Solved Cant Restore

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I have a dell studio xps 8100 and I can't find the restore option when starting up. When it starts up all i have are these two which do not give me anything.
F2 - Advanced Menu
F12 - Boot Menu

I want to reinstall my whole computer, wipe everything and restore it to factory settings.
Please help!
I have a
Dell Studio XPS 8100
Also I have
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz6GB DDR3ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Studio XPS 8100
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
Memory
6GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB
Monitor(s) Displays
2
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 ea
Hard Drives
x1 250GB HDD Slate Hard Drive
PSU
350 Watt
Case
Studio XPS Case
Cooling
None
Keyboard
Dell STUDIO Ultimate Game Keyboard
Mouse
C633N Dell Mouse
You need to tap the F8 key repeatedly at boot. Dont just press and hold, concentrate and keep tapping till you get the Advanced boot options. Then choose repair my computer, in the next screen there should be dell restore option.

FYI, you can also do this via datasafe. Open dell datasafe via start menu- all programs-dell datasafe. Click on Restore, then choose the option that lets you factory restore.

Make sure you back up critical data before doing all this.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Too many to describe...
OS
Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
All my data has already been backed up. Also I jam the F8 key at least 30 times at the boot menu and nothing happens.
Any ideas?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz6GB DDR3ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Studio XPS 8100
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
Memory
6GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB
Monitor(s) Displays
2
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 ea
Hard Drives
x1 250GB HDD Slate Hard Drive
PSU
350 Watt
Case
Studio XPS Case
Cooling
None
Keyboard
Dell STUDIO Ultimate Game Keyboard
Mouse
C633N Dell Mouse
What about dell datasafe, you tried that? Also, if you have created recovery disks, just boot from those, they'll take you through recovery.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Too many to describe...
OS
Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
Nevermind, I got it to work! Im posting from my other computer.
Right now it just finished applying the backup image, and now it will restore, woot!
Thank you Bill2.
+++Rep for you
;)

Edit: Its done! :o
That was really fast, just like 5 minutes!
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz6GB DDR3ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Studio XPS 8100
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
Memory
6GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB
Monitor(s) Displays
2
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 ea
Hard Drives
x1 250GB HDD Slate Hard Drive
PSU
350 Watt
Case
Studio XPS Case
Cooling
None
Keyboard
Dell STUDIO Ultimate Game Keyboard
Mouse
C633N Dell Mouse
what did you do to fix it ?
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

windows 7 home premium 64 bit
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
xps 15 l502x
OS
windows 7 home premium 64 bit
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