Operating system reinstallation – Dell Studio XPS M1340 (Mid 2010) User Manual

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System Restore Options

The restore process begins and may take

five or more minutes to complete. A message

appears when the operating system and

factory-installed applications have been

restored to factory settings.
Click

9.

Finish to reboot the computer.

Operating System Reinstallation

Before you Begin
If you are considering reinstalling the Windows

operating system to correct a problem with a

newly installed driver, first try using Windows

Device Driver Rollback. If Device Driver

Rollback does not resolve the problem, then use

System Restore to return your operating system

to the operating state it was in before you

installed the new device driver. See “System

Restore” on page 37.

NOTICE: Before installing the operating

system, back up all data files on your

primary hard drive. For conventional hard

drive configurations, the primary hard drive

is the first drive detected by the computer.

To reinstall Windows, you need the following

items:

Dell

Operating System media

Dell

Drivers and Utilities media

NOTE: The Dell

Drivers and Utilities media

contains drivers that were installed during

the assembly of the computer. Use the

Dell

Drivers and Utilities media to load any

required drivers. Depending on the region

from which you ordered your computer, or

whether you requested the media, the

Dell

Drivers and Utilities media and Operating

System media may not ship with your

computer.

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