Vista - Need help restoring XP on my Dell laptop

I've had my first experience with Vista and I enjoyed the OS, more or less,
but I need to get back to XP's functionality for right now.

Mainly my issues lie in photoshop. I create a lot of art for websites and my
mouse continues to jump uncontrollably around the canvas. I've searched for
help with this and just can't find it, so my only hope using photoshop
regularly again is returning to the XP OS.

The only problem is that I have no Windows XP OS Disc. My Dell laptop has a
function called "Dell PC Restore" on it which returns the computer to it's
factory sealed condition; the condition it was in when I first got it out of
the box. The only problem is that it requires you to push CTRL+F11 during a
screen on the boot sequence; a screen that I don't see anymore. I see the
screen that says "DELL" on it when I startup, but after that there used to be
a screen that said "www.dell.com" and this is the screen I need to get to.
Unfortunately, since I've had Vista, I've not seen that screen.

Any help would be great.

Many Thanks,

JR

An excellent website explaining your issue and how to fix it is posted here:
http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/

Also, Ghost 8.0 or above can read and restore the images from the restore
partition withou using the dell restore program.

Finally, if you need a copy of the Dell MBR (you'll know after you read the
above website) post here and I or someone else will email it to you.

-Mike

"Joe Rodino" <Joe Rodino@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:792D4024-6FEF-4365-B524-2ECA8F028C65@microsoft.com...
> I've had my first experience with Vista and I enjoyed the OS, more or
> less,
> but I need to get back to XP's functionality for right now.
>
> Mainly my issues lie in photoshop. I create a lot of art for websites and
> my
> mouse continues to jump uncontrollably around the canvas. I've searched
> for
> help with this and just can't find it, so my only hope using photoshop
> regularly again is returning to the XP OS.
>
> The only problem is that I have no Windows XP OS Disc. My Dell laptop has
> a
> function called "Dell PC Restore" on it which returns the computer to it's
> factory sealed condition; the condition it was in when I first got it out
> of
> the box. The only problem is that it requires you to push CTRL+F11 during
> a
> screen on the boot sequence; a screen that I don't see anymore. I see the
> screen that says "DELL" on it when I startup, but after that there used to
> be
> a screen that said "www.dell.com" and this is the screen I need to get to.
> Unfortunately, since I've had Vista, I've not seen that screen.
>
> Any help would be great.
>
> Many Thanks,
>
> JR

P.S. The main page of interest for you is below (sorry, I should have posted
it the first time)

http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixes.htm

-Mike

"**__MIke__**" <Mike@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:-eGdnfmjvKo-i67YnZ2dnUVZ_rqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> An excellent website explaining your issue and how to fix it is posted
> here:
> http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/
>
> Also, Ghost 8.0 or above can read and restore the images from the restore
> partition withou using the dell restore program.
>
> Finally, if you need a copy of the Dell MBR (you'll know after you read
> the above website) post here and I or someone else will email it to you.
>
> -Mike
>
> "Joe Rodino" <Joe Rodino@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:792D4024-6FEF-4365-B524-2ECA8F028C65@microsoft.com...
>> I've had my first experience with Vista and I enjoyed the OS, more or
>> less,
>> but I need to get back to XP's functionality for right now.
>>
>> Mainly my issues lie in photoshop. I create a lot of art for websites and
>> my
>> mouse continues to jump uncontrollably around the canvas. I've searched
>> for
>> help with this and just can't find it, so my only hope using photoshop
>> regularly again is returning to the XP OS.
>>
>> The only problem is that I have no Windows XP OS Disc. My Dell laptop has
>> a
>> function called "Dell PC Restore" on it which returns the computer to
>> it's
>> factory sealed condition; the condition it was in when I first got it out
>> of
>> the box. The only problem is that it requires you to push CTRL+F11 during
>> a
>> screen on the boot sequence; a screen that I don't see anymore. I see the
>> screen that says "DELL" on it when I startup, but after that there used
>> to be
>> a screen that said "www.dell.com" and this is the screen I need to get
>> to.
>> Unfortunately, since I've had Vista, I've not seen that screen.
>>
>> Any help would be great.
>>
>> Many Thanks,
>>
>> JR
>

Wow, what an excellent writing style and command of knowledge! Thanks for
that link. I've heard of Dan Goodell but never had occasion to read anything
of his, but now he's on my short list of advisors.


"**__MIke__**" <Mike@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:-eGdnfmjvKo-i67YnZ2dnUVZ_rqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> An excellent website explaining your issue and how to fix it is posted
> here:
> http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/
>
> Also, Ghost 8.0 or above can read and restore the images from the restore
> partition withou using the dell restore program.
>
> Finally, if you need a copy of the Dell MBR (you'll know after you read
> the above website) post here and I or someone else will email it to you.
>
> -Mike
>
> "Joe Rodino" <Joe Rodino@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:792D4024-6FEF-4365-B524-2ECA8F028C65@microsoft.com...
>> I've had my first experience with Vista and I enjoyed the OS, more or
>> less,
>> but I need to get back to XP's functionality for right now.
>>
>> Mainly my issues lie in photoshop. I create a lot of art for websites and
>> my
>> mouse continues to jump uncontrollably around the canvas. I've searched
>> for
>> help with this and just can't find it, so my only hope using photoshop
>> regularly again is returning to the XP OS.
>>
>> The only problem is that I have no Windows XP OS Disc. My Dell laptop has
>> a
>> function called "Dell PC Restore" on it which returns the computer to
>> it's
>> factory sealed condition; the condition it was in when I first got it out
>> of
>> the box. The only problem is that it requires you to push CTRL+F11 during
>> a
>> screen on the boot sequence; a screen that I don't see anymore. I see the
>> screen that says "DELL" on it when I startup, but after that there used
>> to be
>> a screen that said "www.dell.com" and this is the screen I need to get
>> to.
>> Unfortunately, since I've had Vista, I've not seen that screen.
>>
>> Any help would be great.
>>
>> Many Thanks,
>>
>> JR
>