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    HELP - Trying to recover XPS 15z

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by robot1000, Mar 14, 2012.

  1. robot1000

    robot1000 Notebook Consultant

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    I had some issues with my laptop so I decided to restore Windows. I downloaded a Windows 7 ISO from the Microsoft website and installed that, however it's lost all the default drivers.

    When I installed in, I formatted only 'SYSTEM' partition and installed it to that, I left the others intact. I'm just wondering whether I can restore the 'Dell Windows 7' (which will be like factory settings).

    If it's not possible, is there anywhere I can get the Dell Recovery ISO?
     
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    I've tried going into 'Windows Repair' but the option to recover from Dell is not there.

    I've still got the Recovery Partition (C) intact, so I just to find a way of accessing it and restoring it from there
     
    robot1000, Mar 14, 2012
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    mpalandr Notebook Consultant

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    google this

    dell boot recovery partition

    and check out the first few hits
     
    mpalandr, Mar 14, 2012
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    The ways that these sites suggest, is using Imagex. However when I load up recovery console it's not recognising that command
     
    robot1000, Mar 16, 2012
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    @robot1000: ImageX is not present with the usual recovery environments. I recently had a similar issue. Google for "Dell Datasafe: setup recovery partition with customized ‘factory’ image after a clean Windows 7 install" and see the first hit. Good luck
     
    technetizen, Mar 18, 2012
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