Thread: Reinstalling OS
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Old 2012-02-13, 15:54   Link #12
blaze0041
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What brand and model is your laptop (and when did you buy it)? The method to access the recovery partition for each laptop is generally different.

In some cases (such as a Dell), you will need to go into the Advanced Boot Options (F8 while starting up). The first option should be "Repair your computer", if the computer does indeed have a recovery partition. You may need to log in with your Windows 7 user name and password. In the case of a Dell computer, you would then use the factory reset option to begin the reformat and reinstall process.
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