How Do I use the Recovery Partition To Restore My Computer Back to Factory Condition?

[ginky4]

I have a Dell Inspiron Laptop 1520 running Vista Home Basic that got corrupted. The hard drive has a D partition that says Recovery Partition. How do I use that partition Recovery Partition to restore my computer back to factory condition?

[Midknyte]

http://support.dell.com/support/edoc....htm#wp1063103

Dell PC Restore

Using PC Restore:

1. Turn on the computer.

During the boot process, a blue bar with www.dell.com appears at the top of the screen.

2. Immediately upon seeing the blue bar, press <Ctrl><F11>.

If you do not press <Ctrl><F11> in time, let the computer finish starting, and then restart the computer again.
NOTICE: If you do not want to proceed with PC Restore, click Reboot.

3. Click Restore and click Confirm.

The restore process takes approximately 6 to 10 minutes to complete.

4. When prompted, click Finish to reboot the computer.