| Windows 7: Will it return back to factory state? |
03 Apr 2010
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Will it return back to factory state? I am planning to upgrade my windows 7 home premium 64 bits to windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. Here is my question. After upgrading to windows 7 ultimate, can i return my laptop back to it's factory state (windows 7 home premium 64 bits) with the recovery dvds i made after buying the laptop? | My System Specs |
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03 Apr 2010
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#2 | | Win 8 Release candidate 8400 |

Quote: Originally Posted by destany I am planning to upgrade my windows 7 home premium 64 bits to windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. Here is my question. After upgrading to windows 7 ultimate, can i return my laptop back to it's factory state (windows 7 home premium 64 bits) with the recovery dvds i made after buying the laptop? Yes, you can. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx OS Win 8 Release candidate 8400 CPU 2@2.4 Memory 4 gigs Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M Sound Card HD built-in Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga Screen Resolution 1440x900 Cooling none Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up |
03 Apr 2010
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#3 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
You would have a much easier job if you did that from an image - e.g. of the current state. Image your system with free Macrium - Vista Forums and Imaging with free Macrium | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
03 Apr 2010
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does that program make an recovery disc of the OS? | My System Specs | | |
04 Apr 2010
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#5 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
It makes an image which you can write (store) on an external disk, on DVDs or in a seperate partition. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
05 Apr 2010
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so if i burn an image with that program, i will be able to return to window 7 home x64 factory? | My System Specs | | |
05 Apr 2010
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#7 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
You return to the state as the system was when you burnt the image. That is a lot better than factory state (unless your system is defunct) because you do not have to deal with a lot of updates. Last time I did a reinstall (Vista), I had to deal with 300 updates. Took 3 days that orgie. A recovery from an image takes 30 minutes. And you do not have to reinstall any programs or redo any of your tweaks and settings. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
06 Apr 2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by whs You return to the state as the system was when you burnt the image. That is a lot better than factory state (unless your system is defunct) because you do not have to deal with a lot of updates. Last time I did a reinstall (Vista), I had to deal with 300 updates. Took 3 days that orgie. A recovery from an image takes 30 minutes. And you do not have to reinstall any programs or redo any of your tweaks and settings. it can be multiple disc right? Example: disc 1 of 3, disc 2 of 3, disc 3 of 3 | My System Specs | | |
06 Apr 2010
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#9 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
As I said, Ideally you image to an external disk drive. But you can also image to DVDs. Look at the size of your data on C and then take appr. 55% of that. That will be the appr. size of the image. Now figure 4.7GB per DVD. Then you can calculate the #of DVDs.
Example: My Windows7 image is 9.45GBs. That would fit on 2 DVDs. But I have no user data on the OS partition because I have a seperate Data Partition. Your OS partition may be bigger and you may need more than 2 DVDs. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
08 Apr 2010
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for the windows 7 ultimate upgrade, can I keep my current files? or do i have to install them again? | My System Specs | | Will it return back to factory state? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:48 AM. | |