Trying to do a System Restore with No Luck :(
I'm trying to do a system restore on my Satellite L455-S5975 following the directions in the actual user's guide here...
Satellite L450 Series User’s Guide
I'm starting on page 60 and trying to do the "Recover to out-of-box state" ....Following these directions I continued on to the next step...."See “Recovering to out-of-box state (recommended recovery method)” on page 61." I made sure to follow all the directions before beginning this next step...."To recover the original factory image using the utilities on your
computer’s internal storage drive:
1 Make sure the computer is turned off.
2 Press and hold the 0 (zero) key on your keyboard while
powering on the computer.
3 If your system offers a choice of Windows® 7 32-bit or 64-bit
operating system, select one at this time. If not, skip to step 4."
I was holding down that zero key what seemed like forever....I never got the screen with a choice of Windows and so I continued holding down that zero key and finally the screen had cleared (gone grey like) but I still was holding down that zero key...Now in step 4 it says..."4 A warning screen appears, stating that when the recovery is executed all data will be deleted and rewritten. Click Yes to continue."
(Sample Image) Warning screen
Even with me holding down that zero key I never got to this screen. So I shut down the laptop and let it sit for about 5 min.. and then I tried it again and when I was still holding the zero key and the screen had finally cleared (gone grey like) I took my finger off that zero key this time hoping that the Warning Screen would come up....But the only thing that happened was Windows started and I had to shut it down again.. After 5 min I took the battery pack out and let it sit for about an hour and then I put it back in and plugged it back into the AC and tried this again.....and I got the same thing as before. So I don't know what I'm doing wrong and hoping someone can help me get past this step please..
Thank You
DoeZ
Solved!
Go to Solution.
See Restoring from recovery DVDs/media, which begins on p. 69 of the User's Guide.
Satellite L450 Series User’s Guide
-Jerry
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