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    Dell's new F8 system restore

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jim6172, Jul 7, 2007.

  1. jim6172

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    what do you think of dells new system F8 restore?
     
    jim6172, Jul 7, 2007
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    I know of system restore, but not about " F8 System Restore". What does it do?
     
    larson, Jul 7, 2007
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  3. jim6172

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    you fire up the computer press f8 like you are going into safe mode one of the choices is restore when it comes up you have somewherfe around 5 or 6 choices the 3 i can remember are restore using windows restore, restore using dells restore partition or re-image.
    its kinda neat its built with windows preinstall environment and seems to work pretty well
    jim
     
    jim6172, Jul 7, 2007
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    Sounds good to me :D.
     
    larson, Jul 7, 2007
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    Does Dell still ship the system with the OS Disc, now that they have the built in partition restores?

    I recall HP does the same thing with the Partition and sadly, they don't ship with the OS Disc...only a recovery disc.
    I'd much rather have the OS Disc to format than having a partition to restore back to factory settings.
     
    Znender, Jul 7, 2007
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  6. jim6172

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    as of 2 weeks ago my work m1210 came with vista business disk and all programs, antivirus roxio and driver dvd along with media direct dvd so i guess the answer is yes it does
    jim
     
    jim6172, Jul 7, 2007
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    Oh, then that'd be great.
    At least Dell is giving the OS Disc along with the partition unlike other OEMs.
     
    Znender, Jul 7, 2007
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    I dont have the F8 option on my M1210.
     
    RichTJ99, Jul 17, 2007
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  9. jim6172

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    f8 is where you go into safe mode it is part of windows, by pressing f8 before windows boots (after bios screen) you have numerous choices one of them is restore my system at least its that way until you format and reinstall o/s then all you have is repair and windows restore
    jim
     
    jim6172, Jul 17, 2007
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    FYI, the F8 restore is only for Vista machines. The other system restore (CTRL + F11) is for XP machines.
     
    Habibus, Jul 17, 2007
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    When I had my Dimension 4700 and pressed F8 or whichever brought up the boot manager it gave the option for booting from HD, CD, and also recovery partition. Nothing new, the first thing I did was delete that partition and reformat.
     
    inscape01, Jul 18, 2007
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    I have a vista machine. Is this F8 feature on that main page (safe mode, boot normal, etc)?
     
    RichTJ99, Jul 19, 2007
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    it is on mine (vista Business)
    jim
     
    jim6172, Jul 19, 2007
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    My HP with Vista has this ability, too.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Jul 19, 2007
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    from what i was told from a tech at dell tx. its part of the preinstall of vista some oem installers use
    jim
     
    jim6172, Jul 19, 2007
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    gonna try this. having problems with incompatible drivers that i can't seem to get right. let u know how it goes.
     
    keonitonga, Apr 26, 2008
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    Worked like a charm less than 20 minutes till I was back up and running like a champ!
     
    keonitonga, Apr 26, 2008
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    Good to hear. That is one benefit of not wiping out the recovery partition.
     
    nizzy1115, Apr 27, 2008
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    I recently had to use the f8 restore option. I was having shutdown issues where it would just hang on shutdown. I was able to restore and voila computer shuts down now. I think it was an update that wouldn't install during shutdown.
     
    Amsterdamned, Apr 27, 2008
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