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Dell Inspiron 17 reset

dell inspiron 17 factory settings restore function keys

Best Answer SleepyDude , 14 December 2017 - 12:19 PM

Hi, No problem that's why I ask for the Service Tag because the dell website give us all the information about the machine. The original OS is Windows 8.1 Pro (64Bit) Greek Do you ha... Go to the full post »


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Hello,

 

I have a Dell inspiron 17 with Win 8.1 and I want to restore the system at it's original state.

I read at dell instructions to press F8 at boot, but it does not work.

Holding or not Fn, F8 does not work.

The only one that works is F2. It is for hardware check,  not BIOS setup...

 

HOw can I restore my machine to it's original state?

 

Best regards


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Hi,

 

Do you know if the original OS installed by Dell was Windows 8 or 8.1?

 

Can you post the machine Service Tag?


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Service tag : BKQD3Z1

 

I really don't know originaly windows version...

 

Thanks


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Hi,

 

No problem that's why I ask for the Service Tag because the dell website give us all the information about the machine.

 

The original OS is Windows 8.1 Pro (64Bit) Greek

 

Do you have this program installed Dell Backup and Recovery Basic? if you have run the program and it will give you the option to do a Recovery to Factory Defaults.


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Hi,

 

No problem that's why I ask for the Service Tag because the dell website give us all the information about the machine.

 

The original OS is Windows 8.1 Pro (64Bit) Greek

 

Do you have this program installed Dell Backup and Recovery Basic? if you have run the program and it will give you the option to do a Recovery to Factory Defaults.

 

Hi, thanks for your time!

It is during restoring process :)

 

Dell online guide, did not mention about that software...Thanks again!!!


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