Solve : Restoring laptop to original factory settings?

1.	Solve : Restoring laptop to original factory settings?
Answer» I have a Dell Inspiron laptop, I'm going to give it to my brother but I wanted to put everything in his name. I wanted to restore the original factory settings for him as well. I read on one of the posts that I could just hit F10 and it should restore it back to the original settings, I don't have the recovery disk for it and I really don't want to buy one if its not necessary. Can I just use the F10 step without the recovery disk? If so can someone please guide me down the right path to work it correctly. My other PROBLEM is the CD/DVD drive only runs when I turn the laptop on its side, I've tried to CLEAN the drive, but it still doesn't work unless I put it on its side. Do I need to buy another drive for it? Thanks for the help.Remember, Factory RESET will ERASE the entire drive and put Windows back on in first-start conditions. What model is the COMPUTER? Laptop or Desktop?It's an Dell Inspiron 6000 LaptopFor Dell, it's Ctrl+F11: http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/fixes.htm

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