I have a dell, and the way I wipe the pc clean is to restart the pc, then I press some buttons which brings up the restore "to when I first got my pc" I've done it before, I just forget those simple keys you press when the pc is booting up. Anyone know which keys I press. thanks.
fuzzypumpkins 0 Light Poster
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Jump to PostOn my 5150 dimension its Control and F11 or something like that (similar to ibm thinkpads) during the bootup (cant remember if before or after post) to bring up the symantec system restore thing.
Jump to PostNo, on some machines (my dell and thinkpad) you can push a button to get into the BIOS or you can push another F11 related combo to restore your entire system from a hidden pertition
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Chaky 191 Posting Virtuoso
F8 ?
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
On my 5150 dimension its Control and F11 or something like that (similar to ibm thinkpads) during the bootup (cant remember if before or after post) to bring up the symantec system restore thing.
tayspen 28 <Insert title here> Team Colleague
If you are referring to the BIOS. It can be the Delete key, or the F1 key, or the esc key. There are also more, but those are the more common ones.
More Keys: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm
TiJay 1 Junior Poster in Training
Dell is F2 and another is F12
fuzzypumpkins 0 Light Poster
On my 5150 dimension its Control and F11 or something like that (similar to ibm thinkpads) during the bootup (cant remember if before or after post) to bring up the symantec system restore thing.
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jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
No, on some machines (my dell and thinkpad) you can push a button to get into the BIOS or you can push another F11 related combo to restore your entire system from a hidden pertition
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