Dell XPS M140 (MXC051, Late 2005) User Manual

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Solving Problems

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To use PC Restore:

1 Turn on the computer.

During the boot process, a blue bar with

www.dell.com appears at the top of the screen.

2 Immediately upon seeing the blue bar, press <Ctrl><F11>.

If you do not press <Ctrl><F11> in time, let the computer finish starting, and then restart

the computer again.

NOTICE:

If you do not want to proceed with PC Restore, click Reboot in the following step.

3 On the next screen that appears, click Restore.
4 On the next screen, click Confirm.

The restore process takes approximately 6–10 minutes to complete.

5 When prompted, click Finish to reboot the computer.

NOTE:

Do not manually shut down the computer. Click Finish and let the computer completely

reboot.

6 When prompted, click Yes.

The computer restarts. Because the computer is restored to its original operating state, the

screens that appear, such as the End User License Agreement, are the same ones that

appeared the first time the computer was turned on.

7 Click Next.

The

System Restore screen appears and the computer restarts.

8 After the computer restarts, click OK.

Removing Dell PC Restore

NOTICE:

Removing Dell PC Restore from the hard drive permanently deletes the PC Restore utility from

your computer. After you have removed Dell PC Restore, you will not be able to use it to restore your

computer’s operating system.

Dell PC Restore enables you to restore your hard drive to the operating state it was in when you

purchased your computer. It is recommended that you do not remove PC Restore from your

computer, even to gain additional hard-drive space. If you remove PC Restore from the hard

drive, you cannot ever recall it, and you will never be able to use PC Restore to return your

computer’s operating system to its original state.
To remove PC Restore:

1 Log on to the computer as a local administrator.
2 In Windows Explorer, go to c:\dell\utilities\DSR.

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