Joe asked:


make the computer like it were new again? i used to be able to do it with xp. but am new with windows 7

Gisella

Llewellyn asked:


Hi guys i installed an evalutation copy of windows seven on my hp pavillion laptop. It would only last 30 days so i decided to get rid of it,, which is not simply clicking uninstall. i had to follow a microsoft step by step uninstallation, which worked succesfully, my windows vista was back, but,
The boot sector still said it was booting of windows seven, and when i booted of a friends vista disk, selected repair my pc it picked up windows seven only, no windows vista. i can’t formatt and reinstall cause i did not create my vista disks before all this happened and now its refusing to work. When i click start- maintanence- create recovery disks it just gives me the administrative controlls message, so i just click continue and nothing happens. Its like the recovery program is not there. But in my recovery partition all the files are there.

is there a program i can download that will make my vista disks for me cause i really need to make these disks and then formatt my pc and then start again.

heres the link and set of instrctions i used to uninstall windows 7
link:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971760/

You may find it easier to follow the steps if you print this article first.
Step 1: Determine whether there is a Windows.old folder and whether there is sufficient free space on the Windows hard disk

1. Click Start
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Start button
, and then click Computer.
2. On the View menu, click Details.
3. In the Free Space column, note how much space is available for Local Disk (C:) under the Hard Disk Drives area.
4. In the Hard Disk Drives area, double-click Local Disk (C:), and then determine whether the Windows.old folder exists.

Important If the Windows.old folder does not exist, you cannot follow the steps in this article to restore the previous Windows installation to this computer. You must back up and restore or transfer your files to the previous operating system.
5. Right-click the Windows.old folder.
6. Windows 7 will determine the size of the folder after several seconds.

Determine whether the Windows.old folder is smaller than the free space that is available for Local Disk (C:) in step 1.2.

Note If the Windows.old folder is two times as large as the free space that is available for the Local Disk (C:) entry, you may be unable to restore the previous Windows installation.
Step 2: Start the Windows Recovery Environment

1. Put the Windows 7 installation disc in the DVD drive, and then restart the computer.
2. Press a key when you are prompted to restart from the disc.
3. In the Install Windows window, select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard input method or other input method, and then click Next.
4. In the Install Windows window, click Repair your computer.
5. In the System Recovery Options window, click the version of the Windows 7 operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
6. In the System Recovery Options window, click Command Prompt.

The Command Prompt window opens, and it displays the command prompt. The command prompt is where you will type the commands that are described in the following steps.
Step 3: Rename the Windows 7 folders
Note When you type one or more of the commands at the command prompt in the following steps and press ENTER, you may receive the following message:
The system cannot find the file specified.
If you receive this message, go to the next step in this section, and then type the command in that next step.

Type the following commands at the command prompt:

1. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
c:
2. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
ren Windows Windows.7
3. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
ren “Program Files” “Program Files.7″
4. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
ren “Users” “Users.7″
5. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
ren “Documents and Settings” “Documents and Settings.7″

Step 4: Copy the contents or move the contents of the Windows.old folder
Note When you type one or more of the commands at the command prompt in the following steps and press ENTER, you may receive the following message:
The system cannot find the file specified.
If you receive this message, go to the next step in this section, and then type the command in that next step.

Type the following commands at the command prompt:

1. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
move /y c:\windows.old\windows c:\
2. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
move /y “c:\windows.old\program files” c:\
3. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
move /y c:\windows.old\users c:\
4. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
move /y “c:\windows.old\documents and settings” c:\

Step 5: Restore the boot sector for the previous W

Tak

james asked:


i have formatted my hard drive when i installed windows 7 and i cant do system recovery will the recovery disk restore the software that was installed at the hp factory?

Kirby

………………………….. asked:


I have to back up personal data and create recovery discs. So its it like DVD discs or what?

Siew

Jonathan T asked:


This is the same vista recovery dvd that came with the computer — I upgraded to 7 after.

I just need to use the vista repair tools to access system restore, which won’t work on my current OS because the registry got completely destroyed. Will it work, or will something absolutely chaotic occur?

Thanks for any honest answers.

Marlon

Zachary asked:


I installed a windows 7 trial and now I don’t have vista. So should I just uprade to windows 7 or get a vista recovery disk and wait until my new laptop

Willard

acp2483 asked:


I don’t have a windows.old file because my Windows 7 installation was an upgrade. I am having compatibility problems with Quickbooks Pro 2009 in Windows 7 and I need to revert back to Windows Vista. Prior to installing Windows 7, I created recovery dvds just in case I would need them. Can I use those recovery discs to go back to Windows Vista in Recovery Manager? If not, how can I go back to Vista without having the windows.old file and without having to buy it? Thank you!!!

Surendra

2tuforu asked:


or can i just create my own recovery cd?

Rao

Travis asked:


What I mean is you can order recovery disc from HP.com,Could I say I had Windows 7 when I order my recovery disc and they send me the Windows 7 recovery disc for my laptop? Would that work? Thanks

Leroy

collegekid1987 asked:


I got a new laptop with Windows 7 and made my own recovery disks (not cause i wanted to, but because I had to). Anyways, be old laptop is completely busted with some wort of nasty virus and I need to recover Windows so that I can give it to my mom. I have the XP recover disks for it, but I was wondering if I could use my windows 7 disks instead? I tried inserting the DVDs but nothing happened…it brought up some files and I didn’t know what to do with them.

Sanjoy