When ready, reboot and tap F8 until you see the Advanced Boot Options. Backup and Restore Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 15R 5520. This action restores your computer to its default settings. Next, you can just follow the prompts to restore your computer to factory condition. You may use the content from this blog in unaltered form. Finally, click finish to completely back up your important files and restore your Dell computer to factory settings.
If you are still able to backup, backup any important photos, documents or other data before attempting this process. Have all your data baked up and have plenty of time to do the exercise. I do see the Recovery E drive, therefore assuming it is still installed and functional. The recovery partition may not be available for your computer if it was deleted or overwritten somehow. Come on Dell, I know you can do better than this. His work has been published at thealestle.
Anonymous This helped me restore a Dell laptop vostro 3550 to a factory condition after a hard drive replacement. Dell now allows users to order a set of recovery disks to perform a system restore of their computer. Never interrupt the computer while the restoration process is taking place--this can interfere with it and cause files to not be installed properly, and you will have to restart the restoration from the beginning. If you have questions about Dell DataSafe Restore or other recovery options, please refer to our other While computers today are generally cheaper than models sold years ago, they still represent a major investment. What lt does is create a partition from unallocated space on your Windows Partition after seeing how much space is needed then alter the Boot Configuration file to allow a key press to start the recovery.
. Your files should be successfully backed up. My girlfriend gave me her laptop to fix. Alternatively, you can use the native Disk Management program to make sure the hidden partition is still there and hasn't been erased. What I can recommend it doing a complete image backup using or. I used Dell Datasafe to back up my files now I know I should have used an external drive to an emergency disk on my computer. The Dell may reboot itself several times during this process.
You can use to backup your files. Ranbe also has more than six years of professional information-technology experience, specializing in computer architecture, operating systems, networking, server administration, virtualization and Web design. Instructions on are also available. If this is your first backup, it will create the full backup after clicking Save. Your Windows should now start again.
As always, use Google wisely to gather more information before you do anything drastic. As you can see there are several different recovery options for your Dell; some are easy, some are drastic. I set the source to the Factory. I picked both and neither have the dell data safe recovery and emergency back up option. When you see the Dell logo, tap the F8 key until you access the Advanced Boot Options. On a Dell computer you can easily do a system recovery or restore on both the Windows operating system and the Dell system.
As the machine begins to boot, tap the F12. And there are other, arguably better ways to do that part. I have used it successfully on a Compaq laptop. Personally, I'll probably take the risk, I don't really like being held to ransom. When ready, reboot and tap F8 until you see the Advanced Boot Options. If you have any music, video, or other files you need, I would recommend backing these up before restoring to the factory settings. If Windows starts up, let the operating system load as normal before restarting the computer.
You can accept defaults and click Next. As you can see there are several different recovery options for your Dell; some are easy, some are drastic. To create the System Recovery media, turn on the computer and let it boot up. Be sure to create the recovery media as soon as you can and always perform routine backups of your important data. The Confirm Data Deletion screen appears.
I am not sure what the problem was, but I knew it was software or Windows related. The menu must be accessed before the Windows operating system launches. My most used products are all Dell. Click on the Restart now button. If you want to try any of them, use at your own risk and responsibility. Click through the restore options and go back to a date when you know the computer was working properly.