reset toFactory Settings Inspiron 1720
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From: BK on 5 Oct 2009 07:43 Hi All I am trying to revert my 1720 back to the factory settings. I am using Windows Vista home premium I have followed the instructions from the manual ie: From f8 at start 3 Press <Down Arrow> to select Repair Your Computer on the Advanced Boot Options menu, and then press <Enter>. 4 Specify the language settings that you want, and then click Next. 5 Log in as a user who has administrative credentials, and then click OK. 6 Click Dell Factory Image Restore. I cant find this,among the options all it gives me is "OTHER " and it wont open this tool I have the Dell Recovery on a D: drive but I don't know how to open it, as it is a wim file. I also have the Vista reinstallation cd Any and all help appreciated BRIAN co
From: Pen on 5 Oct 2009 16:12 BK wrote: > Hi All I am trying to revert my 1720 back to the factory settings. > I am using Windows Vista home premium > I have followed the instructions from the manual ie: > From f8 at start > 3 Press <Down Arrow> to select Repair Your Computer on the Advanced > > Boot Options menu, and then press <Enter>. > > 4 Specify the language settings that you want, and then click Next. > > 5 Log in as a user who has administrative credentials, and then click OK. > > 6 Click Dell Factory Image Restore. > > I cant find this,among the options all it gives me is "OTHER " and it wont > open this tool > > I have the Dell Recovery on a D: drive but I don't know how to open it, as > it is a wim file. > > I also have the Vista reinstallation cd > > Any and all help appreciated > > BRIAN > > > > co > Did you do it this way? NOTE: You must press the <F8> key before the Windows logo appears on the screen. If you press <F8> after the Windows logo appears on the screen, the Advanced Boot Options menu will not appear on the screen. If you do not see the Advanced Boot Options menu, restart the computer, and then repeat this step until you see the menu on the screen.
From: BK on 5 Oct 2009 12:37 "Pen" <nospam(a)nospam.net> wrote in message news:had5td$hc3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > BK wrote: >> Hi All I am trying to revert my 1720 back to the factory settings. >> I am using Windows Vista home premium >> I have followed the instructions from the manual ie: >> From f8 at start >> 3 Press <Down Arrow> to select Repair Your Computer on the Advanced >> >> Boot Options menu, and then press <Enter>. >> >> 4 Specify the language settings that you want, and then click Next. >> >> 5 Log in as a user who has administrative credentials, and then click OK. >> >> 6 Click Dell Factory Image Restore. >> >> I cant find this,among the options all it gives me is "OTHER " and it >> wont open this tool >> >> I have the Dell Recovery on a D: drive but I don't know how to open it, >> as it is a wim file. >> >> I also have the Vista reinstallation cd >> >> Any and all help appreciated >> >> BRIAN >> >> >> >> Did you do it this way? > NOTE: You must press the <F8> key before the Windows logo appears on the > screen. If you press <F8> after the Windows logo appears on the screen, > the > Advanced Boot Options menu will not appear on the screen. If you do not > see > the Advanced Boot Options menu, restart the computer, and then repeat this > step until you see the menu on the screen. Hi Yes got right through to the point where I should have the Dell image restore icon but it isnt there just an icon for other that doesnt open BK
From: Pen on 5 Oct 2009 13:37 BK wrote: > "Pen" <nospam(a)nospam.net> wrote in message > news:had5td$hc3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> BK wrote: >>> Hi All I am trying to revert my 1720 back to the factory settings. >>> I am using Windows Vista home premium >>> I have followed the instructions from the manual ie: >>> From f8 at start >>> 3 Press <Down Arrow> to select Repair Your Computer on the Advanced >>> >>> Boot Options menu, and then press <Enter>. >>> >>> 4 Specify the language settings that you want, and then click Next. >>> >>> 5 Log in as a user who has administrative credentials, and then click OK. >>> >>> 6 Click Dell Factory Image Restore. >>> >>> I cant find this,among the options all it gives me is "OTHER " and it >>> wont open this tool >>> >>> I have the Dell Recovery on a D: drive but I don't know how to open it, >>> as it is a wim file. >>> >>> I also have the Vista reinstallation cd >>> >>> Any and all help appreciated >>> >>> BRIAN >>> >>> >>> >>> Did you do it this way? >> NOTE: You must press the <F8> key before the Windows logo appears on the >> screen. If you press <F8> after the Windows logo appears on the screen, >> the >> Advanced Boot Options menu will not appear on the screen. If you do not >> see >> the Advanced Boot Options menu, restart the computer, and then repeat this >> step until you see the menu on the screen. > > Hi > Yes got right through to the point where I should have the Dell image > restore icon but it isnt there just an icon for other that doesnt open > BK > > Then your only other option seems to be to use the windows install disk, which Dell provided you with. There also should vbe a drivers disk. It seems the restore partition is corrupt or not there.
From: BK on 5 Oct 2009 14:42
"Pen" <nospam(a)nospam.net> wrote in message news:hadasu$uo6$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > BK wrote: >> "Pen" <nospam(a)nospam.net> wrote in message >> news:had5td$hc3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> BK wrote: >>>> Hi All I am trying to revert my 1720 back to the factory settings. >>>> I am using Windows Vista home premium >>>> I have followed the instructions from the manual ie: >>>> From f8 at start >>>> 3 Press <Down Arrow> to select Repair Your Computer on the Advanced >>>> >>>> Boot Options menu, and then press <Enter>. >>>> >>>> 4 Specify the language settings that you want, and then click Next. >>>> >>>> 5 Log in as a user who has administrative credentials, and then click >>>> OK. >>>> >>>> 6 Click Dell Factory Image Restore. >>>> >>>> I cant find this,among the options all it gives me is "OTHER " and it >>>> wont open this tool >>>> >>>> I have the Dell Recovery on a D: drive but I don't know how to open it, >>>> as it is a wim file. >>>> >>>> I also have the Vista reinstallation cd >>>> >>>> Any and all help appreciated >>>> >>>> BRIAN >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Did you do it this way? >>> NOTE: You must press the <F8> key before the Windows logo appears on the >>> screen. If you press <F8> after the Windows logo appears on the screen, >>> the >>> Advanced Boot Options menu will not appear on the screen. If you do not >>> see >>> the Advanced Boot Options menu, restart the computer, and then repeat >>> this >>> step until you see the menu on the screen. >> >> Hi >> Yes got right through to the point where I should have the Dell image >> restore icon but it isnt there just an icon for other that doesnt open >> BK >> >> > Then your only other option seems to be to use the windows install disk, > which > Dell provided you with. There also should vbe a drivers disk. It seems the > restore > partition is corrupt or not there. Cheers I know the recovery partition is on the D drive But as you say It may be a clean install Thanks again Bk |