Restoring to factory settings

[Elite TVR's]

Sorry if I am taking up all of your time but I really need to restore my computer back to it's factory settings if anyone can help my system has the pre mentioned F12 and F12 option but I do not have a clue as to what to do with this I can remember pressing a key continuess when I was communicating with dells technical support.

[LordGrover]

I'm guesssing you mean <F2> key: This only works when the pc is starting going through the post. As the pc is starting it shows you the Dell logo, press <F2> then. It should take you into BIOS setup. There'll be an option there to reset.

[ThePassenger]

Right. Restoring to Factory.

Method 1: Rebuild CD's.
1. Insert the OS CD in to the optical drive.
2. Turn on computer.
3a. Tap F12 to activate the 'one time boot menu'.
OR
3b. Tap the F2 key to enter the BIOS, find the option that sets the Boot Order and make the CD/DVD drive the top one. Save and reboot.
4. Once booted in to the Windows installation, work your way through until you get to the paritioning stage. Select the largest partition and delete it.
5. Select the newly created free space.
6. Select Format NTFS.
7. Work through installation selecting languages as appropriate.
8. Once full installed and booting Windows, insert the Drivers CD.
9. Work through the various drivers for your computer.

Method 2: Rebuild parition.
1. Follow steps 2 - 4 on the above, instead look for "Restore to Factory" or "Boot from restore" options. Select.
2. Follow applicable steps above as required.