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Question posted by ackingpo on January 15th, 2014

How To Restore Dell Inspiron M5040 Windows 7 From Drive Partition

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Answer #1: Posted by prateekk007 on January 16th, 2014 4:06 AM

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Hi ackingpo,

Please click on the link given below to get the instructions for restoring the Operating System back to defaults:

http://dell.to/1eVZ5Yd

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Prateek K

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Owners Manual - Page 1

P18F002; Dell Inspiron M5040/15-N5040/ 15-N5050 Owner's Manual Regulatory model: P18F Regulatory type: P18F001; P18F003

Owners Manual - Page 2

..., or death. All rights reserved. P18F002; Trademarks used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and Inspiron™ are trademarks of these materials in the United States and/or other ... NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of Dell Inc. Microsoft®, Windows®, and the Windows start button logo are not followed. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates ...

Owners Manual - Page 3

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Owners Manual - Page 4

... Replacing the Palm-Rest Assembly 32 8 Power Button Board 35 Removing the Power Button Board 35 Replacing the Power Button Board 36 9 Hard Drive 37 Removing the Hard Drive 37 Replacing the Hard Drive 39 10 Coin-Cell Battery 41 Removing the Coin-Cell Battery 41 Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery 42 4 Contents

Owners Manual - Page 5

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Owners Manual - Page 9

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Owners Manual - Page 10

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Owners Manual - Page 13

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Owners Manual - Page 15

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Owners Manual - Page 19

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Owners Manual - Page 23

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Owners Manual - Page 24

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Owners Manual - Page 25

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Owners Manual - Page 28

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Owners Manual - Page 29

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Owners Manual - Page 37

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Owners Manual - Page 43

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Owners Manual - Page 47

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Owners Manual - Page 67

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Owners Manual - Page 71

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