I need to know how to re-do my entire computer. Previous computers of mine
came with a step by step disc set to reformat and restore all the originial
data from when you bought it. But I don't see the option to do that with
Vista. I have the reinstall disc for vista, but that isnt going to delete
all of what has been put on there. Help?
"Nikki" <Nikki@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:40BA243A-3A84-4A9E-BB19-752B608CB134@microsoft.com...
>I need to know how to re-do my entire computer. Previous computers of mine
> came with a step by step disc set to reformat and restore all the
> originial
> data from when you bought it. But I don't see the option to do that with
> Vista. I have the reinstall disc for vista, but that isnt going to delete
> all of what has been put on there. Help?
If you have a restore disk from the computer's manufacturer just boot with
it and restore. It will return your computer to the factory condition.
In future please give information. What is the computer make and model,
version of Vista, x86 or x64, and whether Vista came preinstalled or is an
upgrade or full license of Vista?
thank you for responding. I have the restore disc, but it won't let me
restore it to February. It will only go back to June. I have a dell
Inspiron Laptop 1526. It has Vista Home premium 32 bit on it. This is a
preinstalled version. Can I reformat the hard drive completely? I bought it
in February
Thanks, Nikki
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> "Nikki" <Nikki@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:40BA243A-3A84-4A9E-BB19-752B608CB134@microsoft.com...
> >I need to know how to re-do my entire computer. Previous computers of mine
> > came with a step by step disc set to reformat and restore all the
> > originial
> > data from when you bought it. But I don't see the option to do that with
> > Vista. I have the reinstall disc for vista, but that isnt going to delete
> > all of what has been put on there. Help?
>
>
> If you have a restore disk from the computer's manufacturer just boot with
> it and restore. It will return your computer to the factory condition.
>
> In future please give information. What is the computer make and model,
> version of Vista, x86 or x64, and whether Vista came preinstalled or is an
> upgrade or full license of Vista?
>
"Nikki" <Nikki@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:563FB2D1-A2F6-438F-BBBD-65B0292972DD@microsoft.com...
> Colin,
>
> thank you for responding. I have the restore disc, but it won't let me
> restore it to February. It will only go back to June. I have a dell
> Inspiron Laptop 1526. It has Vista Home premium 32 bit on it. This is a
> preinstalled version. Can I reformat the hard drive completely? I bought
> it
> in February
>
> Thanks, Nikki
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> "Nikki" <Nikki@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:40BA243A-3A84-4A9E-BB19-752B608CB134@microsoft.com...
>> >I need to know how to re-do my entire computer. Previous computers of
>> >mine
>> > came with a step by step disc set to reformat and restore all the
>> > originial
>> > data from when you bought it. But I don't see the option to do that
>> > with
>> > Vista. I have the reinstall disc for vista, but that isnt going to
>> > delete
>> > all of what has been put on there. Help?
>>
>>
>> If you have a restore disk from the computer's manufacturer just boot
>> with
>> it and restore. It will return your computer to the factory condition.
>>
>> In future please give information. What is the computer make and model,
>> version of Vista, x86 or x64, and whether Vista came preinstalled or is
>> an
>> upgrade or full license of Vista?
>>
Nikki
You have to BOOT from the recovery disc.
As the machine powers up, look for an F key on the screen that will take you
to set up, and then go into BIOS and ensure that the CD/DVD is first on the
boot list.. then reboot the computer..
You need to take the option to format the drive during Windows setup..
Yes, I did one of these on a Vio laptop recently. Once you can boot to
the Recovery disc your manufacturer may have coded it's own entry into
the Vista menu options. If so select that and it will give you options
to restore the drive. If you need to back up data first attach an
external hard drive or memory stick and access dos prompt first from the
Vista menu and backup your data via Dos. Some OEM custom menu's might
give you a decent file manager in there to make it easy.
If your laptop is sensibly setup with a separate data/documents
partition then you can just restore the C partition. If not as is
usually the case then you gotta get your docs off it first. Dont forget
your outlook database if you have one, IE favourites and other data
files that might be on other parts of installation drive.
After you have followed Mike Hall's advice to set DVD drive to be 1st in boot
Order, reboot with the Vista DVD in the Drive, and follow instructions to
load files.,. delete existing vista Parition, format and install again.
Everything will be back to how you bought from the shop.
Save ALL your data before doing this, as all will be lost, including
progrmas that you have installed yourself.
You are confusing System Restore(which puts the comp back in time, while
still saving all your files), and System Recovery,, which wipes the lot!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
"Nikki" wrote:
> Colin,
>
> thank you for responding. I have the restore disc, but it won't let me
> restore it to February. It will only go back to June. I have a dell
> Inspiron Laptop 1526. It has Vista Home premium 32 bit on it. This is a
> preinstalled version. Can I reformat the hard drive completely? I bought it
> in February
>
> Thanks, Nikki
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
> > "Nikki" <Nikki@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:40BA243A-3A84-4A9E-BB19-752B608CB134@microsoft.com...
> > >I need to know how to re-do my entire computer. Previous computers of mine
> > > came with a step by step disc set to reformat and restore all the
> > > originial
> > > data from when you bought it. But I don't see the option to do that with
> > > Vista. I have the reinstall disc for vista, but that isnt going to delete
> > > all of what has been put on there. Help?
> >
> >
> > If you have a restore disk from the computer's manufacturer just boot with
> > it and restore. It will return your computer to the factory condition.
> >
> > In future please give information. What is the computer make and model,
> > version of Vista, x86 or x64, and whether Vista came preinstalled or is an
> > upgrade or full license of Vista?
> >
Reformat And Completely restore 
Linear Mode
