I have been working on this all night and feel like I'm going crazy.
I have a Dell Inspiron 17R that I got back in 2013. I decided to do a factory reset tonight because I wanted to start fresh as I believe it might have helped with he laptops incredibly slow speed.
The laptop did not come with any discs and it came with Windows 8. I believe an automatic update made me get 8.1 64-bit and that was my current version.
I was having problems getting the reset to work, after a couple of hours, I was finally able to find a fix that let me reset (it had to do with enabling a certain something through the command prompt that was previously disabled). However , before this, I tried another fix I saw on a forum that recommended getting a trial version for enterprise 8.1 and using it's install.wim file (I think that's what it's called) to fix my issue. Needless to say it didn't work.
Fast forward to the previous fix I referred to earlier. after that command prompt fix I was able to reset. I believe I chose the first option through the Windows reset option (the exact wording escapes me, but it said something like 'this process is shorter' compared to a full reset), and when it finished, I set up everything as anyone normally would (personalization, WiFi, etc..). After Windows booted up, something felt odd. everything was fine, and in the bottom left it read something like 'enterprise 8.1 trial evaluation expired 9600.' I'm sorry if this information is useless, but I'm just doing it all from memory, because currently I'm going for the full reset option (it's taking a few hours and going much slower) hoping I can return to just regular 8.1 which I previously had.
This whole process has taken up my entire night and gave me a huge headache. How did it even reset to enterprise 8.1 when my laptop originally just came with regular Windows 8? I read online that enterprise is only for businesses that have a license? I just wanted a fresh start with the old OS. Did I have to use the Dell recovery instead of a the one in Windows?
Anyway, I'm letting this reset continue overnight. it's almost 4am and I need sleep. Thank you to anyone that can help me.
I have a Dell Inspiron 17R that I got back in 2013. I decided to do a factory reset tonight because I wanted to start fresh as I believe it might have helped with he laptops incredibly slow speed.
The laptop did not come with any discs and it came with Windows 8. I believe an automatic update made me get 8.1 64-bit and that was my current version.
I was having problems getting the reset to work, after a couple of hours, I was finally able to find a fix that let me reset (it had to do with enabling a certain something through the command prompt that was previously disabled). However , before this, I tried another fix I saw on a forum that recommended getting a trial version for enterprise 8.1 and using it's install.wim file (I think that's what it's called) to fix my issue. Needless to say it didn't work.
Fast forward to the previous fix I referred to earlier. after that command prompt fix I was able to reset. I believe I chose the first option through the Windows reset option (the exact wording escapes me, but it said something like 'this process is shorter' compared to a full reset), and when it finished, I set up everything as anyone normally would (personalization, WiFi, etc..). After Windows booted up, something felt odd. everything was fine, and in the bottom left it read something like 'enterprise 8.1 trial evaluation expired 9600.' I'm sorry if this information is useless, but I'm just doing it all from memory, because currently I'm going for the full reset option (it's taking a few hours and going much slower) hoping I can return to just regular 8.1 which I previously had.
This whole process has taken up my entire night and gave me a huge headache. How did it even reset to enterprise 8.1 when my laptop originally just came with regular Windows 8? I read online that enterprise is only for businesses that have a license? I just wanted a fresh start with the old OS. Did I have to use the Dell recovery instead of a the one in Windows?
Anyway, I'm letting this reset continue overnight. it's almost 4am and I need sleep. Thank you to anyone that can help me.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1