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    Will doing a dell system restore undo windows 7 upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by tetutato, Apr 29, 2010.

  1. tetutato

    tetutato NBR Troll

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    I have recently upgraded my laptop to windows 7 from vista and now i want to restore it back to it's original programs for sale but if i do a system restore(Dell factory image restore) will it reset it back to vista?
     
    tetutato, Apr 29, 2010
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  2. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    Yes, AFAIK. Unless you magically made the system restore 7? Which, I'm sorry, but I doubt it.
     
    Joel, Apr 29, 2010
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  3. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    That's pretty much it.

    Unless your Win7 disc was a "restore disc" which could write a Win7 recovery partition. If its a regular Win7 upgrade disc - then the recovery partition would send you back to Vista.
    (My Sony's Vista Discs can do this for Vista)
     
    DetlevCM, Apr 30, 2010
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    Detlev and Joel are correct. You'll have to re upgrade to Windows 7 after you perform the factory restore.
     
    booboo12, Apr 30, 2010
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