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    Restoring to Factory Settings?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Grannygamer, Jun 8, 2009.

  1. Grannygamer

    Grannygamer Notebook Geek

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    Perhaps I should hit the Dell Forums for this question but folks here have been so knowledgeable in the past, this was the first place I thought to ask.

    I've had a 1330 for about a year now. I don't use it very much; it's more a backup machine and the occasional Skype to grandkids. Been having a problem with being unable to use windows update; keeps getting an 8007005 error. Googling reveals a lot of folks with the same problem, some different fixes, and mixed success stories. I've tried several of the fixes with no luck and probably made things worse than they were before (now Defender won't update).

    Thinking I'd just as soon restore to the original factory settings and rebuild from there. In the olden days, I know Dell used to have a zztop quick restore type thing. Can anyone direct me to the correct procedure now?

    Thanks so much!
     
    Grannygamer, Jun 8, 2009
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  2. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    backup your data

    press F12 when booting to go to the boot selection manual....

    i think there's an option for recovery... (can't check with mine because my GPU's dead....)
     
    paper_wastage, Jun 8, 2009
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  3. GadgetBoi

    GadgetBoi Notebook Evangelist

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    We covered this a couple of days back, different system but same process:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=4899720&postcount=6
     
    GadgetBoi, Jun 8, 2009
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  4. Grannygamer

    Grannygamer Notebook Geek

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    Thanks very much, guys. Will attempt it when I have a chunk of time. Appreciate the guidance.
     
    Grannygamer, Jun 9, 2009
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