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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Performance and Maintainance / November 2006System Restore - 2 questions
Hi everyone! Ok I have 2 questions about the system restore process. 1. How do I restore my computer to it's original factory condition? This whole thing about restore points confuses me, and I don't want to restore my Dell to its condition a year ago, I want it to go back to original condition. So, how should I do this? 2. Also, how do I set up system restore so that it does restore the registry? Under the description of what is saved and NOT restored is the registry, but wouldn't it be better if it got restored too? Thanks for your help! > Hi everyone! Ok I have 2 questions about the system restore process. > 1. How do I restore my computer to it's original factory condition? > This whole thing about restore points confuses me, and I don't want > to restore my Dell to its condition a year ago, I want it to go back > to original condition. So, how should I do this? This has nothing to do with Windows System Restore. What you want to do is a clean reinstallation of Windows. How to do that depends on what Dell has supplied you. Sometimes they're provided installation CDs, other rimes restoration CDs. Find out what you have and follow their instructions. > 2. Also, how do I set up system restore so that it does restore the > registry? Under the description of what is saved and NOT restored is > the registry, but wouldn't it be better if it got restored too? Yes. System Restore *does* restore the registry. In fact that's the main thing it restores.  SignatureKen Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup So then what's the difference between "Reinstallation of Windows" and "Windows Restore?" The disks that Dell provided me are called "LCD Monitor User Documentation" and "Drivers and Utilities." Neither have directions. What should I do? Thanks for your help. > > Hi everyone! Ok I have 2 questions about the system restore process. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Yes. System Restore *does* restore the registry. In fact that's the main > thing it restores. > So then what's the difference between "Reinstallation of Windows" and > "Windows Restore?" I can't tell from those names, but be aware that there are two completely different things: 1. Windows System Restore. This is a built-in Windows function that backs up the registry and other system files. Its purpose is to let you revert to the situation Windows was in a few days--at most a week or so--ago. 2. The CD that OEM vendors often provide instead of an installation CD. This is usually called a restore or reinstallation CD, and if you use it, it puts the system back to the condition it was in when you received it. > The disks that Dell provided me are called "LCD > Monitor User Documentation" and "Drivers and Utilities." Neither of those is what I refer to in number 2 above. > Neither > have directions. What should I do? Thanks for your help. You should contact Dell and ask them. Dell has provided different things over the years, and how to reinstall varies depending on what system you have and when you got it. SignatureKen Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup >>> Hi everyone! Ok I have 2 questions about the system restore >>> process. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User >> Please reply to the newsgroup | So then what's the difference between "Reinstallation of Windows" and | "Windows Restore?" The disks that Dell provided me are called "LCD Monitor | User Documentation" and "Drivers and Utilities." Neither have directions. | What should I do? Thanks for your help. See, How Do I Use the DellT PC Restore by Symantec Utility? @ http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?dn=1090151 NOTE: Dell PC Restore by Symantec is available on Dimension and Inspiron systems that shipped on or after 7/16/2004 in the Americas and 8/30/2004 in Europe. If your system is older than that Use the Microsoft® Windows® XP Reinstall Guide @ http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kb/en/document?c=us&c s=19&DN=1092050&type=SRG&l=en&s=dhs#0 SignatureDoug I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP. I was just trying to help. Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or advice herein. No warranty is expressed or implied. Your mileage may vary. See store for details. :) Remove shoes to E-mail. > So then what's the difference between "Reinstallation of Windows" and > "Windows Restore?" The disks that Dell provided me are called "LCD > Monitor > User Documentation" and "Drivers and Utilities." Neither have directions. > What should I do? Thanks for your help. Doesn't the fine manual that came with the computer tell you how to restore it to its original configuration? Current Dells have a partition that will accomplish this task. The first disk has the manual that describes how to use the monitor and all of its features. The other disk has the drivers that will need to be applied if you should install XP from the Microsoft CD. My 4600 which I bought 3 years ago also had an XP installation disk. Jim Jim >> > Hi everyone! Ok I have 2 questions about the system restore process. >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> Yes. System Restore *does* restore the registry. In fact that's the main >> thing it restores. Hi, You can use the Dell Reinstall Guide for instructions on reinstalling Windows on your particular Dell system. http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/tree?c=us&cs=1 9&l=en&s=dhs&treeid=0A6DDE26E66F36C7E0401E0A5517368C&redirect=1 And here's is a description of System Restore: http://bertk.mvps.org/html/description.html Regards, Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User http://bertk.mvps.org Member: http://dts-l.org > So then what's the difference between "Reinstallation of Windows" and > "Windows Restore?" The disks that Dell provided me are called "LCD Monitor [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> Yes. System Restore *does* restore the registry. In fact that's the main >> thing it restores. |
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