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by catalin_sb Dec 16, 2009 9:27PM PST

i got one dell inspiron 1501, and i am trying to use dell restore, to get it to factory setings but the problem is that i can't get any result after i press ctrl+F12 at the start or the F8 key, so please help me to recover my dell... i tryed so many things that i am tired .... please help me

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Re: dell restore
by Kees Bakker Dec 16, 2009 9:38PM PST

The usual key for Dell is ctrl+F11. Not ctrl+F12. Tried that already?

Kees

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by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Dec 16, 2009 10:30PM PST

That fails and we get to restore "the old fashioned way." Which is with restore CDs. If you don't have such, order them now.
Bob

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