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    Dell restore

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Hasty, Apr 21, 2010.

  1. Hasty

    Hasty Newbie

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    cannot access the Dell back to factory condition in my young daughters Inspiron 6400, Ctrl - F11 I get no response except a load bleeping, is there any other way of accessing it?
    regards
    Ray
     
    Hasty, Apr 21, 2010
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  2. Razor2

    Razor2 Notebook Deity

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    Is the partition still there?
     
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  3. Hasty

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    there's a D partition I think it is called recovery.
     
    Hasty, Apr 21, 2010
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  4. OneCool

    OneCool I AM NUMBER 67

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    Reboot your computer.Directly when the system reboots hit F12 repeatedly.

    It gives you a "What do you want to boot from" choose "diagnostic's"

    After the system does the diagnostics it should give you a choice if you want to boot from System Repair.
     
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