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Selling computer advice

Hi I'm selling my acre aspire computer, should I reboot it, it was a vista but I had windows 7 put on it if I reboot it will I loose everything, not sure how to go about it thanks

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  • imho
    imho Posts: 2,515 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    You can do a factory reset so its just like you bought it from new.So it will have Vista on it ,same as how you bought it.
    Put into Google Acer Aspire and model number + factory reset and it will tell you how to do it .I think its ALT+ F10 before Windows starts up but check on Google first.
  • WTFH
    WTFH Posts: 2,266 Forumite
    If you do not plan to reuse your copy of windows 7, then wipe the drive sand do a fresh install of Win7. You should get more money for a machine with win 7 than vista.
    1. Have you tried to Google the answer?
    2. If you were in the other person's shoes, how would you react?
    3. Do you want a quick answer or better understanding?
  • Thanks, i haven't got a copy of win 7 , they did it at the shop for me
  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
    Thanks, i haven't got a copy of win 7 , they did it at the shop for me

    Then almost certainly it's an illegal copy, restore back to vista.
  • Does this thing have a name and number?
  • Yes it's an acer aspire 5051
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