"Open Dell Backup and Recovery by clicking Start, pointing to All programs and clicking Dell Backup and Recovery
Click Restore System"
The system restore option is there but not available as it is telling me to backup the system first. I will have to get a blank disk to do the backup. Any idea how much memory a disk will have to have to do a backup?
Not enough for the backup it's looking to do, a DVD is 4.7 gig, dual layer is 9 gig.
What I'd do, pick up a USB drive, copy your documents, pictures, video and music folders, downloads and desktop if you want, to the USB drive. Reinstall windows from scratch, copy your backed up data from the USB to the appropriate folders. Just an example, on the computer I'm using right now, those files total 63.9 gig. My total user file is just north of 90 gigs, that number includes stuff like app data you don't need backed up.
