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    Recovery Partition. HELP

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by skullpnuk, Feb 26, 2012.

  1. skullpnuk

    skullpnuk Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a xps 15 l502x and just a few days ago i called dell to complain about some touchpad and graphic card issues that i faced even with a clean format using the dell recovery partition. the guy told me that maybe my recovery partition in the hdd is corrupted and i should try reformatting with the cds that i created. i tried that and it was the wrong thing to do as my cds themselves were no good as they never went past 50%. i then used a windows 7 home premium cd that i have and installed that os in my hdd. can i just know how can i possibly get to reformat my hdd to its factory state as i still have the recovery partition intact.

    thanks in advance
     
    skullpnuk, Feb 26, 2012
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  2. maze11

    maze11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    restart the laptop and keep tapping the f8 key. Repair, then choose dell image. Proceed with the image recovery, but remember you lose all your data on that drive.
     
    maze11, Feb 26, 2012
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