Question about restoring factory defaults that game with my PC.

[Darth Vader]

I'm trying to restore to factory default settings that came with my PC from 2011, just to start from scratch again without reformating. Anyways when I choose the date to revert all my settings back it tells me "There is not enough free disk space. The recovery process has failed". I don't completely how I could not have enough space? I have a 2 terabyte system and I have 66% free space available. Why do I need free space to restore my system to begin with if It's just going to end up wiping it all after the process is complete? Anyways I hope I explained it well, I still honestly don't fully understand it myself. Thanks for your time.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I've never tried to restore to factory defaults as I build my own PCs, but I'm a bit confused by your wording.

You say you want to restore to "factory defaults".

Then you say you are asked to choose a date.

Offhand, I wouldn't think a restore to "factory defaults" would give you any choice about dates. It would be to a fixed point in time as of when the PC was built and you would have no say at all about "when". There's only ONE "factory default" state--not two to choose from. So I'm unclear about choosing a date.

I assume you are trying to restore via a partition placed on the PC by Dell, that is accessed from a menu.

Am I wrong about that? Walk us through the steps in your method.

What are the choices from which you must choose---what is the wording on those choices? Specific dates, like August 22, 2011 or October 4, 2011?