Restoring Vista Home Premium to factory settings

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Spuddy

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#38898 5-Aug-2009 16:15

Does anyone have any idea on how to restore back to factory settings? I know you could do this on other version but am unsure on how to with Vista

tersam98

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#243863 7-Aug-2009 11:37

Hi there, did you receive any discs with the computer other then the windows vista cd as proprietry systems such as HP or Dell usually come with recovery tools on a CD in which you can restore back to Windows default settings?

Would recommend that you back up all data first before doing the restore

cheers

Terry

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#243865 7-Aug-2009 11:44

Or within Vista you can do a system restore from using the tool under Programs --> Maintainance --> Backup & Restore Center you can then click on the repair windows using system restore link on the left hand pane.

From here you can run through the wizard and restore from a restore point if need be.

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#243869 7-Aug-2009 11:51

tersam98: Hi there, did you receive any discs with the computer other then the windows vista cd as proprietry systems such as HP or Dell usually come with recovery tools on a CD in which you can restore back to Windows default settings?

Would recommend that you back up all data first before doing the restore

cheers

Terry

Most HP systems today come with a recovery partition on your HDD. They have a program that will create DVDs from that partition - only one set though, so make sure you do it as soon as you get the laptop. If the HDD dies you lose the recovery - so make sure you have the DVDs.

As for the original question - no there isn't a restore to factory settings on the OS. You have to use the original DVDs or recovery partition. Or get replacement ones from the OEM.

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tersam98

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#243878 7-Aug-2009 11:59

Freitasm thanks for that :) your right about most HP's and Dells even have the recovery partition now on the HDD. The windows restore is only for restoring back to a restore point if you had some underlying fault and wanted to restore before the system encountered the problem.