Packard Bell factory release without restoration CD

Hello, spider_cochon,
if I press F11 when turning on the laptop, I won't need the restoration CDs?
Thank you and have a good day.

Thank you soooooo much, you are the only ones who found my answer!!!
You saved me!!!
THANK YOU

If you had "lost" 10 minutes of your time right after the purchase (when your burner was working!) it wouldn't cost you 50 euros!!
Each CD is made for a specific laptop model..............
Or do a burn on a network burner if your software supports this option.

Hello, Hombourgeois,
the mobile phone in question was the first one I ever had in my life. I was miles away from knowing that I needed to burn those restoration CDs... Too bad for me!
Can you please explain to me how to do network burning, please?
Thank you.

at startup, try F9

There's a solution I saw on the site you mentioned, but it doesn't always work (I was able to verify this once) because the machine needs to be functioning properly and all the necessary files must be present, which isn't always the case when you want to revert to the original, since wanting to go back to the original means something isn't going well...............
Not to mention the hard drive tattoo!
It's the story of the snake biting its tail.
But it might be worth a shot; they may have added new information since then.

Hello gegelagaff...

You must have found it by now, but still.

esc=escape (English)
échapp.=escaped (French)

This key is usually (or always) in the top left. And it’s very useful ;)

Hang in there!
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The test is the proof!

no idea...... but I've never seen this option when creating a disk, not even the choice of the burner (but then again, there was only one on the machine!)

Boot in safe mode and see if there happens to be a restore option

It's not just for smartphones !!
Landlines are subject to the same rules, you just have to read the papers that come with the thing.

You connect to another PC whose burner is set as "shared"; if the software can "see" it, that's all good, but it's not guaranteed either.
You might also consider removing the burner if it's broken so that a search for a burner can be conducted.

Well...
Wouldn't there be another solution?...
Naive question: wouldn't it be possible to save the recovery CD data on a USB stick, for example?
Thank you!

The thing is, Packard Bell is asking me for 50 euros to give me a solution, and not to send me the CDs (which cost 80 euros). So the solution exists...
I'm going to keep looking and I'll keep you updated.
Thank you.

Hi everyone,

I completely agree with the other participants.
Moreover, during the initial installation, it is suggested to burn the Master DVD or to do it later.
So no excuses!

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He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes, but he who never asks is a fool for life.
(Chinese proverb)

Hi mine1 and HOMBOURGEOIS,

There might be an alternative, mine1, you can check it out by clicking on the following link: http://www.commentcamarche.net/faq/sujet 1380 materiel packard bell restauration master

Otherwise, as you can read in the previous link, there is a great expert on Packard Bell PCs, Veuvenoire07 (a member of CCM). You can contact her and/or register on her forum; it's free.

However, I think that €50 is not an exorbitant amount to have all your peace of mind.

Keep us updated.

Best regards
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The one who asks a question is foolish for five minutes, the one who does not dare is foolish for a lifetime.
(Chinese proverb)

What if you replaced the burner so you could burn the master CDs???

Otherwise, I confirm that you cannot choose the burner with the master CD creation software.

And I also confirm that it’s not a bad idea to read the manual when you buy a device.

Good summary spider_

Hello, I wanted to reset my computer by pressing F11
but after that it asked me to choose a boot device or to set the boot device by default, but for that I had to press a key on my computer and it showed me the key in English (esc)
so I would like to know what this key is because it is written in English
thank you in advance