Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Dell laptop - restore not working

Options
  • 08-07-2008 11:16am
    #1
    JerryHandbag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭


    I have a dell inspiron 1300 laptop, about 2 yrs old now, and when i hit ctrl and f11 on startup i get a message on the black screen saying CANNOT RESTORE.....I just wanna wipe the laptop to start over, but whats the point of including a restore function if it doesnt work!?


Comments

  • Options
    #2
    Jackovarian
    Registered Users Posts: 344 ✭✭Jackovarian


    do you want to wipe the drive totally and then reinstall windows or do a windows recovery?

    if its a blank and reinstall look up dban. its a surefire way to blank the drive.

    inserting the windows disk upon boot would do it also. i realy dont understand what it is you want to do...


  • Options
    #3
    JerryHandbag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭JerryHandbag


    No I dont wanna wipe it, just want to reinstall windows yeah, using the convenient on-board D*LL ctrl+f11 utility, which inconveniently does not work....i had the exact same problem with a packard bell PC where the reset to factory settings didnt work either, so i had to wipe the hard drive, utter nuisance :mad:


Advertisement