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How to boot dell partition?

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Thread Starter 
how do i boot the dell partitions there ther but i don't know how to boot into them anyone know?
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Which one? Restore or diagnostic?

The restore is Cntrl+F11 upon boot up.
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You can access the diagnostic partition by hitting F-12 at boot up. You can also burn a XP disk from within windows from the other partition.
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Diagnostics: you can also enter it by powering up holding down the mute button.
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^thorndt, you are a fount of obscure knowledge.
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Originally Posted by odious_m
^thorndt, you are a fount of obscure knowledge.

You have no idea!
<wanna know what kind of calendar the Mayans used?>
If it's obscure and at best only marginally useful, I'm your man.
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Originally Posted by odious_m
^thorndt, you are a fount of obscure knowledge.
i'll second that... how the hell did ya ever... nm... lol
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Thread Starter 
i can access the diagnostic partition but how do get into the other one??
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