Hi
all,
I have a problem
with my Dell Inspiron 1525 I cannot solve... so please help
me!!
My Windows Vista
Home Edition crached while installing an update and now could not start anymore
(I always receive that bad blue screen while starting), so I'd like to repair my
laptop using the Dell factory image.
I'm following these
steps ...with related problems
1.. I hit F8 while
booting but there is no "Restore Dell factory image" entry or something like
that (I even tried each entry one by one but nothing starting factory imagine
restore).
2.. By booting with
an Ubuntu live cd, I can see that there is a partition containing (amoung other
files and folders) that image (<D>:\dell\image\factory.wim), and
a Tools folder where there is imagex.exe and pcrestore.exe
files
3..a.. Using a
bootable usb pen drive containing a bootable dos version, I boot into the
system. I also put into that usb pen, ntfspro.exe in order to read ntfs
partition
b.. I went into
D:\Tools and run this command:
> PCRestore.exe --> but I received an error saying that this
program cannot be run in dos mode
c.. so I tried
this one else (I read it here in Dell Forum):
> imagex /apply c:\dell\image\factory.wim 1 c:\ --> but I
received the same error as above, that is this program cannot be run in dos
mode
4.. Moreover (and I
think this is strange), I tried to boot with the operating system dvd shipped by
Dell with the laptop: Windows starts loading but just after the (green) progress
bar appears down the screen, it crashes again showing that bad blue
screen!
Now I don't know what else I
can do!!!!!!
.....please help
me!!!
Is there a way to
restore the laptop with the Dell factory image??
Thanks,
Orlando