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    Does XPS17 L502X have a image recovery option?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by owlservice, Apr 16, 2011.

  1. owlservice

    owlservice Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,

    I have had a little mishap with my Dell installation of Windows 7 and ant to do a Dell Factory Image Restore but I don't appear to be able to.

    I F8 and select 'Repair your computer' and then 'System recovery options' but Dell Factory Image Restore is not there. I still have the recovery and OEM partitions on my drive so am dumbfounded why the restore option is not there.

    Any ideas if there is another way to activate ell Factory Image Restore?

    Thanks,
    Karl
     
    owlservice, Apr 16, 2011
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  2. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    It's supposed to be there in Repair my Computer. Looks like your recovery partition is hosed.

    Can you still create recovery media?
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Apr 16, 2011
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  3. dereksurfs

    dereksurfs Notebook Geek

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    Do you have the Dell backup disks, one for the OS and the other for the drivers? You really don't need the partition if you have the disks. And if not you can order them from Dell here: Dell - Support.

    Most of the time when I reformat a new system I get rid of those original partitions anyway. You just need the OS & Drivers which can be downloaded from Dell's website.

    Derek
     
    dereksurfs, Apr 17, 2011
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    thumper300zx Notebook Geek

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    Agreed -- if the drives weren't so big these days, I'd zap the restore partition, too -- but as it is, it's there for giggles.
     
    thumper300zx, Apr 17, 2011
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