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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Setup and Deployment / April 2007Restore Factory Settings
I just bought a laptop (secondhand) it is a Dell Inspiron e1505. It originally came with Vista Home Premium. The previous owner installed XP Pro. I would like to restore back to Vista. There is only one hard drive that was partitioned into four. One of them, drive D, consists of a recovery restore utility - Dell Factory Image Restore. The instructions are to use F8 after boot and goto Windows Advanced Boot Options select the option "Repair My Computer". However I do not have that option. I have clicked on the app just to see. But I get an error window - it is blank except for "error". I am assuming because I am on that drive and have windows already open and it wants to reformat the drive. I have seen the hidden file that has the info it is 4.21 GB and it is a WIM file. How can I restore without doing so through Windows Advanced Boot Options? Any help would be much appreciated! >I just bought a laptop (secondhand) it is a Dell Inspiron e1505. It > originally came with Vista Home Premium. The previous owner installed XP [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Any help would be much appreciated! Personally, I'd go to the Dell Support site first, if I really wanted to reinstall the OEM OS from scratch, and the restore image is intact. After all, they built the thing to start with. They have tons of articles on how to restore these.  Signature--- Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your service! "Google is your Friend" http://www.google.com Thanks for the reply, unfortunately they were no help - I tried them first and figured I'd ask here. I have always gotten the best advice here! I was told to do a system restore - none saved the original was Vista I was told to do the F8 option in detail from the tech, when he finished I replied I don’t have that option. His reply was "I would just follow above steps”. Thanks again for the advice. > >I just bought a laptop (secondhand) it is a Dell Inspiron e1505. It > > originally came with Vista Home Premium. The previous owner installed XP [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > all, they built the thing to start with. They have tons of articles on how > to restore these. |
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