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Restoring Your Operating System 6. Click Dell Factory Image Restore. The Dell Factory Image Restore welcome screen appears. NOTE: Depending upon your configuration, you may need to select Dell Factory Tools, then Dell Factory Image Restore. 7. Click Next. The Confirm Data Deletion screen appears. NOTE: If you do not want to proceed with Factory Image Restore, click Cancel. 8. Select the check box to confirm that you want to continue reformatting the hard drive and restoring the system software to the factory condition, then click Next. The restore process begins and may take five or more minutes to complete. A message appears when the operating system and factory-installed applications have been restored to factory condition. 9. Click Finish to reboot the computer. Operating System Reinstallation Before You Begin If you are considering reinstalling the Microsoft® Windows® operating system to correct a problem with a newly installed driver, first try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. To roll back a device driver: Windows XP 1. Click Start→ Control Panel. 2. Double-click System. 3. On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. 4. Right-click the device for which the new driver is installed and click Properties. 5. Click the Drivers tab→ Roll Back Driver. 53

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Restoring Your Operating System
Click
6.
Dell Factory Image Restore
. The
Dell
Factory Image Restore
welcome screen
appears.
NOTE:
Depending upon your configuration,
you may need to select
Dell Factory Tools
,
then
Dell Factory Image Restore
.
Click
7.
Next
. The
Confirm Data Deletion
screen appears.
NOTE:
If you do not want to proceed with
Factory Image Restore, click
Cancel
.
Select the check box to confirm that you
8.
want to continue reformatting the hard drive
and restoring the system software to the
factory condition, then click
Next
.
The restore process begins and may take
five or more minutes to complete. A message
appears when the operating system and
factory-installed applications have been
restored to factory condition.
Click
9.
Finish
to reboot the computer.
Operating System
Reinstallation
Before You Begin
If you are considering reinstalling the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
operating system to correct a problem
with a newly installed driver, first try using
Windows Device Driver Rollback.
To roll back a device driver:
Windows XP
Click
1.
Start
→
Control Panel.
Double-click
2.
System.
On the
3.
Hardware
tab, click
Device Manager.
Right-click the device for which the new
4.
driver is installed and click
Properties.
Click the
5.
Drivers
tab
→
Roll Back Driver.