Re: Complete system restore on Windows Vista

[crosspost to Vista General]

Don't confuse a System Recovery (AKA In-Place Upgrade or clean install) with
(Windows) System Restore!

Check with the manufacturer's tech support: Chances are there's a hidden
Recovery partition you can use to return the computer to OOBE state.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Jaime R wrote:
> My computer is over filled with useless and old data that would take to
> long
> to delete one by one. I would like to do a system restore to completly
> wipe
> everything off computer as if it were a new computer. I didn't recieve any
> disks when i first bought computer in march 2008, and cannot find anything
> on computer it self for system restore except recover from earlier date.

Hi Jaime,

Check your system documentation or look online at the manufacturer's support
site. As mentioned, you don't want System Restore, you want a System
Recovery. The methods vary greatly. Most require that the user depress a
particular F key during the startup sequence to access the recovery tool.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> [crosspost to Vista General]
>
> Don't confuse a System Recovery (AKA In-Place Upgrade or clean install)
> with (Windows) System Restore!
>
> Check with the manufacturer's tech support: Chances are there's a hidden
> Recovery partition you can use to return the computer to OOBE state.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> www.banthecheck.com
>
>
> Jaime R wrote:
>> My computer is over filled with useless and old data that would take to
>> long
>> to delete one by one. I would like to do a system restore to completly
>> wipe
>> everything off computer as if it were a new computer. I didn't recieve
>> any
>> disks when i first bought computer in march 2008, and cannot find
>> anything
>> on computer it self for system restore except recover from earlier date.
>

<waves @ Nutcase>

Rick Rogers wrote:
> Hi Jaime,
>
> Check your system documentation or look online at the manufacturer's
> support
> site. As mentioned, you don't want System Restore, you want a System
> Recovery. The methods vary greatly. Most require that the user depress a
> particular F key during the startup sequence to access the recovery tool.
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> [crosspost to Vista General]
>>
>> Don't confuse a System Recovery (AKA In-Place Upgrade or clean install)
>> with (Windows) System Restore!
>>
>> Check with the manufacturer's tech support: Chances are there's a hidden
>> Recovery partition you can use to return the computer to OOBE state.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>> www.banthecheck.com
>>
>>
>> Jaime R wrote:
>>> My computer is over filled with useless and old data that would take to
>>> long
>>> to delete one by one. I would like to do a system restore to completly
>>> wipe
>>> everything off computer as if it were a new computer. I didn't recieve
>>> any
>>> disks when i first bought computer in march 2008, and cannot find
>>> anything
>>> on computer it self for system restore except recover from earlier date.