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Samsung r530 reset problem

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  • 05-04-2014 6:28pm
    #1
    ilovespudss
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Think I have made a massive error.

    I wanted to do a hard reset on my laptop to bring it back to where it was out of the box.

    I rushed into the whole process to be honest and now the laptop is trying reboot and find a system image, which it is unable to do.

    'Windows cannot find a system image on this computer' is the warning message.

    I'm guessing I should created one before starting the reset (this is probably one of the stupidest things I've ever done so go easy on me).

    So I'm wondering have I completely bricked my laptop, or is it possible to download a system image, put it on a thumb drive and save the laptop.

    Any help appreciated, thanks


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    rolliepoley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭rolliepoley


    You will need to get a recovery cd and do a fresh install.


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    ilovespudss wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Think I have made a massive error.

    I wanted to do a hard reset on my laptop to bring it back to where it was out of the box.

    I rushed into the whole process to be honest and now the laptop is trying reboot and find a system image, which it is unable to do.

    'Windows cannot find a system image on this computer' is the warning message.

    I'm guessing I should created one before starting the reset (this is probably one of the stupidest things I've ever done so go easy on me).

    So I'm wondering have I completely bricked my laptop, or is it possible to download a system image, put it on a thumb drive and save the laptop.

    Any help appreciated, thanks

    What OS is it? Is this a netbook? If it is you'll need to make a bootable USB key from the OS files. Do you have a OS CD?

    Nick

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    ilovespudss
    Registered Users Posts: 199 ✭✭ilovespudss


    Thanks for the replies lads but the crisis was averted. I thought I had gone too far in the process to cancel the restore but I was able to get the laptop back to where it says before I had started.

    Lesson well and truly learned on this one...

    Thanks for your help


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