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    did i botch it up

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by samosa, May 17, 2008.

  1. samosa

    samosa Notebook Geek

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    I installed vista x64, but i kept the original partitions on the hard drive, anywayz i need to send the laptop back to dell but i cant seem to find the option to restore to factory setting,

    when i formatted the partition that had the install did i so something wrong rendering the restore image useless? i''ve tried F8 on boot but cannot find the option to get the image to run, any one point me in the right direction.

    tia
     
    samosa, May 17, 2008
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  2. kamehame

    kamehame Notebook Evangelist

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    You don't need to restore anything on the laptop if you are returning it. You could format it and send it in, they don't care.
     
    kamehame, May 17, 2008
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  3. samosa

    samosa Notebook Geek

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    kool,

    i did that and it's currently saying ntldr missing just thought they may get in a huff bout it,

    for future reference if i do the above will it be possible to restore?
     
    samosa, May 17, 2008
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  4. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    NTLDR is a system file and can be replaced by booting from a floppy and typing sys c:.A windows re install can also help in this case.
     
    The_Observer, May 17, 2008
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  5. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    The x64 Vista install probably wrote over the recovery partition boot info. Unless someone knows how to restore the boot information, you'll have to google it.
     
    surfasb, May 17, 2008
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  6. Signal2Noise

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    Just let Dell google it. ;)
     
    Signal2Noise, May 18, 2008
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