How do I restore my computer back to factory settings without a recovery cd?

Question

about a year ago I had my computer restored back to factory settings with microsoft help and support for 45$,now I need to do it without the 45$ this close to Christmas!! I remember tabbing f10 over and over while it was loading up,,,,does anyone know the rest of the steps?? please

Answer 1

u cant restore to day 1 without your recovery cd the only way to do that is by callin microsoft and ddo what u did last time or u can recover ur system with an ilegal copy of windows

Answer 2

This may not work with your computer, I'm not sure what models have or don't have this option. But go into your control panel and click Performance and Maintenance. Once you're there, click System Restore. This is the part that I'm not sure about; some computers have an option to set the restore point at any date and other computers already have a set date. Try going through and see what date it is and do the system restore.

Answer 3

If you are using XP and have a HP do this.
Start
All Programs
Hewlett Packard
HP Pavillion Tools
System Recovery
Say Yes
And then it take off
F10 works the same say you just to Restore or Recovery. Restore take your computer back to a time that your computer was running better
Recovery you loss everything and take a good 4 hr to get your computer back to a place that it is safe. With the updates and everything and that with DSL if you have dial up I fill sorry for you...
That I you can do....If you have a Dell you going to need the CD's

Answer 4

I don't know what to tell you but there is no way without a recovery CD, unless you have a recovery partition on your computer. Not knowing your specifics its hard to say. Just download a copy of windows, get your drivers from the manufacturer's websites and do a format.

BTW - Pressing F8 before the windows splash screen gives you some options, but not quite what you are looking for.

Answer 5

To return your gateway vista laptop computer to factory setting. Turn the computer on and immediately press ALT and tap F 10. Follow the instructions.You may also tap on F 2 and point on restore then F 10

Answer 6

Tapping the F10 will open the restore if you have a built in restore disk on your computer located on a different drive. Then you will be able to do a restore.
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