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Avorill
Aspirant
Nov 22, 2012

Need help with Factory Reset.

Hi. I need to do a Factory Reset without HDD so it will be in the same condition as I got it because I am returning it back to the store. How can I do the Reset without putting in any hdd's pls h...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 22, 2012
Avorill wrote:
Hi.
I need to do a Factory Reset without HDD so it will be in the same condition as I got it because I am returning it back to the store.
How can I do the Reset without putting in any hdd's

pls help me someone.
You can't, but you don't need to. The only thing that might have changed is the firmware install stored in the flash, and it should be ok if that is newer. Everything else is in the OS partition on the hard drives.

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