I Want To Restore My Computer To Its Original State....

I did this once to mine - do at your own risk. But it worked for me. Go to Safe Mode and it will give you the option to do a "system restore" You can use the restore (forget the actual name) that takes it back to as it was when you purchased it and you loose everything you have put on it.. or you can do a Non-destruct system restore which takes it back to as purchased, but leaves alot of your things on there. I have done both and it worked fine...but do it at your own risk. I'm far from computer literate in most things.. but HP walked me through this and it worked for me. I just back January did a Non-destruct restore and it kept some thing I had and lost others.. but I don't have any that if I loose it I can't get it back. I have the disks for the games my grand daughater played so I just installed them again and then just did a search for the things that I had and didn't have the URL for and put them back on. Good luck.. if you have radio - call Leo the Tech Man (8888-askleo) and he could probably walk you through it. I listen to him every weekend! Or check out his web site - there is a good forum there with tons of information. good luck

Somewhere in your control panel you will find "restore to factory settings" or system restore.You wont need the disc for this. Depending on how old your pc is it might not let you do a full restore on it. I would first do a clean up on it and get rid of unwanted files, and documents that you dont need. Usually when there is too much stuff on your hard-drive, it will run slow.

If the computer did not come with a restoration dosk, then the data is propbably stored on a hidden partition. There should be a link somewhere on the programs menu to restore the computer.
If you cannot find the system then try visiting the website of the manufacturer, where you should find details of how to restore everything.

Hi, I know alot about computers to you get your computer "back" the best way is to format the system!
To this without having any problem is you to take your computer to a store that sells computers and ask them to format your computer and ask them to save you all the files you have this is not expensive depends on the service price of that store, and if it's a good store you will be able to get your "new computer" back in something like 2 or 3 hours:D

Good luck!

PS: Dont forget to say them to save all your files and programs otherwise you will lose them all!

If you're using windows xp or vista, click on start>programs>accessories>system tools and there you'll find system restore. Click on it. Then select restore my computer to an earlier state. You'll be taken to a calendar thingy and you can browse which date you wanna revert your pc state in. Just follow the next steps then your PC will be restarted to restore it back.

If your PC still remains slow and sluggish, here's an additional tip for you. Make sure you leave enough free space on your boot drive (your C: partition) because Windows will run slow if that drives nears full capacity. Make sure also that you defragment your drive regularly (at least once every 2 weeks). And lastly, download and install CCleaner (just google it, it's freeware). You use it to clean up the windows registry.

I'm presuming this is Windows? If you can find someone who has the disks for the version of windows you have, you can use this to reload the operating system as long as you have the product key that belongs to your machine. This is hopefully on a sticker on the side of the box.

An alternate idea would be to try one of the Linux distributions. It's much more secure and free.

Good luck

I think you may be able to go into your control panel and restore it all the way back to the day you want it restored. You may also be able to call the manufacturer and they will walk you through how to reformat the disk to get it back to the original state but you will lose everything you have stored on it.

You can find someone who has a restore/reformat disk and use it on yours maybe if it is compatible with yours. I have loaned mine out to 4 other people and they never had a problem using it. So hope you find one. Also you can contact the manufacturer of the computer and see about getting a disk for it there also. But it would cost you money maybe to do so.

My laptop didn't come with original disks, but with Windows Vista already installed. There is a program in there where you can create restoral DVDs. It uses two disks, but if you didn't create them, you may need to take it to the repair shop and have them reinstall Windows for you. Perhaps then they could also supply you with back-up disks.. - Derek

I can help you to back date your PC, but I need to be home to do it as I can not remember how to do it.
I do hope some one has gave you the correct info in how to do it.

Mid week Ill be home again (Tues/Wed) if you still need help give me a PM.

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