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    Reseting M1530 to factory setttings

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by visionz_, Jan 7, 2008.

  1. visionz_

    visionz_ Notebook Enthusiast

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    How would I go about doing this? Do I just change the Drive number of the recovery partition to C and the other one do E or something else? I want to restore it to factory settings and destroy all other data.

    Cheers
     
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    deathpenalty Notebook Consultant

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    You have to restore the .wim image.
     
    deathpenalty, Jan 7, 2008
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    chelet Notebook Deity

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    http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/xpsm1530/en/OM/trouble.htm

    Way down near the bottom of the page is a section on
    "Restoring the Computer to the Default Factory Configuration"

     
    chelet, Jan 7, 2008
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    visionz_ Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm stuck at step 3. There is no "Repair Your Computer" option in the Advanced Boot Options menu.
     
    visionz_, Jan 8, 2008
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