Restore dell inspiron to factory settings

theog · 17 Apr 2012

Your Dell Recovery Partition has been DELETED.
You can order Recovery Disks from Dell.
Dell - Support

bbyaimz · 17 Apr 2012

no i never made any recovery discs

ignatzatsonic · 17 Apr 2012

bbyaimz said:

no i never made any recovery discs

Then order them or download the ISO and reinstall from it.

bbyaimz · 17 Apr 2012

if i order a disc dont i have to have dell datasafe local on my computer to do it

ignatzatsonic · 17 Apr 2012

bbyaimz said:

if i order a disc dont i have to have dell datasafe local on my computer to do it

I doubt it, but why don't you ask Dell?

bbyaimz · 17 Apr 2012

ok thank you

kegobeer · 17 Apr 2012

To answer the question you started in another thread: visit Dell.com and download all the drivers and software for your laptop, then save them to a USB drive. Install Windows 7. Install the drivers and software you downloaded. Visit Windows Update and install all updates.

Or, call Dell and request a restore disc - that should restore your Dell to factory, without needing to install any drivers yourself.

ignatzatsonic · 17 Apr 2012

To answer the question you tried to ask in your other thread that was closed.

You can't use a Windows installation disk to restore to factory settings.

A Windows installation disk will give you a fresh installation. That is NOT the same thing as restoring to factory settings.

bbyaimz · 17 Apr 2012

Can you restore laptops to factory settings using windows 7 disc if so how??

kegobeer · 17 Apr 2012

bbyaimz said:

Can you restore laptops to factory settings using windows 7 disc if so how??

See the above posts.