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1st April 2008, 05:03 PM
|  | TST Oracle | | Join Date: Dec 2007, 7,960 posts. Location: Market Haemorrhoids, Middle England Reputation:  | | | Dell Inspiron 1150
I have just acquired one of these from a defaulter: It passes all its tests but I need to reinstall back to ex factory status. I thought there was some sort of recovery partition on these things - any idea how to get to it (if it exists)?
I have no CDs - just the machine and PSU
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Last edited by Albert Lionheart; 1st April 2008 at 05:07 PM.
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1st April 2008, 05:17 PM
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I don't think there is one albert. I have had two dells and the one came with cds the other one had nothing. And no recovery partition that I know of.
I just looked on Dell and there is no inspiron 1150 that I can find.
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Last edited by samjohnson; 1st April 2008 at 05:19 PM.
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1st April 2008, 05:21 PM
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They should have it by F10 - F12.
If not, I guess you have to go on hard way.
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1st April 2008, 05:29 PM
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@Sam - maybe it was a UK model only - this is the thing: Dell Inspiron 1150 2.6Ghz : Read reviews and compare prices at Ciao.co.uk
@BW - there is no restore option on F12 - have not given the other F keys a battering but will do that before doing it the hard way!
thank you both for the input
cheers
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1st April 2008, 05:30 PM
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Ya I guess so. Cuse I couldn't find it on dell.com.
oh haha. Its a laptop. so I guess I wouldn't be able to find it in the desktop part. 
Here is the service manual for it. Documentation
I didn't see anything in there indicating that it had a recovery partition on it.
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Facts are stubborn things, statistics are more pliable. Mark Twain
Honesty is the best policy -- when there is money in it. Mark Twain
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. Mark Twain
Last edited by samjohnson; 1st April 2008 at 05:34 PM.
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1st April 2008, 05:33 PM
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No worries Sam - I could not find it on the Dell site either - seems it is a discontinued model...
Now to get on with it! Will try a repair first and see what happens....
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1st April 2008, 05:35 PM
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I found it just in case you didn't notice my edit. 
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Facts are stubborn things, statistics are more pliable. Mark Twain
Honesty is the best policy -- when there is money in it. Mark Twain
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1st April 2008, 05:36 PM
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Sorry - didn't see the edit - thanks for posting that as it will be useful! Excellent!
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1st April 2008, 05:39 PM
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No problem there albert.
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Facts are stubborn things, statistics are more pliable. Mark Twain
Honesty is the best policy -- when there is money in it. Mark Twain
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. Mark Twain
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1st April 2008, 05:58 PM
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I booted the thing from an XP install CD and there were a couple of partitions there that looked if they needed special access tools to get at them. So I wiped them - not having secret bits on my machine!
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