Reset Vista to "new"...

I have an Acer 4730Z w/Vista Home Premium. I want to put it back to factory
condition. How? Is there a hidden disk partition that will do it for me?
Press some key while start-up is going on? I have 2 "recovery disks". Can
I use them? How? TIA, Paul

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:26:37 -0500, "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net>
wrote:

>I have an Acer 4730Z w/Vista Home Premium. I want to put it back to factory
>condition. How? Is there a hidden disk partition that will do it for me?
>Press some key while start-up is going on? I have 2 "recovery disks". Can
>I use them? How? TIA, Paul

Don't you have a handbook or at least a sheet of paper with a description how to
do it?
--
Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Annaëlle

http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm

I'm going to sell it, and the instruction manual, etc. has not been out of
the shrink wrap. But I have Googled, and have some ideas. Thanks,
anyway...

"Happy Oyster" <happy.oyster@ariplex.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:26:37 -0500, "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net>
> wrote:
>
>>I have an Acer 4730Z w/Vista Home Premium. I want to put it back to
>>factory
>>condition. How? Is there a hidden disk partition that will do it for me?
>>Press some key while start-up is going on? I have 2 "recovery disks".
>>Can
>>I use them? How? TIA, Paul
>
> Don't you have a handbook or at least a sheet of paper with a description
> how to
> do it?
> --
> Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Annaëlle
>
> http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm
>

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:13:32 -0500, "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net>
wrote:

>I'm going to sell it, and the instruction manual, etc. has not been out of
>the shrink wrap. But I have Googled, and have some ideas. Thanks,
>anyway...

Then you have a problem because it is a MUST to completely erase all private
data on the HDD.



>"Happy Oyster" <happy.oyster@ariplex.com> wrote in message
>news:c8h8b51i6ah1ofg31j6kfmartv28v1g3rs@4ax.com.. .
>> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:26:37 -0500, "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I have an Acer 4730Z w/Vista Home Premium. I want to put it back to
>>>factory
>>>condition. How? Is there a hidden disk partition that will do it for me?
>>>Press some key while start-up is going on? I have 2 "recovery disks".
>>>Can
>>>I use them? How? TIA, Paul
>>
>> Don't you have a handbook or at least a sheet of paper with a description
>> how to
>> do it?
>> --
>> Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Annaëlle
>>
>> http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm
>>
--
Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Annaëlle

http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm

"Happy Oyster" <happy.oyster@ariplex.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:13:32 -0500, "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net>
> wrote:
>
> >I'm going to sell it, and the instruction manual, etc. has not been out
of
> >the shrink wrap. But I have Googled, and have some ideas. Thanks,
> >anyway...
>
> Then you have a problem because it is a MUST to completely erase all
private
> data on the HDD.

I see no major problem, so long as Vista allows the user
to delete all files dated since he first started using this PC.
(Non-data files essential to Vista will be protected by Vista.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

I used Acer eRecovery to cause the hidden disk partition to reformat the
disk and set Windows to factory condition.

"Happy Oyster" <happy.oyster@ariplex.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:13:32 -0500, "Paul H" <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net>
> wrote:
>
>>I'm going to sell it, and the instruction manual, etc. has not been out of
>>the shrink wrap. But I have Googled, and have some ideas. Thanks,
>>anyway...
>
> Then you have a problem because it is a MUST to completely erase all
> private
> data on the HDD.
>
>
>
>>"Happy Oyster" <happy.oyster@ariplex.com> wrote in message
>>news:c8h8b51i6ah1ofg31j6kfmartv28v1g3rs@4ax.com. ..
>>> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:26:37 -0500, "Paul H"
>>> <NoSpamphobergNoSpam@att.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have an Acer 4730Z w/Vista Home Premium. I want to put it back to
>>>>factory
>>>>condition. How? Is there a hidden disk partition that will do it for
>>>>me?
>>>>Press some key while start-up is going on? I have 2 "recovery disks".
>>>>Can
>>>>I use them? How? TIA, Paul
>>>
>>> Don't you have a handbook or at least a sheet of paper with a
>>> description
>>> how to
>>> do it?
>>> --
>>> Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Annaëlle
>>>
>>> http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm
>>>
> --
> Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Annaëlle
>
> http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm
>