Restore factory setting

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steven - Jan 20, 2009 at 08:17 AM
xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Jan 20, 2009 at 05:12 PM
Hello,
i have a windows xp laptop, it has a lot of stuff on it i dont want. what i would like to do is erase all of it but what origanally comes the xp then start all over again. how could i do that. I dont have a windows disk or n e thing but i really need to get that stuff off there. it slows my computer down and it could crash also. i have a 40 gb labtop and i have narrowed the stuff down to 22 gb but i dont know what to get rid out of now. I have an HP Pavillion and i just want to resstore it to when i originally bought it. nothing but microsoft word, excell, powerpoint, windows media player and so on. just the basic stuff. Please help...

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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Jan 20, 2009 at 05:12 PM
You can try to hit F11 (or F12?) before Windows boots. This should give you a series of Windows where you can
1. create a CD with the backup image for future use.
2. start the restore process.

I this doesn't work you can order a restore CD from HP at this US address (outside the US you will need to find another site)

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00810334&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&product=3444107
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