Recovery & Restore

[Guest]

I just bought a laptop (secondhand) it is a Dell Inspiron e1505.

The HD is partitioned and drive D, consists only of a recovery restore
utility - Dell Factory Image Restore. The instructions are to use F8 after
boot and goto Windows Advanced Boot Options select the option "Repair My
Computer". However I do not have that option.

I can see the file on the D drive it is 4.21 GB and it is a WIM file. Is
there a way I can restore without doing so through Windows Advanced Boot
Options?

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[Rich Barry]

Have you tried Cntl + F11 instead of F8? Take a look here for some help
http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixes.htm

 

[Bert Kinney]

Try the Dell Reinstall Guide for instructions on reinstalling Windows on
your particular Dell system.
http://support.dell.com/support/top...d=0A6DDE26E66F36C7E0401E0A5517368C&redirect=1

Regards,
Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
http://bertk.mvps.org
Member: http://dts-l.org

 

[Guest]

- NOTE: Dell systems that shipped with Vista preinstalled do not have a DSR
partition. Dsrfix will not repair a Vista system. -

Thanks for the advice but unfortunately it won’t work for me. The original
was Vista Home Premium.

 

[Guest]

- NOTE: Dell systems that shipped with Vista preinstalled do not have a DSR
partition. Dsrfix will not repair a Vista system. -

Thanks for the advice but unfortunately it won’t work for me. The original
was Vista Home Premium.