
Restoring Vista without the CD
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dani81693
, May 09 2010 01:35 PM
#1
Posted 09 May 2010 - 01:35 PM

#2
Posted 09 May 2010 - 02:14 PM

It's more likely there was no CD.
Usually on these machines you keep pressing F8 until the menu comes up, select "Repair My Computer" and from there you can restore the system to factory default.
Note that this will wipe the machine so if your late father had pictures on there, you may want to back them up before you wipe the machine.
Usually on these machines you keep pressing F8 until the menu comes up, select "Repair My Computer" and from there you can restore the system to factory default.
Note that this will wipe the machine so if your late father had pictures on there, you may want to back them up before you wipe the machine.
#3
Posted 09 May 2010 - 02:39 PM

I may be wrong, but I believe, that it would be F11 key in case of eMachines.
Edited by Broni, 09 May 2010 - 02:50 PM.
#4
Posted 09 May 2010 - 02:48 PM

#5
Posted 09 May 2010 - 05:03 PM

Depending on how old it is, it may have a recovery partition. Ive had a few old Gateways and eMachines that use a restore program called PC Angel. Only problem is that the only way to use it is to set the recovery partition as active.
Post a screenshot of Disk Management.
Post a screenshot of Disk Management.
#6
Posted 09 May 2010 - 09:18 PM

Well it worked. My system is restored and running fine so far. Thank you so much for the feed back. My physical memory usage is at around 73% after I installed my avg and fulltilt. Is this normal?
#7
Posted 09 May 2010 - 10:22 PM

What actually did work, if we may?
#8
Posted 13 May 2010 - 08:39 PM

My computer went back to square one like when we brought it home. No previously installed prgrams, files or folders. My CPU usage was high for a while but windows was constantly downloading and installing updates for the entire first day. I think this is what caused this since everything is running fine now. Speedy as can be. Thanks for everyones help!
#9
Posted 13 May 2010 - 09:21 PM

You're welcome

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