To use PC Restore:
1Turn on the computer.
During the boot process, a blue bar with www.dell.com appears at the top of the screen.
2Immediately upon seeing the blue bar, press <Ctrl><F11>.
If you do not press <Ctrl><F11> in time, let the computer finish restarting, and then restart the computer again.
NOTICE: If you do not want to proceed with PC Restore, click Reboot in the following step.
3On the next screen that appears, click Restore.
4On the next screen, click Confirm.
The restore process takes approximately
5When prompted, click Finish to reboot the computer.
NOTE: Do not manually shut down the computer. Click Finish and let the computer completely reboot.
6When prompted, click Yes.
The computer restarts. Because the computer is restored to its original operating state, the screens that appear, such as the End User License Agreement, are the same ones that appeared the first time the computer was turned on.
7Click Next.
The System Restore screen appears and the computer restarts.
8After the computer restarts, click OK.
Removing PC Restore
NOTICE: PC Restore enables you to restore your computer’s operating system to the condition it was in when you purchased your computer. It is recommended that you do not remove PC Restore from your computer, even to gain additional hard drive space. If you remove PC Restore from the hard drive, you cannot ever recall it, and you will never be able to use PC Restore to return your computer’s operating system to its original state.
1Log on to the computer as a local administrator.
2In Windows Explorer, go to c:\dell\utilities\DSR.
3
NOTE: If you do not log on as a local administrator, a message appears stating that you that you must do so. Click Quit and log on as a local administrator.
If the partition for PC Restore does not exist, a message appears stating that the partition was not found. Click Quit; there is no partition to delete.
4Click OK to remove the partition.
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