Re: initial system restore?

To restore your computer to the way it was when it was shipped to you, use the computer manufacturer's recovery CDs or recovery partition. Instructions should have been included with the literature that accompanied your computer, or you can find them on the manufacturer's web site.

System Restore provides an entirely different function, and restore points are deleted after 90 days.

BTW, there is no need to periodically erase your hard disk and start from scratch, unless your system has become unusable.
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Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

rick wrote:
I have backed-up all my data and would now like to do an initial system restore to start clean.nothing like a little purging now and then ;)

However, I do not see this May 2004 date/restore point on the Wizard calendar.
Just a calendar that goes back two months.

Am I missing something in my process, or as I suspect - was this feature not turned on when the laptop was initially firedup?


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