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    Control + F11 Not working on XPS 1210 (but the partition is there)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by RichTJ99, Jun 1, 2008.

  1. RichTJ99

    RichTJ99 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I am having issues on my XPS 1210. I have a restore partition & when the machine is booting up, I press CTRL + F11 & nothing happens. I would like to restore vista to when I first pulled the system out of the box.

    Any ideas on how to make that happen?

    I can see the partition in vista (the recovery). What should I be doing (using ghost itself)?

    Thanks,
    Rich
     
    RichTJ99, Jun 1, 2008
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  2. Fountainhead

    Fountainhead Notebook Deity

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    Did you ever re-partion the drive, maybe when installing the OS from scratch or something? The first time I rebuilt my old M140 I was careful to leave the recovery partition intact just in case, but even though the partition remained, I was never able to boot into it again. Reinstalling the OS from scratch must have altered the MBR in a way that rendered that partition useless.

    If you've not done anything like that, then I really don't have any other ideas.
     
    Fountainhead, Jun 1, 2008
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    Why? It contains all the crapware.
     
    MikeyMike01, Jun 1, 2008
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    Maybe because he wants to?

    I can think of reasons why one might want to return to the factory configuration. The chief reason might be that you wanted to sell the laptop. Now, the savvy user might be appreciative of getting a clean OS install. But to the masses that comprise the market for a used laptop, being told that it'll be shipped "just as it originally came from Dell" is probably a nice selling point. And that isn't going to scare off the savvy user, since that user would just wipe the disk himself anyway.

    Not saying the original poster is selling the laptop, just pointing out that there might be very good reasons for wanting to return it to factory original specs.
     
    Fountainhead, Jun 1, 2008
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