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Reinstall on Boot With a Function Key (SOLVED)

LonestarRunnerLonestarRunner Registered User regular
edited March 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Alright, a while back I got the BSoD, and I called tech support and they told me to hold down a button or two and that prompted a bootdiscless reinstall of Windows XP.

I'm pretty sure one of them was a Function Key.

Can anyone help me out?

I've googled it (Function Key Reboot Windows, Function Key Install Windows, Function Key on Boot)

But to no avail.

I wanna see it when you find out what comets, stars, and moons are all about
I wanna see their faces turn to backs of heads and slowly get smaller
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  • SporkedSporked Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    You're probably thinking of a system restore, which you can trigger by pressing F8 during bootup.

    If you really mean a full reinstall, then it's probably something the manufacturer set up so we'd need to know what make/model the machine is.

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  • LonestarRunnerLonestarRunner Registered User regular
    edited March 2008
    It was a system restore, thank you!.

    Solved and Lock, please.

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    I wanna see it when you find out what comets, stars, and moons are all about
    I wanna see their faces turn to backs of heads and slowly get smaller
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