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Question posted by shetan2020 on August 9th, 2013

Factory Properties And Settings For Dell Inspiron M5040

My dell M5040 hard drve has been formatted. Please how do i restore all the factory settings and installed programs into my computer?

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Answer #1: Posted by RathishC on August 9th, 2013 11:35 PM

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Hi Shetan2020,

As the hard drive is already formatted, the Dell Factory Image might have got deleted and hence, you'll have to install the factory installed Software manually.

However, you may click on the link given below for steps on how to restore the system to factory settings:

http://dell.to/YvuU3w

If you are using Windows 8 Operating System you may refer to the link given below to know the steps on how to restore the system to factory:

http://dell.to/18iLhTF

Note – Please ensure that you backup your data before performing the steps to restore the system as it leads to data loss and all application installed on the system would be lost as well.

Also, would request you to kindly let me know the name of the factory installed software you are lokking for so that I can help you better.

Please respond for further assistance.

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Rathish C
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