I have a laptop and i want to restore to factory or sumin

[parkc1]

Hey im probley in the wrong part to ask this question, but im 15 and i aint got a clue where to look, can you help i have a laptop and it is compleatly fluffed i was wondering if there is ne way i could get it back to its factory setting or so every thing goes like when i brought it. i have tryed this system restore thing but i never created ne slots so that dont work. PLEASE HELP

PS. Wot eva a vendor is im not one of them!!!

 

[attrofy]

What type of system is this? You should have gotten a restore disk with the system. There are usually two options on the restore disk - one is just to reinstall Windows, and the other is to format your hard drive, and start from scratch. Depending on your system, someone may be able to talk you through the steps, as they aren't always the most intuitive.

The windows system restore is a differnt option then using the original disks that came with the laptop. Windows tries to go back to a "good" configuration, where the restore disks actually reinstall software.

 

[parkc1]

wot do u mean system??

 

[franklin97355]

That's the flat thing you got with the pushy thingie inside like when you unfold it.

 

[parkc1]

Right i have found the hp notebooks system restore cd, i follow the instruction where it tells me to go in BOOT i follow the instrustion in there then i press exit and save then then the computer resarts and beggins to start then after about 2 mins it comes up with: ********************
WRONG NOTEBOOK
********************
A:
so i replaced the cd with number 2 cd it still didnt do anything... PLEASE HELP

PS. Sorry for being so stupid!! And A Pain

 

[FatesWebb]

well you pressed exit? that doesnt sound correct

FatesWebb

if you do what I suggested it is not my fault...

 

[parkc1]

well i press enter on boot but nothing happens so i pressed exit and save.... wot do you suggest then....?

 

[attrofy]

Who made your system? Dell, Gateway, IBM, Compaq? Let's start there, then maybe we can talk you through the procedure. Some of the software you have to insert while windows is running, some software you can boot from, they are mostly the same, but they have special nuances.

If you insert the CD, and it asks you for a boot choice (i.e from hard disk, or from installation disk), you choose to boot from the CD. If it doesn't ask you that, please write down the message, and post it here - we can maybe answer what is going wrong.

 

[parkc1]

My Laptop is Hewlett Packard, Here is a link to show you what model it is:

http://translate.google.com/transla...arch?q=Pavilion+N5461&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=G

Right i will tell you exactly what i do: I load the computer up as normal then i put the system recovery disk in that came with the computer, it comes up with the instructions on how to boot your computer, so then i resart my computer and when the HP logo comes up i press F2 and then i come to the PHOENIX BIOS Setup Utility becuase that is what the instructions tell me to do, then it tells me to go along to the BOOT option then put CD-ROM/DVD Drive top of the list, so then i do this after that i dont know wot to do and when i press Enter nothing happens so i assumed i had to go to EXIT & SAVE, when i do this it looks like it beggins to work, then this is where it says: *************************************
WRONG MODEL NOTEBOOK
**************************************
A:\>

This is the bit i dont understand because it is the system restore software that came with the laptop....

 

[SYAR2003]

TIP !
You can find more details about recovering the factory installation of Windows on the Recovery
CD: the file readme.txt is in the CD’s root directory.

SYAR

 

[parkc1]

i have followed that but it just says then reboot but i dont know what to press when it say reboot so then i go to exit and save and then that error message comes up which i dont understand????

 

[SYAR2003]

Don't press F2 .
Just boot with the recovery cd in the cd/dvd-rom .
If it says wrong notebook , contact your dealer .
Sounds to me that you have wrong sets of recovery disks.

 

[parkc1]

I dont press F2 and it just loads up windows as normal??

 

[SYAR2003]

Doesn't it boot from the cd ??

 

[parkc1]

Nope

 

[SYAR2003]

Can't you give some more details in the error situation .
" compleatly fluffed " doesn't give people in this forum
any clue in what kind of windows problem you have .
You state that windows start .
What is the problems ,EXACTLY described (as well as you can )

SYAR

 

[parkc1]

look up 8 forums i have told u exactly wot i do and wot comes up

 

[SYAR2003]

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