2006-11-17 06:24:22 · 4 answers · asked by ChuckBoutwell 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
If you do a restore, your system will begin to crash more frequently. MS never intended the OS to be reinstalled. If you pay attention, the hardware manufacturers offer RESTORE disks, not MS. MS's restore is to unmount and copy system structure and files over previously installed. But now you have new dlls that are not removed on a restore that will prompt windows dlls that are no longer up to date. System Restore is at best, faulty. Again, MS used it a s a stop gap, not a solution.
The only way to truly do a restore is to reinstall.
2006-11-17 06:57:19 · answer #1 · answered by ark 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have the original Windows restoration disc, you can reinstall Windows without deleting files within your Documents & Settings directory. My advice is to back everything up onto a cd and reinstall Windows using the clean install option. This will wipe out everything and trully start over from scratch. I've done this in past and my recommendation is to scour your computer for every important file - centralize these files somewhere easily accessible on your computer and then burn them to a disc. If you have a lot of media files (e.g. video and music), you may need more than one or two discs. In my case, I needed about twenty! Perhaps better advise would be to purchase an external harddrive with about 40GB and backup everything of importance there.
2006-11-17 06:27:52 · answer #2 · answered by nljth123 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your best chance, short of reformatting and re-installing Windows is to use system restore (found under all programs\accessories\system tools\System Restore).
System restore will allow you to restore your windows settings to an earlier date/time. It works surprisingly well.
Good luck.
2006-11-17 06:32:47 · answer #3 · answered by Cris 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the original settings didnt have all the programs and documents
2006-11-17 06:26:53 · answer #4 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