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    please help !! i have a Q

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by waleed40044, Feb 6, 2009.

  1. waleed40044

    waleed40044 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hello everybody

    i really liked the spec. of the new Dell XPS studio 1640

    i have HP and i know that if i want to format it all what i have to do is to go to the recovery manager in the program list and do it from there to restore the image (original sitting when came from the factory) it does the format and reinstall of everything automatically

    i want to know if Dell comes with something like that. do they have a recovery partition like HP? does it have a recovery manager?

    please help.

    thanks
     
    waleed40044, Feb 6, 2009
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    When you restore your HP using your recovery software, you're not really "formatting" it. You're simply loading a disk image that reflects the machine's software configuration out of the factory. That being said, Dell does have a system that allows you to restore your computer to its factory settings, though I don't think too many people here use it.
     
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    camf1217 Notebook Consultant

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    i have a dell and it comes with the disks you need to restore it, mines 3years old so they might have something on the hdd now like hp.

    hope your experience with dell is better than mine, i will never buy a dell again
     
    camf1217, Feb 6, 2009
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    waleed40044 Notebook Enthusiast

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    well i didn't buy the dell yet
    iam thinking of it though

    i will really appreciate it if someone can tell me if dell have soething like what hp has
     
    waleed40044, Feb 6, 2009
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  5. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    I just said that they do...
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 6, 2009
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    answer to your question: yes they do, they also include recovery discs.

    In my opinion, HP offers nice price and performance, but their design sucks. If you ask me to separate their laptops into class/model I can never do it. Why? most of their design seems to be the same. so again, HP is kind of bad when it comes to designing....just my opinion though
     
    wlfng2005, Feb 7, 2009
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