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    Factory Restore

    Discussion in 'HP' started by iholla, Dec 31, 2007.

  1. iholla

    iholla Notebook Geek

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    Whats the easiest way to do ao factory restore on a New HP9000?

    Does it have a disk you install or use something off the HP recovery off the E drive? Do you have a choice?


    How many of you have DELETED the HP recovery off of E drive to gain all that space?
     
    iholla, Dec 31, 2007
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    when you start the computer it will tell you on the bottom of the screen i believe it is f11
     
    dondadah88, Dec 31, 2007
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    KrieGLoCK Notebook Evangelist

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    For me, factory settings are nothing but bad news and disaster =]

    That's why i reformated my computer first thing when i got it.
     
    KrieGLoCK, Dec 31, 2007
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  4. iholla

    iholla Notebook Geek

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    What did you do differant when you reformatted? Is this something I can do when I do the recovery F11?
     
    iholla, Dec 31, 2007
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  5. sendmarksmail

    sendmarksmail Notebook Evangelist

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    I think what KrieGLoCK meant was that he used a Vista disc and did a clean install rather than use the restore discs that HP provides. iholla, did you burn a copy of the restore disc when you first got your laptop? If you did, you could use it to do a factory restore in case you deleted the partition that was originally there.
     
    sendmarksmail, Dec 31, 2007
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  6. iholla

    iholla Notebook Geek

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    No I still got the partition it came with--have not messed with that at all
     
    iholla, Dec 31, 2007
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    sendmarksmail Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh okay. Then you could just push F11. You don't even need the cd/dvd. Do you happen to have a Vista disc? Instead of doing a factory restore, you could just do a clean install. Plus the drivers should be on the website for you system. Your system would run faster.
     
    sendmarksmail, Dec 31, 2007
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  8. iholla

    iholla Notebook Geek

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    Unless it came with a Vista disc I dont have one! So doing a factory restore puts it back like the day I got it?
     
    iholla, Dec 31, 2007
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    That's correct iholla. It'll bring you back to the factory settings like you first got it when it was new.
     
    sendmarksmail, Dec 31, 2007
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  10. mntrryrodriguez

    mntrryrodriguez Notebook Consultant

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    u know you can get the Anytime Upgrade DVD for under ten bucks. A clean install is much better than restoring your laptop to the its original status.
     
    mntrryrodriguez, Dec 31, 2007
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  11. iholla

    iholla Notebook Geek

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    So where do I get this DVD at?
     
    iholla, Dec 31, 2007
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  12. mntrryrodriguez

    mntrryrodriguez Notebook Consultant

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    mntrryrodriguez, Dec 31, 2007
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