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Posted by D. Kollaric on October 20, 2007, 12:28 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:11:14 -0400 Terry hit the keyboard to produce the
following:
> wrote:
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>>>I have looked through my disks and I don't have a dell system disk?
>>> I found one disk with Dell on it. It is for reinstalling Cyberlink
>>> PowerDVD
>>> I was looking at the Dell help files and I found instructions for
>>> Restoring my computer to factory state. The instructions don't
>>> mention a disk. Can my PC be restored to factory settings without a
>>> disk? Should I have another disk from Dell?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your time
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>>hold Ctrl+F11 at start up that takes you to restore. All the info is held on
>>a separate partition (so long as the HD is original and Dell supplied it
>>this way) on the hard drive.
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>>http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixes.htm
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> Will I have to do any XP activation for XP home that was included with
> the laptop?
>
> Thanks
Sure, after each install of XP you've got to do this. At least this is
what I saw on a PC of a friend of mine, when I replaced his HDD. Without
activation the OS is only useable for 30 days or so. I had the PC two days
and I saw the message....
HTH....
Dragomir Kollaric
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I use Windows exclusively.......
........ to change the cartridge for my printer,
as this is the ONLY job I'll trust it with, but nothing else.
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