...Without using System Restore? I want to return my comoputer back to its original state when I received it, and I don't have a system restore date for it. I'm running a Dell Laptop, the Inspiron 6000 and it didn't come with a Restore CD. So what can I do?
For once I am missing my Windows Me.
2006-07-21 20:43:07 · 11 answers · asked by martinslayton 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Call Dell's support number and explain your situation.
Hopefully they can send you a CD or show you how to burn a CD from what is on your computer ( a lot of new computers these days come with a special partition set aside for cases just like yours, and the Dell person will be able to walk you through that, hopefully) (that's the idea, anyway).
2006-07-21 20:47:13 · answer #1 · answered by Wayne A 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
F8 Boot to a last known good configuration. Now there are no guarantees about this. However it is the best chance you have at this point . OR you don't have to have a date set look for a system check point on the system restore. Oh yeah don't take advice from some one that uses other OS Cd's. You could get into trouble big time with Microsoft..
2006-07-21 21:25:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anointed71 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much you can do besides that System Restore unfortunately. Unless you made a backup or pre-imaged your hard drive beforehand, your only other option is to call Dell and ask for a restore CD for your laptop or reinstall Windows XP, system drivers, and anything else that came with it when you purchased it.
2006-07-21 20:47:34 · answer #3 · answered by anonfuture 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as per my experience u would not find the best solution yet .... as i have read all the answerts.. here is the best solution.. just install ur pc .. i mean install alll the appliacation u want after restortion process.... ( just furnish it) then go for norton gost and make a mirror for ur drive .. every time when u system curropts just install that mirror and i bet this is the most effecient and the fastest way to install the system .. normally it takes 2 or 3 minutes... bye n enjoy.. and about ur previous messeges u received.. the sol are ... if u have not make a system restortion point then it wont help u even the default one not work wellll .... second .. with F8 key u cant be able to access any option which will hepls to restore ur system... all u have to do to install ur system urself if the Operating system is curropted.. bye .. i still u will get any prob just mail me.. i will be please to answer u.. bye and gud luck
2006-07-22 02:53:50 · answer #4 · answered by Arvind . 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you like, Dell Inspiron 6000 has a restore CD, you can download it from Dell.com.
or You can use one of imaging software like Ghost, but this can be done if you already did it before.
good luck
2006-07-21 20:48:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to restore it how it came to you do a format and reinstall. If you don't have a disc you'll have to buy a copy of XP.
2006-07-21 20:47:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't have any operating system(OS) CD such as windows me or windows xp then you need to buy the new OS.
2006-07-21 20:52:04 · answer #7 · answered by matt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start-programs-acessories-system tools-system restore
2006-07-21 21:35:58 · answer #8 · answered by damongligaw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
borrow the discs from someone who has XP that's what I did and it worked
2006-07-21 20:46:52 · answer #9 · answered by Lov'n IT! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to shop for help you
2006-07-21 20:47:13 · answer #10 · answered by queenandy9 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