The Dell laptop is one of the most commonly used computers. However, even the most powerful computer can crash because of hardware or software issues. How to recover a Dell laptop? Don't worry, Apeaksoft data recovery experts are devoted to this topic and have found four solutions, helping you restore your Dell laptop, repair system issues, and recover lost data on your computer.

Part 1. Dell Factory Reset from Boot F12

Dell computers are all embedded Windows system. Therefore, any Dell computer can utilize the Windows recovery method. However, some Dell computers have an in-built Dell custom recovery tool, which can help fix device issues tailored to Dell's Windows system.

Therefore, if your computer has severe system issues, please read this part and see how to use the Dell factory reset key – F12, and the customized recovery tool to recover Dell computers.

Step 1. First, shut down your laptop and start it. Press F12 immediately after you press the power button to reach the boot menu, which will show as the following picture. If the laptop enters the login screen, please shut it down and try again.

Step 2. You will see SupportAssist OS Recovery, which is also marked out in the former picture. Click it to enter the next interface.

Step 3. Select Start Reset > Reset to factory Settings. Next, you can choose whether to back up your personal document.

Step 4. Finally, click Next and Continue to confirm recovery. Your laptop will restart several times. After the recovery is done, follow the on-screen instructions to enter your laptop. The issues may already be removed because the recovery tool has reinstalled the system for you.

Part 2. Dell Factory Reset from BIOS

We introduced how to recover a Dell laptop to factory settings in Part 1, which fixes the software issues. This part will illustrate how to recover a Dell laptop and fix the hardware issues – BIOS factory reset.

BIOS, short for Basic Input/Output System, is crucial in ensuring that hardware components are initialized and function properly during the system boot-up process. And BIOS recovery ensures the BIOS runs normally so your computer can boot up successfully.

Let's see how to recover Dell from BIOS.

Step 1. Restart your laptop. Then press the F2 key several times until you see the BIOS Setup screen.

Step 2. Click the LOAD DEFAULTS button at the bottom.

Step 3. Select BIOS Defaults and click OK. And follow the on-screen instructions to exit BIOS mode.

Part 3. Dell Laptop Factory Reset Using Boot Drive

If your computer crashes and it does not respond, you probably need a boot drive to recover it. A bootable drive is created from another well-working laptop. This drive helps recover your crashed laptop and reinstall the system. However, creating a bootable drive is tricky. Please prepare an empty USB, CD/DVD drive, and follow the detailed guide below.

Step 1. Download this tool on another working Windows laptop and install it.

Step 2. Insert your USB drive or put your CD/DVD into your laptop. Launch this program on the laptop. Then, choose the drive type and click Burn CD/DVD or Burn USB to create the boot drive automatically.

Step 3. After burning successfully, insert the boot drive into the crashed laptop and press F12 or Esc to enter the Boot menu. Select the Boot tab and choose a recovery method, then press Enter. Your laptop will restart.

Step 4. You will see the program interface after the laptop restarts. Follow the guide and enter your laptop even without a password.

Part 4. How to Recover Data from Dell Laptop Hard Drive

Does your desktop folder go missing on your Windows laptop for no reason? Do you lose or accidentally delete files on your Dell laptop, and you are wondering how to recover deleted files on your Dell laptop? This part gives you the solution to recover it. Although you can't see your files after deletion or factory reset in File Explorer, the deleted files are still somewhere on the hard drive and just marked as deleted.

Therefore, you can use a third-party program to scan those marked deleted files on your Dell, or any other Windows laptop, and recover them so that you can see and reach them in the File Explorer. Here, we recommend Apeaksoft Data Recovery.

Data Recovery is one of the hottest products of Apeaksoft because of its high success rate in computer data recovery and its easy-to-use feature. Most of its users who come to this program get their lost files. See how to recover deleted files on your Dell laptop.

Step 1. Install this program and launch it on your Dell laptop. Choose a disk or a specific folder and click the Start Scan button at the bottom.

Step 2. he program will scan all data on the path you selected. When the scanning finishes, navigate to the lost files you want to recover. You can switch the view to Path List and Type List. Then, click Recover at the bottom.

Step 3. Finally, set the output folder and export all those files into that path. The whole process generally won't take longer than 5 minutes.

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