Re: How do you restore your computer to how it was when you got it?

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From: Ron Martell (ron_at_onlinehelp.bc.ca)
Date: 04/10/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 19:49:26 GMT

AmielovesLindonWriter <emmbex@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>I want to restore the computer back to how it was when I got it but I can't work out how. Can someone help me

Did you get a "System Recovery" CD, or set of CDs, with your new
computer? If so, put the CD (or CD #1 of the set) into the CDROM
drive and shut down and restart the computer.

The computer will boot from the System Recovery CD and you should then
be able to follow the prompts to get back to the "factory new" state.

WARNING #1: System Recovery CDs generally do a complete "slash and
burn" of your existing hard drive contents so all of your user data
files, including documents and emails, will be totally and permanently
wiped out by doing this.

WARNING #2: If your System Recover CD does not have the Service Pack 1
updates for Windows XP incorporated into it then your computer will be
wide open to infestation by the Blaster virus and similar. It is
absolutely imperative that you activate the internal Windows XP
firewall before you connect the computer to the Internet.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada 

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