This Dell Inspirion 1100 HD is gone is there a Restore On the Drive i cant find it?

Question

funny because 3 years ago he said it was a good pc now its a piece of crap sitting in my room in pieces looking for a restore for it, oh yah he didnt save the discs said he didnt need them hahah!

Answer 1

A lot of Dells come with an invisible partition that can be accessed on bootup to start the restore process. If that partition has been deleted then your screwed.

Here's the step from the Dell web site.

1. Power the computer on.
2. When the Dell screen appears press and hold the key on the keyboard, press the key, then release them both at the same time.
The Dell PC Restore by Symantec window appears.

NOTE: Press the keys one time only. If you press them more than once, a keyboard error occurs and the process has to be initiated again.

3. Click the Restore button or press the key to highlight Restore and press the key.
A caution message appears advising that all data will be lost.
4. Click the Confirm button or press the key to highlight Confirm and press the key.
The Progress window appears. Once the process is begun, Dell PC Restore usually takes only 8 to 10 minutes to complete.
When the restore is complete, the message The system recovery process was successful appears.
5. Click the Finish button or press the key to highlight Finish and press the key.
The computer will restart.

Your software is now as it was when you first received your computer.