After a year of using win7 on Dell XPS17 I want to restore it to the factory image. However if I press f8 on boot and select repair computer, I only get the repair options, nothing to reinstall windows.
how to reinstall?
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What are the repair options shown? Did you make any recovery disks when you first got the computer?– CharlieRBCommented Mar 14, 2014 at 14:19
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Based on my 30 secondes Google-search: How to factory restore a dell xps computer?:
Turn on/Restart the computer
As the computer starts, press F8 on the keyboard until the "Advanced Boot Options"-menu appears on the screen
Press the Down Arrow on the keyboard to select
Repair Your Computeron the "Advanced Boot Options"-menu, and then press EnterSpecify the language settings that you want and then click Next
Log in as a user who has administrative credentials and then click OK
Click
Dell Factory Image RestoreIn the "Dell Factory Image Restore"-window, click Next
Click to select the
Yes, reformat hard drive and restore system software to factory condition-check box.Click Next. The computer is restored to the default factory configuration
When the restore operation is completed, click Finish to restart the computer. The software is now installed as it was when the computer was first received.
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thanks but I've done that but I don't have the option to Dell Factory Image Restore– FutuToadCommented Mar 14, 2014 at 13:52
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do you still got a recovery partition ? if yes you can try manualy recover windows : en.community.dell.com/support-forums/software-os/f/3524/t/…– chaputCommented Mar 14, 2014 at 13:59
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now if there was a way to get all the junk dell put on this image, i wish I asked for a CD when I bought it 2 years ago– FutuToadCommented Mar 14, 2014 at 14:23