I'm trying to set this dinosaur to factory setting but I can't remember how many disk it came with to do so? I only have 4 of them right now, but I feel like I'm missing one.
I suggest to you to instal a fresh copy of Win7 or Win8. Also you can try Win10 for free and use for a year or more. Your machine is capable of running this OS,s. The CD usually are part of the buyers resources come ion the box.
The link for Win10:
Download Windows Technical Preview ISO Microsoft Windows
One terabyte disc.
Testimonial: "I'm sorry for the confusion when I said how many disk I'm talking about the CD's. The installation one's."
One disk a reinstallhttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/...
If you cant find your serial keyhttp://download.cnet.com/%7Bvalue=http:/... The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry.
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When you restore your system back to the new factory settings, it will wipe your hard drive clean and do a fresh install of the operating system with the original factory setting.
To start this process, unplug all extra devices from your computer
(printers, external hard drives, etc.) as these can interfere with the system restore.
Starting with Windows XP, most systems with issued a system recovery disk in case of any problems with the factory installation.
Check the documentation and disks that came with your computer to determine if you have one of these system disks.
If you do have a copy of this disk, place it in your CD/DVD drive and restart your computer.
If you do NOT have a copy of this disc, skip to step 3 for further instructions.
Once you restart your computer, a screen will appear with the words.
Press Any Key to Boot From CD. Once you press a key, a screen will come up containing instructions to format your hard drive and restore the original factory settings.
Follow the on-screen prompts to finish the installation.
Once the restore is complete, remove your Recovery CD from the disk drive so that your computer does not try to boot from the CD again.
Restart your computer to complete the restore.
3. If you do not have a System Restore disk, then your computer should have a recovery partition on your hard drive, separate from the main partition of the disk.
Unplug all external devices and restart your computer.
When the loading screen comes on with the Windows logo, press Alt+F10 together five times.
This will bring up the system restore menu.
Follow the on-screen prompts to restore your computer back to the factory settings
hope this helps
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this is a Dell Inspiron 531......not 531s
This is a windows xp
I'm sorry for the confusion when I said how many disk I'm talking about the CD's. The installation one's
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