Restarting my laptop, completely. Needing help.

Hi,

With most new systems that come pre-installed with Windows Vista/7 there's a factory partition that houses a backup of the original OS. You can access the factory reset option by 1 of 2 ways...

1, When booting up, it'll state press ** to access setup or ** to run system restore (or similar).

2, When in Windows, under Start -> All Programs there'll be an E-System Recovery Manager (or similar).

Just run the recovery manager and the computer will take care of the rest, even to a point here you can actually save you're user files in some cases.


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You can do what is called a factory reset.. Usually pressing a certain f key on boot will bring you to the restore partition, which will allow you to restore to factory specs.
Its in your manual and online. If you cannot find it, give us your computer and model number and you will get help.

Applicable for E-system 3083 Laptop/other E-System laptops:

when the pc is off turn it on by pressing the power button, immediately after you press the power button start tapping the F10 button and keep tapping until the recovery menu appears, select a full format (destructive recovery) and follow the instructions for this option. destructive does not mean it will break anything, it means it will remove all data and start again from scratch, this is always the best option and the one needed if you have installed a different copy already, it will remove the other copy of windows totally and reinstall your proper copy, you will probably need to enter the windows product key, it is on a greenish sticker probly on the back or side of the case, write it down carefully so you will have it in case it asks you for it, do this before you start the reinstallation.

apples2k10 said:

Okay thanks guys, I'll try them out and see how it goes. Do all these let me keep my drivers? I don't want a laptop without sound and what not :P

The recovery console will return your laptop to exactly how it was when you bought it. If sound/video was working then, then it will after a factory reset.

If you give us the make of your PC, I may be able to give you the full reinstallation procedure. They differ somehow from make to make.

Abhishek Ghosh said:

Applicable for E-system 3083 Laptop/other E-System laptops:

when the pc is off turn it on by pressing the power button, immediately after you press the power button start tapping the F10 button and keep tapping until the recovery menu appears, select a full format (destructive recovery) and follow the instructions for this option. destructive does not mean it will break anything, it means it will remove all data and start again from scratch, this is always the best option and the one needed if you have installed a different copy already, it will remove the other copy of windows totally and reinstall your proper copy, you will probably need to enter the windows product key, it is on a greenish sticker probly on the back or side of the case, write it down carefully so you will have it in case it asks you for it, do this before you start the reinstallation.

I bought the Laptop with Windows 7 on it. So I didn't get the installation box or anything to do with it. So if I need the product key I can't get it can I?

If win7 was preinstalled on the PC, then you should also have a recovery partition. At least in 95% that is the case.