Almost every laptop that you can buy at a computer hardware store comes with an operating system. This has its advantages: there is no need to spend money on buying an operating system, and there is also no need to spend time on installing the system. The presence of an operating system on the laptop's hard drive indicates that the hard drive contains a hidden partition that is used to restore factory settings. Some users deliberately overwrite this section in order to increase disk space, some are not even aware of the existence of this section.
It is necessary
Using keyboard shortcuts to restore factory settings
Instructions
Step 1
If you did not know about the existence of this hidden disk and want to use it for its intended purpose, you can use special keyboard shortcuts. You need to know these keyboard shortcuts to use System Restore and Application Program properly. The so-called hotkeys must be pressed while the computer is booting, i.e. at the moment when the operating system crashes and cannot boot on its own. When you press the hotkeys, you are taken to the restore factory settings menu.
Step 2
Each laptop manufacturer has developed its own system for restoring settings, respectively, the hotkeys will be different. Below is a list of hotkeys from major laptop manufacturers:
- Samsung - press F4;
- Fujitsu Siemens - press F8;
- Toshiba - press F8;
- Asus - press F9;
- Sony VAIO - press F10;
- Packard Bell - press F10;
- HP Pavilion - press F11;
- LG - press F11;
- Lenovo ThinkPad - press F11;
- Acer - in BIOS, activate Disk-to-Disk (D2D) mode, then press Alt + F10;
- Dell (Inspiron) - Press Ctrl + F11
Step 3
Laptop manufacturers assure that you can restore the system, and the integrity of files or folders that are important to you is unlikely. Therefore, do not forget to often make copies of your files on removable media: CD / DVD-disks, flash-media, etc.
