Here is my web blog ; Anonymous Hi i am trying to restore my dell inspirin n7010 to factory setting i did the back up thru dell data safe then clicked restore it told me to restart computer to automatically start restoring process so once it has started back up windows is loading files appeared and has stayed like that for 20mins now does it take that long or should i restart and try a different way? Similar help and support threads Thread Forum was told to post this here instaed of installation ans set up. Click on the Confirm button to proceed. I can't wait until it's back to the original system so I can give it to my little cousin for his Christmas present. Is there any way I can restore my pc to factory image???? Press the down arrow to select Repair Your Computer on the Advanced Boot Options menu, then press Enter. Nice this 3 year old post is still active and helping people.
Got nearly to the end of factory image but came up error. . We use the computer mostly for games Internet and pictures. Hello Saurabh I bought the new dell studio 1558 but when i tried to install partition magic 8 my system crashed , i somehow managed to re install the system , but in tht i lost the option of dell data recovery drive frm the control pannel , i used a data recovery soft from Hiren's,boot cd to recover the above mention factory. Any normal collection of drivers would get out of date very quickly. Further, there are also no collaterals associated with these loans.
I tried to install w7 by myself, but I could not get the webcam to work, or bluray disk, and a couple of other features. Anonymous Can anyone help me please. Anonymous This option worked for me. Keep ending up with an error screen when trying the factory image reset. No Diagnostics utility Partition identified. It has been sat with a flashing cursor for more than 1 hour. Specify the language settings that you want, and then click Next.
You can also get Recovery discs from this site. People today merely demand filling an on the internet form and once this gets authorized money is received inside 24 hours time frame. Select that option and follow the screens. Note that if neither option works, this may be an indication that your laptop's factory image defaults partition have vanished i. But there is a hidden recovery partition intact, I haven't touched that. Use your arrows key to go up and down through the screen list. Select the top left hand option to burn image file to disk and then on the next window click on the small yellow folder icon and browse to the file you have downloaded from the links below.
Select a keyboard layout and click Next. This process may take up to 10 minutes. Click to select the check box for Yes, reformat hard drive and restore system software to factory condition. They are just being cheap and not caring about their customers. Some Dell series models like the Inspiron Mini 9 or the Vostro A90 do not support a restore process to factory settings because these models do not have a F11 key.
I'm currently trying to restore it to it's original manufacture settings, but the f8 or cntrlf11 isn't working. I did do the bios but not sure if I did it right. As the computer starts, press the F8 key until the Advanced Boot Options menu appears on the screen. Ive had a look around the internet on forums, and come across options to restore via command prompt. Anonymous Helping a friend with a new hard drive. But i must admit that the info was really really helpful. I have a dell inspiron 1545 also and i think mine came with either vista or windows 7.
No in my computer there are three partitions viz 1. When the Dell logo appears, press several times to access the Advanced Boot Options Window. If you apply the image to a drive with an existing windows installation, all your data would remain as is. Some would simply require us for! This should make the system to boot into recovery options automatically. I was unable to perform a clone but was able to clone the recovery partition. Select the proper choices on the next couple of screens and you're well on your way to a true Factory System Recovery.
I've tried to format the c drive but I get a message that states System Partition is not allowed to be formatted. The computer is restored to the default factory configuration. . I have a Dell Inspiron N5040. Do you have any suggestion for me, plz? If this is your first backup, it will create the full backup after clicking Save. Click to select the check box for Yes, reformat hard drive and restore system software to factory condition.
Walk away for 10 mins after entering the command. Preferably in the root location as you won't have to type as much to launch it. Onllyrics f2 and f12 seem to be responding. That kept giving me a blank error when reformatting my hard drive. I struggled for a solution for 2 days until I reached your post with this Dos prompt command - imagex. Now my windows will not load at all. Could work out what to do with all these third party dos recovery cd's, linux installs etc.