ruppalapati
June 26th, 2010, 01:34 AM
Hi,
I installed Ubuntu to dual boot with Vista that came with my Dell Inspiron 1420.
Dell had a partition where the Vista install could be restored to factory state when the laptop was purchased.
After installing Ubuntu, I see:
Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic
Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31.14-generic (recovery mode)
Memory test (memtest86+)
Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda3)
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (on /dev/sda5)
I think the /dev/sda5 partition was the one that contains the Vista system restore information. And according to Dell documentation, I need to the F8 key at BIOS load time to make the laptop boot the restore partition.
However after the Ubuntu install, I cannot get the Factory Restore to start by pressing the F8. It worked before the Ubuntu install.
Can the gurus on this forum help me get to my state before I installed Vista. I want to be able to restore the laptop to the state before I installed Ubuntu.
Thanks for your time.
_raju
I installed Ubuntu to dual boot with Vista that came with my Dell Inspiron 1420.
Dell had a partition where the Vista install could be restored to factory state when the laptop was purchased.
After installing Ubuntu, I see:
Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic
Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31.14-generic (recovery mode)
Memory test (memtest86+)
Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda3)
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (on /dev/sda5)
I think the /dev/sda5 partition was the one that contains the Vista system restore information. And according to Dell documentation, I need to the F8 key at BIOS load time to make the laptop boot the restore partition.
However after the Ubuntu install, I cannot get the Factory Restore to start by pressing the F8. It worked before the Ubuntu install.
Can the gurus on this forum help me get to my state before I installed Vista. I want to be able to restore the laptop to the state before I installed Ubuntu.
Thanks for your time.
_raju