I have a Dell Dimension E510 and trying to do a RECOVERY?

Question

How can I do this from the boot menu and not have a recovery disc? Please help!! 10 points to the asnwer that helps.

Answer 1

You may have to create you recovery disk from windows, if you can't access windows and create it, then get an installation disk either XP or Vista and do a clean install, Don't forget to search for your device driver's at your manufacturer's web page. (Dell in this case).

Here is a link for your drivers

http://support.dell.com/support/download...

Regards!

Answer 2

if ur comp. has the recovery mode in a different partition, its usually F11, or select F5 or the boot menu, if not u NEED the install cd.

Answer 3

Enter Ctrl + F11 while the bios is booting.

Answer 4

Normally Dells have recovery partitions (listed as drive D).  When booting, you are normally briefly flashed the option to recover to factory shipped OS and applications.  It should tell you what key to hit.  I'm going to go look it up for you.  Be back in a minute with your answer.  In the meantime, you can also get into the bios by hitting the delete key on the keyboard during startup and you should be able to change the delay in time that recovery options are shown to you on startup.  Perhaps it is set to be too quick.

1. Copy all your own files and folders to an external storage (Disc, USB stick even SD card - 1 GByte capacity should be ample - even 512 MB)

2. Shut the PC off

3. Turn the PC back on and keep hitting the F8 key repeatedly until the Advanced Boot Option Screen appears

4. Click "Repair Your Computer" – if you are not already on it, use the up and down arrows to maneuver to it and then press ENTER

5. Next you have to pick your country (I assume US) and click OK

6. On the "System Recovery Options Screen" click "Restore Application" (last option)

7. Follow the on-screen instructions

8. When prompted, click on "Full Factory Recovery"

9. Click "Next"

10. Click "Yes"

11. Go and have a cup of coffee - don't touch anything - for a while it seems like nothing is happening

12. After many minutes, recovery will complete and you click "Finish

Answer 5

i had the same pc, i think the cd is the only way.