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Question posted by irret1224 on April 25th, 2011

Accidentyl Erased The Disk Drive For Dell Dimension 8350. How Do Odtain Copy Or

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Answer #1: Posted by dorvalph on April 25th, 2011 7:47 AM

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well in my opinion if you don`t have a restore point then all data would be lost. you can always contact the manufacture and ask specific questions but once data is erased it`s normally lost. all operating system data and apps can be restored.

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