How can I restore my active desktop?

How to Restore Utility Partition in DELL Desktop........?

• Hello everyone, I have a DELL inspiron 530 desktop with Windows Vista Home premium(32 bit version)................ I had re-installed the Windows Vista Operating system Using the Windows Vista DVD provided via DELL from microsoft instead of using the DELL factory image restore feature ............ after somedays i used the DELL factory image restore feature to restore my desktop to the factory image ................... the process got completed successfully ..................... after sometime for the troubleshooting purpose i wanted to run the DELL diagnostics Utility feature using the Utility partition provide on the HDD ................... So i rebooted my system and while the BIOS was loading i pressed F12 to get into the Boot Menu options list .............. which lists all the booting options including Utility partition .................... then i selected the Utility partition from the list and pressed enter ........ then a message was displayed :-- "Booting from the Utility Partition .............." but after that nothing happened and i had to restart my desktop ............... and i then repeated the same procedure but again nothing happened except for the message getting displayed ....................... so is there a way i can recover or restore my utility partition of my inspiron desktop .......... thnxx in advance ...............

• Answer:

  http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/document?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&docid=3E48AE3870775D64E040A68F5B2877D4&journalid=67EA05BA7664EBF8E040AE0AB6E160E3&Query=&SystemID=&ServiceTag=&contenttype=&os=&component=&lang=&doclang=&toggle=&dl 1 Turn on the computer. --------------------------------------… 2 As the computer starts, press <F8> on the keyboard until the Advanced Boot Options menu appears on the screen. Note: You must press <F8> before the Windows logo appears on the screen. If you press <F8> after the Windows logo appears on the screen, the Advanced Boot Options menu will not appear on the screen. If you do not see the Advanced Boot Options menu, restart the computer, and then repeat this step until you see the menu on the screen. --------------------------------------… 3 Press the <Down Arrow> on the keyboard to select Repair Your Computer on the Advanced Boot Options menu, and then press <Enter>. --------------------------------------… 4 Specify the language settings that you want, and then click Next. --------------------------------------… 5 Log in as a user who has administrative credentials, and then click OK. --------------------------------------… 6 Click Dell Factory Image Restore. --------------------------------------… 7 In the Dell Factory Image Restore window, click Next. --------------------------------------… 8 Click to select the Yes, reformat hard drive and restore system software to factory condition check box. --------------------------------------… 9 Click Next. The computer is restored to the default factory configuration. --------------------------------------… 10 When the restore operation is completed, click Finish to restart the computer. The software is now installed as it was when the computer was first received.