system restore

[pepeniva]

Hi, i want to restore my laptop the way before i bought the laptop like its original status, but i dont know how and do i need CD's for that?
And also if i upgrade it to windows 7 ultimate (right now i have windows 7 home premium) do i still need to have a CD. i want to erase everything i install or downloaded, cause im trying to get rid of this viruses and my laptop really messed up right now, some files i cant even open and i tried uninstalling them but didnt work at all. so i want to put my laptop its orignal settings.


I know how the system restore works cause thats what i did on my desktop, but on my desktop i dont need the CD to install the operating system or other important files that has to be on the computer.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

You probably can restore your system to the way it was when you bought it, but you would NOT use Windows System Restore to do that.

More details needed, such as who manufactured your laptop.

I think you can upgrade from Home Premium to Ultimate through Windows Anytime Upgrade, without a CD.

But why would you want to upgrade?

 

[pepeniva]

well want to delete evey files i installed and downloaded and bring back the way my laptop was when i first opened it.. but how?
About upgrading to ultimate, well i dont really know how ultimate work, soo should i just stay on home premium? there pretty much the same right?

 

[marsmimar]

I'm thinking you have an ASUS machine. There should be a manufacturer's hidden recovery partition on your hard drive. The usual way to access it is to press F9 as soon as the ASUS logo appears on the screen. (If you have a different machine tell us the manufacturer as each has a different way to access their own recovery partition.) And it's also a good idea to create your own recovery disks should something happen to the recovery partition. (The instructions vary from manufacturer to manufacturer but your ASUS user manual should tell you how it's done.)

It's possible to use the Windows Anytime Upgrade to move to Windows 7 Ultimate but some folks have reported problems using that method and recommend a clean install. Here's a comparison of the various editions. Only you can decide if the upgraded version is worth it.

Compare Windows - Microsoft Windows

 

[ignatzatsonic]

About upgrading to ultimate, well i dont really know how ultimate work, soo should i just stay on home premium? there pretty much the same right?

They differ in some respects, but if you don't know why you would need Ultimate, it's a near certainty you would not benefit from it.

Here is what Ultimate has that is not available in Professional:

BitLocker, BitLocker To Go, AppLocker, Direct Access, Branche Cache, MUI language packs, boot from VHD.

Here is what Professional has that is not available in Home Premium:

Domain join, Remote Desktop host, location aware printing, EFS, Mobility Center, Presentation Mode, Offline Folders, Group Policy (GP) controls, advanced backup, XP Mode.

If you know what those functions are and need them, then you need Professional or Ultimate. Some people figure they need Ultimate because it's, well, Ultimate.

 

[pepeniva]

i think i want to do the recovery partition? is that gonna make it the way it was when i got the laptop? i will try to browse, i will still be online using my desktop computer but i will shut down my laptop and try F9, please stay with me for a while and guide me through the whole thing

 

[ignatzatsonic]

is that gonna make it the way it was when i got the laptop?

That's what it is supposed to do. Back up your personal files before you start. Any changes you made to the system after you bought it or any files you created after you bought it will be lost if you don't back them up.

 

[pepeniva]

i don't really care about my personal files right now and tell you the truth its pretty much all games and besides i can install them again, what im worried about is, if i did the system recovery what if it will also delete the important files like my operating system windows 7 home premium or other important files making the laptop work also i didn't any installation CD for the laptop.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

what im worried about is, if i do the system recovery what if it will also delete the important files like my operating system windows 7 home premium or other important files making the laptop work

Yes, it will get rid of the old important files and replace them with new important files. That's what the recovery process does.

 

[pepeniva]

ahh so theres nothing bad really gonna happen if i use the recovery?

ok i'm at the ASUS PreloAD Wizard and asked me what language do you want to revocer
next
The recovery wizard only works with ASUS notebook. IT WILL NOT WORKWITH ANY OTHER COMPUTER SYSTEM
All application included in the recovery CD are subject to the terms of the software licence agreement that comes with your asus notebook.
WARNING: all files on your hard disk partition will be lost during recovery process. ASUSTek computer INC. shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages.
next
Select the appropriate option below
1. recover windows to first patrtition only
2. recover windows entire HD
3. Recover windows entire HD with two partition.
( i have 3 hard drive one is the C: which hold eveything and the or are the SDATA if im correct and each has 250G total of 1TB)
so iwant to pretty much erase every personal file i have which is it 1, 2, 3?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I've never used an Asus recovery partition, so I'm not sure what choice you should make.

But---the first thing you should do is make recovery disks in case something goes badly wrong with your recovery attempt.

 

[pepeniva]

i don't have a big CD here, how much you think i'll be needing to make the recovery disk?


ok i found a guy that has idea how to work on asus partition, could you take a look at this

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=96388

 

[pepeniva]

ok i officially clicked yes on eveything and recovery in progress. didn't back up my personal files cuase pretty much all games and i have all the CD..... i hope this won't mess or ruin more on my laptop....
fingers cross

 

[marsmimar]

I've never used the ASUS recovery partition, either. But hopefully it will work like a Dell or Sony. (I'm familiar with those.) When the recovery is finished your computer should be exactly like it was when it came from the factory. It will have the same Windows 7 installed, the same recovery partition, and whatever factory installed programs came with the computer.

You'll have to update Windows 7 with all updates that came out from the time the machine left the factory. That will be a lot! My preferred method is to install SP1 first and then install the remaining updates in groups of about 5 at a time. If an update fails, you'll know which group it is and you can uninstall all 5 of the updates and install one at a time. They'll either install properly or you'll know which update is the problem child. If you let Windows Update automatically install everything at one time and a problem occurs, you may not know which update(s) failed.

As to how many CDs/DVDs you'll need to create the recovery disks, that also varies by manufacturer. My Dell took 4 DVDs while my Sony took 3 DVDs.

 

[pepeniva]

recovery is done and now my laptop is doing all the setup and telling it shut down like 5 times already doing all the factory installation, ahh no worry i recently recovered my HP desktop and it took almost day to update all athe components, but i didnt know that if it fail theres a group on that, thanks know i know why some update fails, but how im gonna be able to know which group belongs to?

BTW thank you for helping me and staying, i'm pretty sure i annoyed with all these question but i understand thank you again and now i can sleep without thinking my laptop's problem
just realize 2 person helping me here, i feel warmed even tho the summer is over. thanks you two

almost 10 restarts on ASUS Laptop haha, this will not hurt my laptop right?

 

[marsmimar]

You're very welcome. Glad your computer is in the recovery/updating mode. Hopefully it won't run into any issues. (Unfortunately that always seems to be a possibility with Windows.) And no, the many restarts won't hurt your computer. Many times an update can't be fully installed while the computer is on.

As far as grouping your updates, that's something youll have to configure. I believe Windows 7 defaults to automatically installing updates. You can change that so you're notified there are new updates available and they won't be installed until you decide to install them, or you can turn automatic updates off completely.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2797-windows-update-settings-change.html

When you manually check for updates you'll see a dialog box giving you the option to select which updates you want to install. If you have 15 updates available (just as an example) only put a check mark by 5 of them. That's how you'd make a group. In this example there's a Realtek update available but there's no check mark in the box just to the left so it has not been selected for update.

 

[pepeniva]

yea all updates are fine and updated nicely no error found

 

[marsmimar]

That's good news!