Windows Recovery Key Dell

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Ifanyone with a home consumer PC still requires assistance performing a reset to factory condition, please read the 24-Jan-2022 post in christos1's Dell SupportAssist OS Recovery that explains the difference between:

Note: Users with Precision and other Dell computer models normally used in a business environment should refer to the Documents section on the support page for their computer model. For example, the Documentation tab for the Precision 5560 has a link to the Precision 5560 Service Manual and Precision 5560 Re-imaging Guide for Windows 10.

Before starting a reset to factory condition with SupportAssist OS Recovery make sure that all your data and personal files are backed up to an external backup drive, since many users have reported that they were unable to recover their data if they used SupportAssist OS Recovery to backup their files in Step # 4 of those instructions.

Also note that if the recovery image on the hard drive is corrupt or deleted, the computer cannot boot into the recovery environment. Newer Dell computers that support BIOSConnect should be able to download a recovery image for their computer from the cloud (i.e., by connecting to a Dell.com server over the Internet and downloading their SupportAssist OS Recovery image). See Using BIOSConnect to Recover SupportAssist OS Recovery Partition for more information.

On a more personal note, I had an issue a few years ago where my Inspiron 5584 would get stuck on the Dell logo at every restart and would not boot up correctly. I was unable to enter the SupportAssist OS Recovery / Dell SuportAssist Remediation recovery environment by the usual method (i.e., tapping the F12 key when the Dell logo appears to access the One Time Boot menu). I was told that SupportAssist OS Recovery should also launch automatically if your system fails to boot correctly after 3 or 4 consecutive attempts, but I performed several hard shutdowns (i.e., by holding the power button for 10-15 sec to shut down, and then powering on again) but I still could not get into the recovery environment . At the time my 1-year service warranty was still valid, but it took over an hour on the phone with Dell Tech Support before I was finally able to enter my recovery environment and start a reset to factory condition. However, I have no idea what I did that finally allowed me to access the recovery environment - it just popped up after I powered on after yet another hard shutdown. Luckily, I perform regular backups of my data and personal files to an external hard drive using a backup utility called Karen's Replicator so I was able to recovery my data after the factory reset ran to completion.

Here's the solution everyone. If you can afford it, just buy a Mac. I've worked in IT and have for well over a decade. I switched to Mac for my personal computing many moons ago and now I cannot stand how ridiculously stupid Windows computers are. It's like they are built to break.

I'm about to take a sledge hammer to this stupid Dell Latitude 5420. I took it out of the box, signed it, installed updates and rebooted then the computer takes a dump. So far I can't re-install the OS AT ALL. Not with the OS recovery drive or the built in recovery drive, just get this stupid error. I can't wait till i never have to support another windows system in my life. Good riddance.

Thank you JanOlsen!! This fixed it for me. You're a life saver. How is the average person supposed to know this stuff? This should be a well documented error based on how easy it is to come across it.

I am using Windows 10. When I am into the bios setup of my pc, I don't know what happened (I Might have pressed any key) my pc(dell) started recovering to Ubuntu and I let that happen. Can I know why it happened like that? My windows was gone now. Is it because my windows license has expired?

Now when ever I restart my pc it's showing like "preparing automatic repair" and then "diagnosing your pc" and finally an error that it cannot diagnise and showing two options shutdown or advances options. In advanced options after clicking on "use a device" and then clicking on "Ubuntu" I was able to log into the system(Ubuntu) ...

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