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Hello, I have a compaq laptop/notbook with windows vista home premium installedon it. Does anyone know how I can restore my laptop to factory settings so it will be the same as when I 1st bought it?

Any help would be great

Thankies

jojojnr · Accepted Answer

Hi I bought my new latop Dell inspiron 1525 using os vista in October and would like to restore it to it's origional factory settings, however I have been unable to do this as I have been told a number of different actions to try by PC performance and none of them work:  First I was told to press f8 on a reboot then select repair my computer so I pressed f8 and there was no option to repair my computer; Second I was told to restart and press f12 insert a blank dvd and boot using cd/dvd which would create a boot disc which in turn would restore to factory settings, after choosing boot from cd/dvd my laptop just restarts as normal without creating a boot disc; I was then told to burn recovery (which was on a small drive D:) to disc first then boot from cd/dvd which has no effect again windows starts normally.........so being nosey I had a look around this recovery file and found a setup icon that said factory restore when I clicked on it, I got the message ERROR: the factory image could not be found please reinstall using the operating system media dvd.

any help on this would be fantasic as I am now at my wits end.

aquarelle · Answer

Hello,
What is the Compaq model ?
Best regards

rach · Answer

hey I want to do the same thing! mine is a compaq presario f500 can anyone help me either??? plz

tresa · Answer

Once you restore it will it erase what is already saved on the computer?  I have hp vista and I want to restore my audio card.  Any ideas/

tresa · Answer

Once you restore it will it erase what is already saved on the computer?  I have hp vista and I want to restore my audio card.  Any ideas?  I update to the pack 1 and lost my audio

joe · Answer

did you  find out how I to restore to factory settings did not see any answers

Spook433 · Answer

I dont know if this will help anyone, I have the HP Pavillion dv6000 with windows vista.   To restore to factory settings when you hit the start button the first screen that appears has the HP Symbol in the center of the screen.   When this appears hit the F11 key.   Then follow the on screen instructions.   It will offer you to either restore to last saved point or to restore to factory settings.   There are a few other options offered, like do you want to back up you files etc.

I hope this helps.

z ahmed · Answer

model 5920 . I want factory setting.

sabbyboy · Answer

for windows vista factory restore: power on the computer and press F8 kry right as the dell screen appears,and then hit enter on "repair computer" then on dell factory image restore>   that will help you out

elisek · Answer

hello. I wasnt sure how to get a message on here about restoring computers, but I dont have a dell. I have a sony vaio, and I think this is the model: VGN-N320E 
my computer is a complete mess. somehow, the program directx9 was deleted, and I even went to microsoft to download it, yet I still cant run the program that needs it. it tells me "failed to enumerate any DirectX 9 compatible graphics adapters in this system! and it aborts my program. a bunch of stuff 'magically' disappears on my computer, and my sony vaio doenst even kno its a sony vaio. there are many things wrong with it, but I also would like to just totally restore/reboot/ start all over, and my laptop never came with discs. and if they did then those disappeared as well. cuz im pretty good at being organized and keeping track of things, and im pretty sure I would of rememberd getting disks with my computer.  

i guess my question is, is it the same with a sony vaio as a dell, to press F8 b4 seeing the windows symbol to reboot/restore/start all over?? someone please let me know. my email is Email id removed for security
i really need help, my laptop is a complete mess!! 
im very good with computers, but im not a total pro. 
thanks. 

-elise

Flinty89 · Answer

hey im looking to do the same thing as the standard system restore wont work... 

Mines a HP Compaq R4000 

Pleaaaase help :) 

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JoshAndrok · Answer

Hey, 
I am trying to restore my HP Laptop with Vista Home Premium, back to factory settings... I have already used the recovery manager. When I click system restore, and then click next, all it does is reboot. It will not start the recovery program. It just simply restarts my computer. I have NO idea what I am doing wrong but any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!

iceman · Answer

Windows Complete PC Recovery
Restores the contents of your hard disk from a backup. Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore is not included with Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, or Windows Vista Home Premium. But if you have the system tool that is in your computer that has a system recovery on your hard drive. it is easy to do. Find the system restore in your tools menu thin skip  the restore prompts and do a recovery. I hope this works for you. I have used this a few times.
 
                                                                                                                                                           The Iceman

Sam · Answer

I recently restored the factory settings on my hp laptop, but only the core components of vista seem have to been installed; it can not remember prefrences, settings, install updates; etc. anyone know how to fix this?

