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    Xps 15 recovery question

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by cyclone93, Jul 5, 2011.

  1. cyclone93

    cyclone93 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm planning on doing a fresh install of windows on my laptop, it has a recovery partition I can't access. But if I do a fresh windows install will it remove my recovery partition so I won't be able to do a factory image recovery?
     
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    If you wipe out the recovery partition then yes you will not be able to use it. You can opt to leave it alone during the Windows install..
     
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    Make sure you create the Recovery Disc Set before you format your machine! If you do you can always recreate the recovery partition later from those discs. If you created them when you got the machine you may need to create a new set. Run the Dell DataSafe utility software. Choose the menu item and do a check for updates. Let it update the software. It'll update the stuff on the recovery partition also. Then create a new set of Recovery discs.
    -joe-
     
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    cyclone93 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok I messed up, I installed it on the same partition as the old windows install and left my recovery partition but if I do f8 there's no option for factory image recOvery???
     
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    cyclone93 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Please help me, I tries lots of things and they haven't worked T_T
     
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    cyclone93 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok I installed dell datasafe local and created recovery discs from my recovery partition, how do I use theM to restore factory image?
     
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    If you can't access the recovery partition from F8 then you need to boot from your recovery discs and reinstall everything.
     
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    How dO I boot from my recovery discs? I tried f12 at startup then Selected DVD/cd drive but it just started windows normally

    Nvm I figured out that I had to change the bios to put booting from disk drive to 1st priority so I can boot from recovery disk
     
    cyclone93, Jul 6, 2011
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