click the Finish button or press the Tab key to highlight Finish and press Enter. The computer will restart. Your software is now as it was when Dell shipped it from the factory.

Perform Windows Update after Installing Windows® XP to obtain security patches, fixes, and help protect you from unauthorized Internet attacks. This is a clean install. Any third party programs can be removed with Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs utility.

If you do not have a PC Restore Partition, and wish to do a clean install, you will need the Dell XP Reinstallation CD, chipset drivers, audio drivers, video drivers, etc. Press F12 at Dell logo, select CD as boot drive and boot from Reinstallation CD, Select Install Windows, partition the drive however you like, and install XP. Once XP is up and running, you will need to install chipset drivers first, followed by audio, video, network card, etc drivers in any order.

Tony

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