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    Dell XP + ctrl f11

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Amerika, Feb 22, 2009.

  1. Amerika

    Amerika Notebook Guru

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    I've had to use this method of reformatting once for my personal Dell XP computer a while ago. Now I'm trying to do it on someone else's Dell computer that has XP on it but for some reason it won't work. I hear 3 beeps but it still continues to start up. Anyone know any solutions for this?
     
    Amerika, Feb 22, 2009
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Are you trying to get to the one-time boot menu? That's F12, not F11. F2 is BIOS (where you could technically change the boot order as well) and F8 is Windows boot options.
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 22, 2009
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    How many partitions does your friend have? Dell Restoration might choke when there are more than the original 2.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Feb 22, 2009
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  4. Amerika

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    Commander, not the boot menu. ctrl+f11 is supposed to take you to some other screen in where you confirm if you want to reformat or not.

    ghn, there's only 1.
     
    Amerika, Feb 22, 2009
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    Possibility that your friend no longer has the recovery partition? Can you verify it?

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Feb 22, 2009
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