Possible to change manufactured settings on windows 7?

[ProGmistro]

hi i have a netbook windows 7 starter n i want to upgrade for home premium if possible, butt i think im stuck at a part, when i saw the manufactured settings i dont know what this is, when im about to format my disk n install home premium, does it go back to starter when my computer goes wrong n i have to a system restore? :sarc: or can i change the restore setting to home premium in the manufactured settings? :huh:
thank you for your response

 

[Golden]

Hi,

What you can do is go one step better : after upgrading to Home Premium, image your new installation to an external drive. If you ever need to "refresh" the netbook if something goes wrong, you simply restore the image you made. Its very easy to do.

Use this to do that:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/73828-imaging-free-macrium.html

Regards,
Golden

 

[ProGmistro]

what is does saving my image do exactly?
n does it have risks?

 

[Golden]

Hi,

Its like taking a photographic snapshot of your installation, which you "copy" back to your computer if something goes wrong.

Everything has risks, including restoring from a manufacturers recovery partition. Follow the tutorial before you proceed so you can get an idea of what happens, and the tests you can perform to ensure the image will work as expected.

Regards,
Golden

 

[ProGmistro]

so there is no way to change the partition? but thank you so much for the reply

 

[gregrocker]

Saving a backup image preserves the installation at that exact moment so you can reimage your HD with it and it will start up exactly like it was then.

In your case, you can more easily upgrade from Starter to Home Premium by simply inserting your Premium Product Key in Anytime Upgrade, which unlocks the extra features in Home Premium in 10 minutes.

Here's how: Windows Anytime Upgrade - How to - Windows 7 Forums

If you think you might want to go back to Starter at any time, e.g. to sell the PC and keep your Home Premium, then either make your Factory Recovery disks or the backup image Golden suggested.

Once you upgrade to Home Premium make another backup image so you never have to reinstall both OS"s again. You can even use WIn7's own built-in Backup Imaging in Home Premium: Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup

 

[Golden]

so there is no way to change the partition? but thank you so much for the reply

Partition? What do you mean? You never aksed about "changing partitions"......or have I missed something?

Regards,
Golden

 

[ProGmistro]

sorry yes i am finding out if i change the manufactured settings to home premium or does the restore option in the system recovery just stay in the starter setting

e.g. when you have to system restore it makes it so that the computer is the way it was when it was first sold with all ur personal programs removed. that is what i trying to find out if i can change it, or it stays in starter. without doing any image recovery on external (< have to still try it oout)

 

[gregrocker]

If you have an onboard Recovery partition it will recover to exactly the condition it came from factory, i.e. Starter.

You can back up an image of Starter as well to be sure.

Or make your Recovery disks before running Anytime Upgrade if you want another backup method for running Factory Recovery.

 

[ProGmistro]

so if there a recovery disk then i can change it but how? or can i make a new recovery disk? or its irrelevant and there is nothing i can do

 

[gregrocker]

Type DIsk Management in Start search box (above Start button). Click on result at top.

In Disk Mgmt is there a Recovery partition? If you tell us your make and model we can tell you how it's run.

This partition is used to restore your computer to factory condition from within Win7 or from boot. It can also normallly generate a set of Recovery DVD's which do that same thing as partition, and are booted to run Recovery in case your HD fails or the Recovery partition fails.

Do you understand this now?

 

[ProGmistro]

yes there is a recovery partition in the disk management thanks im learning lil by lil, i have a acer aspire one intel atom n450 1.66 ghz, 160 gb hdd, 1 gb ram, n some graphics ill to look for i havent changed it

 

[gregrocker]

Here's how Acer eRecovery is run: Acer Support: Recovery media and Restoring a system to factory load

You purchased a Win7 Home Premium upgrade of the same 32- or 64-bit rate and want to upgrade now?

 

[ProGmistro]

yeah sure i just gotta back some new files (about 10) n thats it

 

[gregrocker]

Are you going to make the Recovery disks too, as shown in the blue link in my last post?

 

[ProGmistro]

recovery disks are done already but its only for external, i think i messe up the name of the computer i think its a notebook because is have a 10 inch screen, its a small laptop

 

[gregrocker]

Are you saying you saved Recovery to an external HD? Was this one of the options given when you made your Factory Recovery media? Yes or no?

 

[ProGmistro]

im so sorry im confused let me restart i have a small laptop (no dvd drive) which has starter i want to change the recovery partition so that if all else fails ill have home premuim to do a system restore and not starter, is this possible?

 

[Golden]

Hi,

No, I don't think its possible to change the manufactuers recovery partition. Greg: do you concur?

If you use Macrium to create an image of your Home Premium installation, then that in effect becomes your 'recovery partition'. In fact, in many respects it performs far, far better than a manufacturer's recovery partition.

Before you go down the Macrium route, there should be an existing utility on your netbook to burn the existing recovery partition to DVD should you ever need it.

Regards,
Golden

 

[gregrocker]

Didn't you say you saved Recovery to external? Was that an option which you chose for your laptop?

recovery disks are done already but its only for external,

As Golden says, you cannot change the Recovery partition to Home Premium, only the OS partition. But a Win7 or Macrium backup image is better than a Recovery partition anyway, saved to external in case the HD ever dies.

We will help walk you through saving the image after the Anytime Upgrade.

Did you buy a WIn7 Upgrade version which has a Product Key?