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Dell Inspiron laptop reset itself to factory settings

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trishsab Posts 2 Registration date Sunday September 27, 2015 Status Member Last seen September 28, 2015 - Sep 27, 2015 at 08:34 PM
Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Sep 28, 2015 at 04:53 PM
My Dell Inspiron laptop reset itself to factory settings. I've lost ALL of my documents, files, etc. How/why did this happen??? I did not intentionally reset or do anything out of the ordinary...walked away, came back and when I logged back in, my screen was reset...
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,169
Sep 28, 2015 at 06:15 AM
Hello

Looks as if your lappy got hyjacked.
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trishsab Posts 2 Registration date Sunday September 27, 2015 Status Member Last seen September 28, 2015
Sep 28, 2015 at 10:22 AM
Any way to recover deleted files from hard drive? (No back up in several months)
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,169 > trishsab Posts 2 Registration date Sunday September 27, 2015 Status Member Last seen September 28, 2015
Sep 28, 2015 at 04:15 PM
Factory reset actually deletes everything and put it back to what it was when you first took it out of the box. Sorry.
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Trishsab > Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023
Sep 28, 2015 at 04:51 PM
Hmmmm....my devices and printers are still there, my recycle bin still has documents (a ton). Okay, thank you.
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,169 > Trishsab
Sep 28, 2015 at 04:53 PM
What about your documents and applications?
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