I need Help

sweetgirl66 · 01-18-2012, 01:42 PM

I have a Dell Inspiron 1100 Laptop. I want to restore the system like it was when it came from the factory, but i do not have the CD for it. I have tried everything and i can not get it to restore. Is there any way to do so without The CD's that was suppose to be with it. Please help !!!!!!

Commander Wolf · 01-18-2012, 04:45 PM

If you no longer have the restore partition on your drive, and you didn't make a restore CD, there's pretty much no way you can restore the factory image. You can, however, do a clean install of Windows... just get a copy of the Windows specified by your CoA (doesn't need to be Dell branded), install, and activate with said CoA.

Tsunade_Hime · 01-18-2012, 10:45 PM

IMO it's just easier to buy a corresponding Dell disc (Home, Pro, Media Center) and reimage your machine and download the corresponding drivers from Dell's Support site. The discs are cheap.