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XPS 13 Setup and Specifications

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Reinstall Windows using a USB recovery drive

  • CAUTION: This process formats the hard drive and removes all data on your computer. Ensure that you back up data on your computer before beginning this task.
  • NOTE: Before reinstalling Windows, ensure your computer has more than 2 GB of memory and more than 32 GB of storage space.
  1. Connect the USB recovery drive to your computer.
  2. Restart your computer.
  3. Press F12 after the Dell logo is displayed on the screen to access the boot menu. A Preparing one-time boot menu message appears.
  4. After the boot menu loads, select the USB recovery device under UEFI BOOT. The system reboots and a screen to Choose the keyboard layout is displayed.
  5. Choose your keyboard layout.
  6. In the Choose an option screen, click Troubleshoot.
  7. Click Recover from a drive.
  8. Choose one of the following options:
    • Just remove my files to do a quick format.
    • Fully clean the drive to do a complete format.
  9. Click Recover to start the recovery process. This will take several minutes to complete and your computer will restart during this process.

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