when i got my vista machine i made a recovery thingy on a partition on the drive. now i want to revert back to this recovery how do i do this as windows is trying to get me to go back 5 days but i can see this recovery on drive d and cant seem to revert back to it.

heeeeeeeeeeelp!!!

What make and model of machine is it?

Steve

its a dell 1520 inspiron. the recovery stored on drive d: doesnt seem to have an obvious way to run. ive been through the back up and restore menu and it says that there isnt a way of running it even through it is sat there. have a feeling im gonna have to get the box down from the loft to see what discs are in it.

I don't often deal with Dells, but there might well be a disc in your starter pack, to get things moving.

If not, give Dell a ring.

Steve

Also, the info in these threads might come in handy:

Recovery of DELL Inspiron 1520? - Yahoo! Answers

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Steve

The disk should help, if not does the machine say something like "hit f10 for recovery" when booting up

Be VERY careful with manufacturers recovery disks.

They will almost certainly wipe all data from the machine, and install only the OS and essential drivers for the original fitted hardware.

Be VERY careful with manufacturers recovery disks.

They will almost certainly wipe all data from the machine, and install only the OS and essential drivers for the original fitted hardware.

i used an external back up drive to save all my important stuff, took note of what programs i had installed and saved it all and copied it all back once done. just need to find a couple of registration codes but no great hurry as i mainly use it for talex update, facebook and here and email.

The disk should help, if not does the machine say something like "hit f10 for recovery" when booting up

kept trying this but it wouldnt let me as its vista basic on here and would only do it if it was vista premiuim