How do you restore your computer? Do you need the disc or is there a way without it?

Answer 1

System Restore takes you back to a time when your computer was working good. Go To:
start
programs
accessories
systems tools
system restore
This process is completely restorable.

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Answer 2

There are three levels of restore with most computers.

1. Complete Restore, where hard drive is reformatted. This uses the Windows System disk, or Restore disk. This clearly destroys any viruses and malware.

2. Partial restore, where Windows is installed over current installation. This also uses Windows System disk or restore disk. It attempts to keep the data, but many programs require re installation. This can clean out some spyware, but many viruses can remain intack.

3. Restore (built-in) from the System Tools section, (under Accessories of the Programs section of the START menu). When run, you can pick a previous date, and this will restore the registry from that date. This can correct many problems.

Good luck

Answer 3

It depends entirely on the make of your computer ... HP/Compaq most Acer and some Toshiba computers come with a seperate recovery partition that allows you to do a "Back to Factory Default" rebuild ... there should also be a way to create a set of recovery discs just in case the actual hard drive dies taking the recovery partition with it
I know with HP/Compaq it's in the start menu under HP or PC Tools then System Recovery

Answer 4

CLICK ALL PROGRAMS THEN CLICK ACCESSORIES THEN CLICK SYSTEM TOOLS THEN CLICK SYSTEM TOOLS THEN PICK A DATE TO RESTORE BACK TO AND CLICK RESTORE THEN IT WILL DO THE REST ON ITS OWN IF YOU GOT WINDOWS XP. BE SURE TO RESTORE TO A DATE AT LEAST A WEEK IN THE PAST SO THE COMPUTER WILL WORK OK. YOU CAN UNRESTORE IT IF YOU NEED TO DO THAT ALSO

Answer 5

I was JUST going to ask this same question. Thanks you guys!!