This may have been posted before but I can't find it. I have a laptop in very good condition that was stuck in windows. It's a Dell Inspirion (5010, I think) with Windows 7.1 on it. Last night I tried to restore it to factory settings but I chose the option of backing up what was there. I went through the whole process and it is telling me Windows can't restore with back up. I have no problem with wiping it and going back to factory setting without the old data, but now when I hit F8 while it's starting up it won't go to the restore option, it keeps bringing up the last page that says it can't restore Windows with back up.

Should I just keep trying the F8 method? Have I completely screwed it up? Any input/help is greatly appreciated. I am a novice when it comes to fixing computers and google is no help. Thanks in advance.