how to reformat DELL INSPIRON N5010 laptop without recovery disc.?
KingNash95
2012-04-12 13:30:35 UTC
my friend has a dell inspiron laptop but he doenst has the recovery disc for it and its really slow so i want to know how to reformat it with out it.
i remember there was a combination to open recovery options.but i forgot it so please let me know how to do it.
Three answers:
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2012-04-12 13:49:42 UTC
pressing one of the F keys on the top row of the keyboard at bootup usually does it, but only if he has a recovery partition on the hard drive.
typically it is F11 or F10 or F12, but it may vary. check for an indicator on startup at the bottom of the screen.
anonymous
2012-04-12 17:20:18 UTC
Go to this site for instructions (don't forget to change the version of windows, if it is not Win7):- http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&docid=DSN_362066&isLegacy=true
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2012-04-12 13:35:28 UTC
Install Ubuntu Linux it's really fast even on old Laptops download it here
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download
as for Formatting it Ubuntu Installer can Format Your main partitions and then install it.
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