PRINCESS · Answer

HI I HAVE A DELL LAPTOP AND ONE DAY IT JUST SHUT OFF SO IN ORDER TO GET IT BACK TO FUNCTION I HAD TO REBOOT  THE WHOLE THING I TOOK IT TO GEEK SQUAD TO GET THE DATA BACKED UP AND THEN REBOOT THE COMPUTER AS I FOUND OUT GEEK SQUAD GAVE ME ABLANK DISK WITH NO INFO. NOTHING IN IT I PAID $200.00 THEY LOST THE CHARGER FOR MY COMPUTER AND THEY DIDNT BACK UP MYDATA WHEN I TOOK THE DISK BACK THEY TOLD ME THEIR COMPUTER HAD JUST BROKE DOWN AND COULD NOT RETRIEVE MY INFO. I HAD ALREADY REBOOT MY COMPUTER DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF I CAN GET ANY OF MY FILES OR AT LEAST MY PICTURES AFTER REBBOTING THE COMPUTER I HAD THOUSANDS OF PICTURES THAT I NEED  CAN SOMEONE HELP ME IF THEY HAVE AN ANSWER . AND DO NOT TAKE YOUR COMPUTER TO GEEK SQUAD EVER THEY DONT TAKE RESPONSABILITY FOR ANYTHING

jojojnr · Answer

Hi I bought my new latop in October and would like to restore it to it's origional factory settings, however I have been unable to do this as I have been told a number of different actions to try by PC performance and none of them work:  First I was told to press f8 on a reboot then select repair my computer so I pressed f8 and there was no option to repair my computer; Second I was told to restart and press f12 insert a blank dvd and boot using cd/dvd which would create a boot disc which in turn would restore to factory settings, after choosing boot from cd/dvd my laptop just restarts as normal without creating a boot disc; I was then told to burn recovery (which was on a small drive D:) to disc first then boot from cd/dvd which has no effect again windows starts normally.........so being nosey I had a look around this recovery file and found a setup icon that said factory restore when I clicked on it, I got the message ERROR: the factory image could not be found please reinstall using the operating system media dvd.

any help on this would be fantasic as I am now at my wits end.

de · Answer

I am trying to restore my computer to factory fresh also... it is a VPR Matrix Model 1600 Windows XP

SHAIBI · Answer

WHILE I TRYING TO HIT F8 HOLD CLT ITS GIVE ME MSG DAT SYSTEM FAIL TO GO RECOVERY.. CAN YOU PLZ TELL ME HOW CAN I FIXED MY PROBLEM I BOUGHT UNTOUCH BUT WITHOUT WARRANTY DELL INSPIRON 1525 LAPTOP BEFORE WHEN I INSTALL THE VISTA HOME PREMIUM EDITION IT DOING GODD SINCE I CONNECTED THE EXPTERNAL BLOUTHOTH MY SYSTEM FACING PROBLEM . TILL NOW PROBLEM IS WHEN I TURN THE SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME I MEANS TO SAY WHEN I DONE MY WORK TODAY AND I SHUTDOWN AND THEN TRY TO TURN ON TOM OR OFTER 2 HOUR THE SYSTEM KEEP BUSY THERE WHILE DAT WINDOW LOGO LOADING AND KEEP BUSY NOTHING MOVE FORWARD .. WHEN I TURN OFF AND THEN TURN ON THEN ITS WORK LIKE A NORMAL NOW IF WANT TO RESTART 100 OF TIME IT WILL WORK NORMAL NOTHING GIVE ANY PROBLEM .. ..

CAN YOU PLZ HELP ME I'M TIRED OF DAT TO HOW CAN FIXED DAT .. PLZZ

princeofdignity · Answer

WHILE I TRYING TO HIT F8 HOLD CLT ITS GIVE ME MSG DAT SYSTEM FAIL TO GO RECOVERY.. CAN YOU PLZ TELL ME HOW CAN I FIXED MY PROBLEM I BOUGHT UNTOUCH BUT WITHOUT WARRANTY DELL INSPIRON 1525 LAPTOP BEFORE WHEN I INSTALL THE VISTA HOME PREMIUM EDITION IT DOING GODD SINCE I CONNECTED THE EXPTERNAL BLOUTHOTH MY SYSTEM FACING PROBLEM . TILL NOW PROBLEM IS WHEN I TURN THE SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME I MEANS TO SAY WHEN I DONE MY WORK TODAY AND I SHUTDOWN AND THEN TRY TO TURN ON TOM OR OFTER 2 HOUR THE SYSTEM KEEP BUSY THERE WHILE DAT WINDOW LOGO LOADING AND KEEP BUSY NOTHING MOVE FORWARD .. WHEN I TURN OFF AND THEN TURN ON THEN ITS WORK LIKE A NORMAL NOW IF WANT TO RESTART 100 OF TIME IT WILL WORK NORMAL NOTHING GIVE ANY PROBLEM .. ..

