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September 19th 09, 03:26 AM
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Reset Vista to "new"...
I have an Acer 4730Z w/Vista Home Premium. I want to put it back to factory
condition. How? Is there a hidden disk partition that will do it for me? Press some key while start-up is going on? I have 2 "recovery disks". Can I use them? How? TIA, Paul 
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September 19th 09, 03:43 AM
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Reset Vista to "new"...
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:26:37 -0500, "Paul H"
wrote: I have an Acer 4730Z w/Vista Home Premium. I want to put it back to factory condition. How? Is there a hidden disk partition that will do it for me? Press some key while start-up is going on? I have 2 "recovery disks". Can I use them? How? TIA, Paul Don't you have a handbook or at least a sheet of paper with a description how to do it? -- Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Annaëlle http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm
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September 19th 09, 04:13 AM
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Reset Vista to "new"...
I'm going to sell it, and the instruction manual, etc. has not been out of
the shrink wrap. But I have Googled, and have some ideas. Thanks, anyway... "Happy Oyster" wrote in message ... On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:26:37 -0500, "Paul H" wrote: I have an Acer 4730Z w/Vista Home Premium. I want to put it back to factory condition. How? Is there a hidden disk partition that will do it for me? Press some key while start-up is going on? I have 2 "recovery disks". Can I use them? How? TIA, Paul Don't you have a handbook or at least a sheet of paper with a description how to do it? -- Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Annaëlle http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm
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September 19th 09, 04:20 AM
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Reset Vista to "new"...
On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:13:32 -0500, "Paul H"
wrote: I'm going to sell it, and the instruction manual, etc. has not been out of the shrink wrap. But I have Googled, and have some ideas. Thanks, anyway... Then you have a problem because it is a MUST to completely erase all private data on the HDD. "Happy Oyster" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:26:37 -0500, "Paul H" wrote: I have an Acer 4730Z w/Vista Home Premium. I want to put it back to factory condition. How? Is there a hidden disk partition that will do it for me? Press some key while start-up is going on? I have 2 "recovery disks". Can I use them? How? TIA, Paul Don't you have a handbook or at least a sheet of paper with a description how to do it? -- Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Annaëlle http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm -- Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Annaëlle http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm
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September 19th 09, 02:20 PM
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Reset Vista to "new"...
"Happy Oyster" wrote in message
news  On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:13:32 -0500, "Paul H" wrote: I'm going to sell it, and the instruction manual, etc. has not been out of the shrink wrap. But I have Googled, and have some ideas. Thanks, anyway... Then you have a problem because it is a MUST to completely erase all private data on the HDD. I see no major problem, so long as Vista allows the user to delete all files dated since he first started using this PC. (Non-data files essential to Vista will be protected by Vista.) -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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September 19th 09, 02:25 PM
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Reset Vista to "new"...
I used Acer eRecovery to cause the hidden disk partition to reformat the
disk and set Windows to factory condition. "Happy Oyster" wrote in message news On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:13:32 -0500, "Paul H" wrote: I'm going to sell it, and the instruction manual, etc. has not been out of the shrink wrap. But I have Googled, and have some ideas. Thanks, anyway... Then you have a problem because it is a MUST to completely erase all private data on the HDD. "Happy Oyster" wrote in message . .. On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:26:37 -0500, "Paul H" wrote: I have an Acer 4730Z w/Vista Home Premium. I want to put it back to factory condition. How? Is there a hidden disk partition that will do it for me? Press some key while start-up is going on? I have 2 "recovery disks". Can I use them? How? TIA, Paul Don't you have a handbook or at least a sheet of paper with a description how to do it? -- Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Annaëlle http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm -- Charles Berliner: Geschichte der Annaëlle http://www.ariplex.com/ama/ama_anna.htm
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