System Restore / BIOS

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  • Alt + F10 – Access Acer disk-to-disk (D2D) recovery partition. Note: you may need to enable the D2D option in CMOS setup.
  • F10 or F11 – Access the Compaq (Hewlett Packard) recovery partition. (Start, All Programs, Compaq, for a program to restore to factory)
  • Ctrl + F11 or F8 – Access Dell computers Dell System Restore (DSR) partition on many different models.
  • F11 – Access eMachine option to restore backup copy.
  • F11 – Access Lenovo hidden recovery partition.

Acer

F2 (BIOS Setup)
F12 (Boot Device Options)
ALT + F10 (Acer eRecovery)

ASUS

ESC (Boot Selection Menu)
F2 (BIOS Setup)
F9 (Asus Laptop Recovery)

Apple (Models 2006+)

Command + Option + P + R (PRAM and NVRAM Reset)
Command + S (Boot into Single-User Mode)
Command + V (Boot with Verbose Status)
Option (Select Hard Drive Boot Volume)
Option + N (Boot Image from Netboot Server)
Shift (Boot into Safe Mode)
C (Boot from CD Drive)
D (Boot from OS/X Recovery and perform Hardware Test)
N (Boot from Network)

Dell

CTRL + F11 (Dell™ PC Restore by Symantec)
F8 (Repair Your Computer) Dell Factory Image Restore

EI Systems

F10 (System Recovery)

Fujitsu

F2 (BIOS Setup)
F12 (Boot Menu)

Gateway

F11 or R (Gateway Recovery)

Del (BIOS)

HP / Compaq Desktops

F10 (HP Recovery)

HP Pavilion / Compaq Laptops

ESC (Startup Menu)
F1 (System Information)
F2 (System Diagnostic)
F9 (Boot Device Options)
F10 (BIOS Setup)
F11 (System Recovery)

IBM ThinkPad

F11 (IBM Product Recovery)

Intel NUC

F2 (System Setup)
F7 (BIOS Update)
F10 (Boot Menu)

Lenovo

(Lenovo OneKey Rescue System)
F2 (BIOS Setup)

F12 (Boot Menu)

create USB Recovery Media – https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/lenovorecovery

Packard Bell

F11 (Recovery Program)

Samsung

F4

Sony Vaio

F10 (VAIO Recovery Wizard)

Toshiba

0 (zero) (Toshiba Harddrive Recovery Utility)
F2 (Setup Utility)
F8 (Advanced Boot Options Menu)
F12 (Boot Menu)

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