How To Factory Reset A Dell Laptop (Complete With Pictures)

How to Reset a Dell Laptop - This laptopszones.blogspot.com teaches you how to factory reset a Dell laptop. You can do this from both the Settings menu in Windows 10 and the advanced Start menu in Windows 7. Remember that resetting a computer will erase the computer's hard drive, so you should back up your computer's data before proceeding.

• How To Factory Reset Dell Laptop Windows 10

1. Open launch. Click on the Windows logo in the lower left corner of the screen. This will bring up the start menu.

2. Open settings . Click on the gear-shaped icon at the bottom left of the Start menu. This opens the settings window.

3. Click Update & security. This option is on the bottom row of settings options.

4. Click the Recovery tab. It's on the left side of the window.

5. Click Get Started . This button is under the Reset this PC heading at the top of the page. A pop-up window will appear.

6. Click Remove All . This option is at the bottom of the pop-up window.

7. Click Remove files and clean up the drive . It's at the bottom of the pop-up window.

8. Click Reset when prompted. Your computer will start wiping the hard drive, after which Windows will be reinstalled.

This process can take several hours and all your files will be removed.

• How To Factory Reset Dell Laptop Windows 7

1. Turn off your computer. You can turn off your Windows 7 computer as follows:

Click Start .

Click Shut down in the bottom right corner of the Start menu.

Wait for your computer to shut down completely.

2. Turn your computer back on. To do this, press the "Power" button on the computer case.

3. Press F8repeatedly. If you do this, as soon as your computer turns on, the advanced boot menu will open.

If nothing happens and you get to the login prompt as usual, then you started pressing F8 too late. Restart your computer and try again.

4. Select Repair your computer . Use the arrow keys to move the highlight selection to this option at the top of the screen, then press ↵ Enter.

5. Click Next when prompted. This confirms your keyboard settings.

6. Enter your password when prompted. Type the password you use to log in to your computer in the "Password" text box, then click OK .

7. Click System Image Recovery . It's a link in the middle of the window.

8. Select the factory image. Click the "Dell Factory Image" option (or similar) to select it.

You may need to click a drop down box to find the "Dell Factory Image" option.

9. Click Next . It's at the bottom of the window.

10. Confirm that you want to erase the hard drive. Depending on your version of Windows 7, you may need to check a box and then click Erase or OK , or you may need to select a disk to format and then click Erase . After you confirm that you want to reset your computer, the computer will begin wiping your hard drive and then reinstall the version of Windows that was on the Dell factory system image.