Specifications

Identifier GUID-3E5E47A3-671E-4E01-8949-53F6F26DA1D2

Status Released

Reinstall Windows using a USB recovery drive

CAUTION: This process formats the hard drive and removes all data on your

computer. Ensure that you back up data on your computer before beginning

this task.

NOTE: Before reinstalling Windows, ensure your computer has more than 2

GB of memory and more than 32 GB of storage space.

1 Connect the USB recovery drive to your computer.

2 Restart your computer.

3 Press F12 after the Dell logo is displayed on the screen to access the boot menu.

A Preparing one-time boot menu message appears.

4 After the boot menu loads, select the USB recovery device under UEFI BOOT.

The system reboots and a screen to Choose the keyboard layout is displayed.

5 Choose your keyboard layout.

6 In the Choose an option screen, click Troubleshoot.

7 Click Recover from a drive.

8 Choose one of the following options:

– Just remove my les to do a quick format.

– Fully clean the drive to do a complete format.

9 Click Recover to start the recovery process.

This will take several minutes to complete and your computer will restart during

this process.