CAN YOU PLZ HELP ME I'M TIRED OF DAT TO HOW CAN FIXED DAT .. PLZZ

tim · Answer

to restore compaq back to original factory settings-- when starting up, hold the F11 key down, this will bring you to the screens to start reformatting

let me know if you need anything else

Quigly · Answer

Hey folks a thing to remember when doing these restores is before you do all that shut your system down and remove the battery then trty to restart the computer. In the cases I have seen where the monitor wouldnt load that usually if not always works.

Chunk · Answer

I have Sony VAIO NR11 Z/S running Vista Home Premium I just wonderd if anyone could help me getting it back to factory settings. please e-mail me.

many thanks.

Puneet Khandelwal · Answer

If you have a dell computer which is after September 2005 with XP on it. You need to press Ctrl + F11 as soon as the system starts. If you have the Dell computer with Vista installed on it then you need to press F8 to reach to Advanced Boot Menu. There you need to select the option Repair your computer. Then you need to select the keyboard layout (Type 1 and then press enter). Then log in on your user account (Make sure that is an Administrator Account). Then choose the option Dell Factory Image Restore. 

If you have the HP Computer then the Recovery has two option one is Destructive Recovery (Data Loss) and Non - Destructive (Data Back-up). You just need to Press F11 as soon as the computer restart. Then follow the on screen instruction and choose the option accordingly.

Jared of tech support · Answer

This is easy. Tap F8 on your keyboard until a screen you do not see on start up pops up. Once there use your arrows to highlight repair your computer. You should now have a list of System Recovery Options. You can try many of these options before taking the drastic step of restoring from an image but if you are sure that is what you want to do, then click Dell Factory Image Restore and follow the prompts. Then you should be all set
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GEET · Answer

hii 
i have dell inspiron 530
i tried pressin crl. and F11@ same time but it doesnt work 
when I press F8 there is no such a option as repair my computer.
plzz someone hekp me

Ellandriel · Answer

I followed the instructions and do not see Dell Factory Image Restore. It is not an option for me? Any suggestions?

computer master · Answer

if you have a compaq or hp just strt up and as soon as you see the compaq or hp logo press f11 then follow instructions

adrian · Answer

i have a toshiba satellite laptop not sure of what model its running windows xp
i wanna know what I do to restore it to factory settings I can get into advanced menu but dunno what to do from here tryed pressing a few an it just starts up windows again an wants password wich mum forgot what it is please help

god bless

anon · Answer

Best idea - INSTALL LINUX

burger · Answer

Restoring Dell to Factory Settings (tried and tested directly from Dell Support because the F8 'repair your computer' did not work

1.	Shut down computer after inserting Windows OS disc (Dell disc)
2.	Power laptop on, hitting F12 when the Dell flash screen appears
3.	Select CD ROM DRIVE from the list that appears
4.	Press any key when prompted
5.	Laptop will likely appear to be loading (Windows loading bar)
6.	Select Language, Time, Keyboard settings. Select Next
7.	Do not select ‘Install Now’. Instead select ‘Repair your computer’ at the bottom left
8.	Select 'command prompt' box.
9.	Select command prompt box.
10.	(after each step, press the enter key to get to the next step) 
a.	 type:  path=d:\windows;d\windows\system32 
b.	type:  d:
c.	type: cd tools (note the space)
d.	type: pcrestore
11.	The Dell Factory Image Restore page should come up. Follow onscreen instructions but when it asks to repair any problems select ‘no’ then ‘finish’.
12.	A load bar will appear dictating progress for the restore, this step should take roughly 15-20 minutes.
13.	Once the restore is complete, your laptop will restart and the original Windows Vista set up screen will appear. Follow the onscreen prompts to completion.

