System Restore Point

[uzayr99]

this is much more a querie than a question but is their away to restore a pc back to its buy-date if its not in restore points memory?

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[RandyL]

A reinstall of Windows. This is usually done with a set of recovery/restore disks, a full Windows set of disks or by reinstallling from a partition on the hard drive. What is the make, model and number of the PC? Do you have any disks and if so what do they say?

 

Keep in mind you will have to save any files you want first.

[Plastic Nev]

If there are files or other data you wish to keep, ideally it should be backed up as Randy suggested.

However, with Windows 7, depending on the manufacturer it is sometimes possible to perform a Windows repair rather than doing a full recovery. It depends on the type of system it first came with, whether a disk, a disk you made after purchase, or directly from the recovery partition. Therefore we do need to know the make and model before we can advise further.

Also it would help us to know why you wish to restore to factory condition, is it because you are selling it on perhaps or some other reason.

Nev.

[uzayr99]

acctually its custom built so i dont really know and no disks were supplied

and i want to reset to factory condition as i have purchased a new pc and im selling this one how ever their are a few viruses on it that my anti-virus doesnt pick up , ussually i would format it and re-install however i dont have a install disk.

Edited May 7, 2011 by uzayr99

[Plastic Nev]

There just may be a recovery partition on the computer, I am assuming it is Windows7 on it? If so click on control panel, find "recovery" then click on the blue "advanced recovery methods"

If there is a recovery partition you should then see "Return your computer to factory condition", click on that and follow any instructions, where it tells you this will delete everything, allow it to carry on.

Nev.