Solved Dell Data restore windows seven home premium Dell inspiron n5110?

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Friends, I have dell inspiron n5110. It had geniune windows 7 home premium. There was dell data restore option in F8 boot menu option to restore my windows. a week ago i installed new windows 7. i didnt deleted recovery partition on my computer but there in no more option of dell data restore in f8 boot menu. Kindly help me to restore my windows. Plz help..... If there is any way to do it using comand prompt or any other way to restore that option in f8. Plz reply..
 

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Windows 7 Home premium
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Dell Inspiron N5110
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Windows 7 Home premium
Hi,

Post a screen capture image of your Disk Management screen.

Regards,
Golden
 

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PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Golden Mk. I.4
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Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
CPU
Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory
16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
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EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
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Realtek Integrated
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Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution
1920*1080 and 1920*1080
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1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
1*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB;
2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
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Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
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Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
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Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
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Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX518
Mmmm. Where has your System Reserved gone? I speak under correction, but I think thats where the F8 option was stored.

You need a bit more help than I can offer - I'll see if Greg is available to help.
 

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Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Cha...EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Golden Mk. I.4
OS
Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
CPU
Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz O/C'ed to 4.0GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory
16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card
Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution
1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Hard Drives
1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
1*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB;
2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case
Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling
Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Keyboard
Logitech G110
Mouse
Logitech MX518
According to your screen shot you still have your hidden recovery partition. Does Dell have some recovery app to restore the computer to factory condition, like most retail makers do.
 

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Custom built
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-MA790X-DS4
Memory
GSkill 4 X 2 GB PC 8500
Graphics Card(s)
XFX Radeon HD 6790 D
Sound Card
On board RealTek HD
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Dual monitors:Samsung SyncMaster S20B300
Screen Resolution
1600 X 900
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (primary)
Seagate Barracuda 2 X 320 GB
PSU
Ultra X4 750 watt fully modular
Case
Thermaltake Overseer RX 1 full tower
Cooling
Core-Contact 92 mm CPU Cooler
Keyboard
Logitech G510
Mouse
Razor DeathAdder
Internet Speed
50/5 Mbps UL/DL
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Optical: Super Muliti DVD burner w/lightscribe, Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800
Dell datasafe local backup. I have installed it but still no option is there
 

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Windows 7 Home premium
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Dell Inspiron N5110
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Windows 7 Home premium
As explained in Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 in the Special Note for Dell Owners, when you clean reinstall to C it destroys the bootable hotlink to Factory Recovery.

There are two ways you can try to restore the link to Recovery now: try restoring Dell Recovery Partition F8 link or if you need to boot Recovery you can try to Boot Recovery Partition using EasyBCD.

I see two other things about your HD:

You have abandoned the 100mb System Reserved partition with the boot files being written onto C during reinstall. This may interfere with being able to restore the Dell Recovery hotlink to F8 Advanced Boot Tools menu - in fact you may have lost that menu as a result, so test it now. If so you can restore SysReserved by marking it Active in Disk Mgmt, then run Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times.

You also deleted your Dell Diagnostics Tools partition so it cannot run from boot via F12 as it still will normally do after a Clean Reinstall. This can be run manually from it's download at Dell DIagnostics downoad following Dell Diagnostics Utility - How to Run the.

Since you clean reinstalled you likely don't want the Dell bloatware anyway so after setting up your Clean reinstall following the steps remaining in the tutorial, we can help you delete and recover the space for Recovery and/or System Reserved using Partition Wizard Resize Partition - Video Help.

Or after studying the reinstall tutorial steps you may decide you'd like to start fresh by deleting the first three partitions during reinstall, create a new one there to get a perfect reinstall.
 
As explained in Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 in the Special Note for Dell Owners, when you clean reinstall to C it destroys the bootable hotlink to Factory Recovery.

There are two ways you can try to restore the link to Recovery now: try restoring Dell Recovery Partition F8 link or if you need to boot Recovery you can try to Boot Recovery Partition using EasyBCD.

I see two other things about your HD:

You have abandoned the 100mb System Reserved partition with the boot files being written onto C during reinstall. This may interfere with being able to restore the Dell Recovery hotlink to F8 Advanced Boot Tools menu - in fact you may have lost that menu as a result, so test it now. If so you can restore SysReserved by marking it Active in Disk Mgmt, then run Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times.

You also deleted your Dell Diagnostics Tools partition so it cannot run from boot via F12 as it still will normally do after a Clean Reinstall. This can be run manually from it's download at Dell DIagnostics downoad following Dell Diagnostics Utility - How to Run the.

Since you clean reinstalled you likely don't want the Dell bloatware anyway so after setting up your Clean reinstall following the steps remaining in the tutorial, we can help you delete and recover the space for Recovery and/or System Reserved using Partition Wizard Resize Partition - Video Help.

Or after studying the reinstall tutorial steps you may decide you'd like to start fresh by deleting the first three partitions during reinstall, create a new one there to get a perfect reinstall.


My aim is to get geniune windows that comes with Dell machine. You have given a link for clean installation. Will i would be able to activate that windows with the product key that is written under dell machine on a sticker.
 

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Windows 7 Home premium
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Dell Inspiron N5110
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Windows 7 Home premium
Yes. Please read the tutorial given for Clean Reinstall which explains everything before asking back any remaining questions.
 
Wao. Thanks alot it worked great. Windows is successfully activated. Now i am installing updates. If i get any problem i will post here again.
 

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