how do i "system restore" ?

pennymakespounds

my new dell inspiron 1501 causing me no end of problems in the 3 months i've had it ... lots of " BSOD" ... and it just freezing ad hoc etc etc

i thought that resorting right back ... by doing a system restore back to as at brand new "factory set" ... might be worth a try ....

but i only seem to be allowed to choose from the system restores on the calendar style thing .. which only goes back about a month .

anyone advise me ??

thanks

Browntoa

when you turn the Laptop on , as the Dell logo appears at the top of the screen hit CRTL and F11 at the same time and you will go into the hidden restore partition

you will lose everything you have ever done on the hard disk be warned !!

Discodee

that doesnt always happen does it? All your photos and stuff are safe and you can always undo it cant you?

superscaper

Discodee wrote: »

that doesnt always happen does it? All your photos and stuff are safe and you can always undo it cant you?

Only in a system restore, which the OP says they don't have restore points to go back to before a month ago. Browntoa's suggestion isn't a system restore, it is a factory recovery, setting it back to it's original factory condition (which your files, photos etc didn't exist). It is essentially a reinstallation of the entire OS.

Browntoa

it's like a "get out of Jail" card.....you only use it if you really have to

pennymakespounds

does it basically leave it as when i opened the box .. ie xp will be there ... but understand that anything i've added .... eg Office .. and the AVG... cccleaner etc etc will be lost ? ..

all my excel and word folders ? .


i'm ok reloading everything back ...i think.. as long as the basic xp is there .

superscaper

pennymakespounds wrote: »

does it basically leave it as when i opened the box .. ie xp will be there ... but understand that anything i've added .... eg Office .. and the AVG... cccleaner etc etc will be lost ? ..

all my excel and word folders ? .


i'm ok reloading everything back ...i think.. as long as the basic xp is there .

Yes, that's right. As you should be backing up all your files anyway it should simply be a case of copying them back on and reinstalling the applications you have.