Johnny Lee · Answer

To use the restore, does the computer has to be a Dell?

madi · Answer

i am using iphone 3G. it was running on firmware 3.0 which I had jailbroken however I accidentally restored my iphone into factory setting. and it is in emergency mode. the itunes and the iphone both are asking for a valid sim to activate the phone however im not using ATnt or ny other network supported officially by apple. how do I bring back my phone back to normal so I can use it again. plz reply asap. thank you for your cooperation

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ssgmike · Answer

personally if you never made a restore cd then what you should do, in fact even if you make a restore cd is go to the HP webstie support and order a restore cd. Just got mine a year after I bought my system, due to system is starting to act funky so better be safe then sorry. Besides the ordered media will have everything which came with your system

GOD · Answer

if you show errors go into bios (restart, push esc)go into boot section turn off hard drive,restart pc,run recovery disk,when error comes up again resart pc, go back into bios turn on hard drive, run the rest of restore should work if it does, and should send comment to toshiba lay off the drugs or quit ripping people off.
yes I'm po'd  I 've had tech's telling me I need a new hard drive,motherboard pretty much a new pc and my uneducated computer azz  geek figured it out without buying anything. usually caused by lack of

SAMMMM · Answer

nothing is rite yall dont know how I need to know how set my dell windows vista back to the way I got it when I bought it at best buy it aint sytem restore eitheir I just want to make my computher back to were their wasn't nothing on it .help please

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Carla · Answer

Hello. I did the F8 thing, & I got it to work. When it asked for the Administrators password, I didn't know it, so I guessed a possibility. I clicked ok & it froze. I waited for about 20 minutes & still nothing so I restarted it. Now when I hit F8 at the start up screen, it says a disk read error occurred. hit Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart. I restart & repeat the process & still the same message. How can I fix this? You've been a great help!

patbgood001 · Answer

I have a gateway windows vista 
notebook the hard-drive was reformatted and it do not have the restore partition,I am unable to restore the factory settings

kimp · Answer

hey I just did on my dell 1501 press f8 nothing did it again boom took me to the restore option

Julia · Answer

Hey, I have a Windows Vista Hp. I can't find where I can reboot it, I tried the system restore but it wouldnt let me. I also tried to go to f10, but that didnt work either cause I couldnt find where I can reboot it. Please help me?

jesse105 · Answer

might be a fried CPU... gonna have to either take it apart n look or get it looked at by the place u bought it from
- gluck

diggdugged · Answer

ok here is the problem!
trying to fix a friends dell 1525 laptop, I went to restore to factory defaults and forgot the battery
was very low, shut off in the middle of the restore process. so now can't do that again?
I did some research and downloaded a iso image/burned it of a rescuecd, went through the
steps it told me to do, mounted windows in linux shell, then rm -rf a directory/file?
and umounted windows again, then rebooted and tried the factory restore, but just kicked me back to
the repair screen.
Any solutions please???

jules · Answer

I have a compaq cq40 108tu I can't seem to reboot the system it only stays on the compaq logo sign the one where a message show pree esc to enter startup....and we tried pressing it but we only got a beep...
then I tried holding down the del and it also did not work please help me...thanks

Smiley71 · Answer

My sons Acer 5920 laptop developed a virus. 
On reinstalling with my made recovery disks I deleted all partions on the drive (all the hidden ones to- Don't ask!!)
Is there anyway of reinstalling the partitions to the origional configeration?
Only other hastle I have now, is the machine does not recognise the HDD is installed.
I spoke to Acers support but they were about as much help as a kick in the teeth.
All what they wanted to do was (A) SEND THEM THE MACHINE AT THE COST OF £59 SO THEY COULD LOOK AT THE MACHINE AND IF THEY FOUND AN ISSUE THE REPAIR WOULD BE EXTRA. (B) BUY THE ORIGIONAL FACTORY DISKS OFF THEM FOR £50.
They would not answer my question when I asked what the difference was between the back up disks I made and the ones they want to sell me, nor would they answer when I asked if these factory disks would partion the HDD to origional factory config.

Any Help would be welcome.

fcukass · Answer

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Rune · Answer

Recovery instructions differ for different brands.

Toshiba:
https://www.editboard.com/search/www.geekpolice.net

HP & Compaq:
https://www.editboard.com/search/www.geekpolice.net

Dell:
https://www.editboard.com/search/www.geekpolice.net


Acer:
https://www.editboard.com/search/www.geekpolice.net

tt · Answer

when you restore your computer beacuse it had a virus how do you make everything smaller

tt · Answer

when you restore your computer beacuse it had a virus how do you make everything smaller

Bobby T · Answer

I have A Compau CQ250 and I bough it used and I want to restart the whole system from windows vista. how can I do that without having to buy a disk?

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