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Restore my laptop

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As far as I know, that's the only way without using Factory Recovery discs (which requires that the laptop has an optical drive of course).

Are you saying that Alt+F10 doesn't work? May be you're not pressing at the right time:

Turn laptop off.
Hold down the ALT key.
Turn laptop on (still keeping ALT key pressed).
Immediately keep tapping the F10 key.
As far as I know, that's the only way without using Factory Recovery discs (which requires that the laptop has an optical drive of course).

Are you saying that Alt+F10 doesn't work? May be you're not pressing at the right time:

Turn laptop off.
Hold down the ALT key.
Turn laptop on (still keeping ALT key pressed).
Immediately keep tapping the F10 key.
 
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