the pelt man Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Can anybody help ? I didn't like all the Packardbell Ad's, links and software on my Lap-top, So deleted them :( . I didn't notice that i deleted the files containing smart restore. My Lap-Top has i virus and i want to reboot to factory settings, How can i do this I have windows XP Thanks Pratty PELTMAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzyboi Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Best thing to do is to do a clean install of windows: IE Backup any files you want to keep boot off the windows XP cd, do a clean format of the drive or partition and install windows on that partition/drive its a pain putting everything back on there but its alot better than using system restore, you will have a shiney new install. I use Norton ghost or Acronis True image, which basically makes an image of my hard disk...so..i do a clean install of vista, put everything on there, drivers, updates, programmes....run the image programme and create an image of my disk...then when things get clogged up on my pc, i just whack the dvd in, load the image and voila i have a new clean install with everything i need already loaded on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Smart restore is a Packard bell thing, they don't give you XP :( I am speaking to TPM now to help out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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