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    Reformatting my 1520

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by pacini11, Jan 24, 2009.

  1. pacini11

    pacini11 Newbie

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    i am having some problems with my 1520 and i was wondering how to go about reformatting it back to "new"?
     
    pacini11, Jan 24, 2009
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    gryffin53 Notebook Guru

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    have you tried pressing ctrl+f11 while booting? dell has a hidden partition with an image of the laptop when you bought it normally..
     
    gryffin53, Jan 25, 2009
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  3. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

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    To new as in factory install or new as in fresh install? You should use the restore DVD to bring the computer to a fresh install state.
     
    atbnet, Jan 25, 2009
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