How do i restore my dell to factory settings?

junglist_soldier · 06-02-2005, 07:30 PM

Hey every1 i want to restore my Dell computer to how i got it wen i bought it. how do i go about doing this

Byteman · 06-02-2005, 07:39 PM

look for the Restore cd it came with. put it in and reboot the computer. it will guide you through. (oh, and if you do a format & restore, you will loose everything you have not backedup... pics, docs, etc...). Dell also gives you a drivers cd, that is for after the restore process is done. They may give you an apps cd too, you will want to pick and choose which apps to put on.

junglist_soldier · 06-02-2005, 07:41 PM

cant find the restore cd. I want to delete everything from my hard drive and just get it back to how it was wen i bought it. ive got so many viruses and spyware on it, its just rediculous

junglist_soldier · 06-02-2005, 07:43 PM

ok so ive just found my dell reinstallation of windiws xp cd, is that what i want?

Byteman · 06-02-2005, 07:59 PM

that should restore yoru computer (Windows), but without the drivers cd, you may or may not be able to get all your drivers up again, (depends also if you have Internet access to download any missing ones after the restore).

junglist_soldier · 06-02-2005, 08:00 PM

damn the cd aint working it say it cant run because the cd is an older versioon of windows than that on my computer. Has it got anything to do with microsoft Service Pack 2

Byteman · 06-02-2005, 08:03 PM

did you reboot to the cd, and choose to format and retore?

junglist_soldier · 06-02-2005, 08:07 PM

wen i restartted the computer with the cd in the drive nothing happened , windows just started up again

lynx6200 · 06-02-2005, 08:08 PM

Go to your bios (press "del" as the computer starts up) and change the the order of your boot devices so that the cd rom is your first boot device.

junglist_soldier · 06-02-2005, 08:36 PM

ok so im now in the setup process. Theres only 1 partition to which i can install it on and that 1 has all my file s on it already. i can only install a new windiws on this partition. how can i delete this partition and create a new partiotn and install it on that?

06-02-2005, 07:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
junglist_soldier Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: LOndon, Essex Age: 21 Posts: 118	How do i restore my dell to factory settings? Hey every1 i want to restore my Dell computer to how i got it wen i bought it. how do i go about doing this

06-02-2005, 07:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Byteman Malware Destroyer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hurricane Heaven... still Posts: 1,093	look for the Restore cd it came with. put it in and reboot the computer. it will guide you through. (oh, and if you do a format & restore, you will loose everything you have not backedup... pics, docs, etc...). Dell also gives you a drivers cd, that is for after the restore process is done. They may give you an apps cd too, you will want to pick and choose which apps to put on. __________________ Don't byte off more than you can chew...

06-02-2005, 07:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
Byteman Malware Destroyer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hurricane Heaven... still Posts: 1,093	that should restore yoru computer (Windows), but without the drivers cd, you may or may not be able to get all your drivers up again, (depends also if you have Internet access to download any missing ones after the restore). __________________ Don't byte off more than you can chew...

06-02-2005, 08:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
Byteman Malware Destroyer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hurricane Heaven... still Posts: 1,093	did you reboot to the cd, and choose to format and retore? __________________ Don't byte off more than you can chew...

06-02-2005, 08:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
lynx6200 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NC Age: 26 Posts: 791	Go to your bios (press "del" as the computer starts up) and change the the order of your boot devices so that the cd rom is your first boot device. __________________ [size=2][size=1][color=DarkGreen][color=Navy] CoolerMaster Case Asus A8N SLI- Deluxe AMD athlon 64 3400+ 1GB Ultra DDR ram XFX 7600 GT 256mb videe 230GB SATA HD Combo drive

06-02-2005, 07:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
junglist_soldier Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: LOndon, Essex Age: 21 Posts: 118	cant find the restore cd. I want to delete everything from my hard drive and just get it back to how it was wen i bought it. ive got so many viruses and spyware on it, its just rediculous

06-02-2005, 07:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
junglist_soldier Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: LOndon, Essex Age: 21 Posts: 118	ok so ive just found my dell reinstallation of windiws xp cd, is that what i want?

06-02-2005, 08:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
junglist_soldier Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: LOndon, Essex Age: 21 Posts: 118	damn the cd aint working it say it cant run because the cd is an older versioon of windows than that on my computer. Has it got anything to do with microsoft Service Pack 2

06-02-2005, 08:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
junglist_soldier Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: LOndon, Essex Age: 21 Posts: 118	wen i restartted the computer with the cd in the drive nothing happened , windows just started up again

06-02-2005, 08:36 PM	#10 (permalink)
junglist_soldier Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: LOndon, Essex Age: 21 Posts: 118	ok so im now in the setup process. Theres only 1 partition to which i can install it on and that 1 has all my file s on it already. i can only install a new windiws on this partition. how can i delete this partition and create a new partiotn and install it on that?

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