factory restore on compaq c700?

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pressing f11 on startup is not working. this had vista on it but i've installed windows 7. so the f11 don't seem to work?

how do I do a factory restore on this? any ideas? thanks. :)
 

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I'd guess you can't, since you moved from Vista to Win 7. The OEM restore partition may have been deleted or rendered useless.

Maybe you can order recovery disks from HP/Compaq? Probably for a fee, if at all.

Why not reinstall Win 7 rather than go back to Vista?
 

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the vista partition it came with is still there I see it. so are the files.

the win 7 upgrade I paid for only allows installs on 2 pcs.... so if im getting rid of a pc, id like to delete that win 7 upgrade to install on another pc I may get down the road, if this makes any sense.
 

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The Win7 Upgrade I have is a Family Pack for use on up to 3 computers. It's the only version I've ever seen for more than a single installation, designed for upgrading from Vista. It will upgrade from WinXP but requires a clean install [that type upgrading is for pricing only].
 

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macgig said:
the vista partition it came with is still there I see it. so are the files.
Click to expand...

I'm reasonably sure I've heard on this forum that changing the OS can cause the OEM recovery partition to become inoperative, even though it's still visible.
 

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PC/Desktop
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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
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I'm reasonably sure I've heard on this forum that changing the OS can cause the OEM recovery partition to become inoperative, even though it's still visible.[/QUOTE]


must be true, its not working now. I bought this win 7 upgrade from the microsoft store. a downloaded file. I can only activate windows 7 on 2 PCs.... so I wanted to ditch 7 on the PC i'm getting rid of so I can add it to the new used one I got. if that makes any sense. :huh:
 

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Mac user 27+, but I like windows 7. Very Mac like. My A+ cert is from 2008 and I don't work on computers every day, so i'm getting rusty. This forum is a BIG help.
There is no retail version of Win7 that can be activated on 2 PC's. Only retail Family Pack can have multiple PC activations on up to 3 PC's at a time.

You can always reinstall retail Win7 on the same or any other PC and it only counts as one installation. The exception is OEM version which can only be reinstalled on same PC.

I'd do a Clean Reinstall Windows 7 deleting all partitions during install from the booted disk.

If you really prefer Vista then there are ways to Boot Recovery Partition using EasyBCD
and some boot disks have the ability to boot by partition number.
 
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