[PCTECH] Re: PcTech Digest, Vol 2, Issue 223

["Steve Landess" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Dan Bale wrote:
>
> My son's friend has already indicated that he'd be willing to do an
> install-from-scratch to solve the problem.  Only thing is, is that he was
> unable to quickly locate the install CD that they should have gotten when
> they bought their Dell a few years ago.  Does Dell keep an install image
in
> a hidden partition?  If so, anyone know how to reload from that?

Dan -
Unless Dell has changed it, hit F8 while booting, select the option to go to
a Command window only, then type ZZTOP from the DOS command prompt.  This
program will allow you to reload from an image that is stored in a hidden
partition on the hard disk (unless the data in this partition is corrupt...)

Steve Landess
Austin, Texas
(512) 423-0935