want to restore my pc back to the day i bought it . saved all my data on my new laptop?

Question

not worried about losing anything as i have all original discs (windows, printer drivers etc) it is just so slow, (25 minutes to open the start menu etc, how do i do this??? cheers

Answer 1

Using a registry cleaner can clean up your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there may be some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".
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Answer 2

I think the better question would have been, "how do I make my computer faster?", which might have saved you time, effort, and, money, but, that question - - as well as this one - - have been asked so many times, what's one more, either way? ;)

Seriously, though, most computers come with a complete recovery/restore disk (this is not the same as the "emergency boot-up" or the "operating system" disks).

The recovery disk(s) will reformat (usually upon request) and reconfigure your computer to the way it was when you first bought it. However, most such modern disks require that you have a "key", which is sort of like a password, to prove that the disk belongs with the given computer (older computers didn't care, which meant that folks could share new operating systems without paying MicroSquish, et al.). If you don't have that "key", then you won't be able to run the recovery disks. Of course, that depends on how old your machine is.

If your intent is to donate the old computer to a school or similar, then just reformat the disk to wipe out any potential personal files (this may or may not wipe out the operating system, depending on the particular procedure you use). To protect the school from viruses, etc, they will reformat it, as well, and add their own operating system. Note that some reformatting procedures ask whether you want to "blank" or "zero" out the data, meaning that all files will be wiped clean, not simply "deleted" (deleted files might be recoverable, even if they're no longer in your trash bin; blanked-out files cannot be).

As a warning, if your intent is to copy the new computer's files (whether from the old computer or not) back to the old computer, it will work fine for documents, images, etc, but many such copied programs will fail to work, because they are no longer in the old computer's registry (which may or may not have been wiped out when you reformatted it); even if it is in the registry, that does not mean that the computer will know where to find it or that all the necessary files are there.

Good luck!

P.S. Doing a "system restore", which involves recovering the system registry that was copied to the disk during a "system backup" procedure (automatically or manually), has nothing to do with wiping out or recovering files and data that exist on your computer; that can only be done by deleting files, reformatting, or doing a "recovery", as described, above. Your computer may look and act differently after the "system restore", but any files that were there prior to running the "system restore" will be there, after, as well; likewise, it will not "add" any files to your computer, except for "initialization" files that are not under your control (BTW, "system restore" is usually a second-to-last resort to return the computer to a known, working, state, presumably after a virus has been detected too late, or when critical system files have been accidentally deleted).

Answer 3

If dont have a recovery disk then the system should have told how to make a set od recovery disks. Go find them and reboot your system with the first disk in the drive.

Good Luck!!

Answer 4

You could format the hard drive with your backup disc then reinstall the operating system and start afresh. I like to do it about every six months just to clean up my pc.

Answer 5

do a system restore"
go to start, control panel, all programs or programs, then click on accessories, then click on system tools, then click system restore. then click on "restore my computer to an earlier date", click next. then pick a earlier date, click next and the computer will restore your system back to the date that you picked. hope this helps, good luck

Answer 6

If you have an Hp computer call them up and they can send you some recovery cds.

Answer 7

great idea just insert the recovery disks you got with your system and your done x

Answer 8

do a restore to that date.