Dell Inspiron 13z (N301z, Mid 2010) User Manual

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Restoring Your Operating System

Starting Dell Factory Image Restore

Turn on the computer.

1.

When the DELL

2.

logo appears, press <F8>

several times to access the Advanced Boot
Options
window.

NOTE: If you wait too long and the

operating system logo appears, continue to

wait until you see the Microsoft

®

Windows

®

desktop; then, shut down your computer

and try again.

Select

3.

Repair Your Computer.

The System Recovery Options window

appears.
Select a keyboard layout and click

4.

Next.

To access the recovery options, log on as

5.

a local user. To access the command prompt,

type

administrator in the User name

field, then click OK.
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 restart the computer.

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