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Restoring
I want to restore my Dell Inspiron D531 back to its original condition.
I have read and tried several things with no luck.
I have a "Reinstallation DVD Windows VIsa Home Premium 32BIT that came with my computer. Should this work?
I started my computer with the DVD installed, pressed F12. The following came up:
"No Boot device availabe"
What should I do?
Thank you for any advice or help.
Jesse L (retired)
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Posted July 9th, 2008 11:00
jadams92,
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
Does is say to strike F1 or F2 at that point?Jesse L (retired)
Have you tried pressing F8 prior to Vista loading?
Backup all of your important data and files. Reboot your system and press F8 repeatedly before Vista loads until you see a text screen menu of choices. There should be one there called "Repair Your Computer". Select this option and you will see a menu of choices and the one you want is the Dell PCRestore. This will wipe your C drive and restore your system to factory software and settings.
Davet50
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Posted July 9th, 2008 11:00
Are you booting from the DVD?
You have to not boot from the DVD but select it after the bios screen by pressing the F12 key