Operating system reinstallation – Dell Inspiron Mini 10 (1012, Late 2009) User Manual
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Restoring Your Operating System
Click
6.
Dell Factory Image Restore. The Dell
Factory Image Restore welcome screen
appears.
NOTE: Depending upon your configuration,
you may need to select Dell Factory Tools,
then Dell Factory Image Restore.
Click
7.
Next. The Confirm Data Deletion
screen appears.
NOTE: If you do not want to proceed with
Factory Image Restore, click Cancel.
Select the check box to confirm that you
8.
want to continue reformatting the hard drive
and restoring the system software to the
factory condition, then click Next.
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 condition.
Click
9.
Finish to reboot the computer.
Operating System
Reinstallation
Before You Begin
If you are considering reinstalling the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating system to correct a problem
with a newly installed driver, first try using
Windows Device Driver Rollback.
To roll back a device driver:
Windows XP
Click
1.
Start
→ Control Panel.
Double-click
2.
System.
On the
3.
Hardware tab, click Device Manager.
Right-click the device for which the new
4.
driver is installed and click Properties.
Click the
5.
Drivers tab
→ Roll Back Driver.