PC Help. Winner gets a cookie.

[Posher778]

I finally got into my Vista admin account (Cheers to zwoti). So, without the Vista discs, and without using system restore, how can I do a full system wipe, and make my pc like new? I've done it before, a long time ago, but I can't remember how, and my pc is about to have a seizure if I don't just start it over. I want to master clear everything, and restart fresh. If anyone has any directions on how to do this, i'd appreciate it a lot.


If it helps:

I have a Dell XPS 410 with Windows Vista home premium.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

I finally got into my Vista admin account (Cheers to zwoti). So, without the Vista discs, and without using system restore, how can I do a full system wipe, and make my pc like new? I've done it before, a long time ago, but I can't remember how, and my pc is about to have a seizure if I don't just start it over. I want to master clear everything, and restart fresh. If anyone has any directions on how to do this, i'd appreciate it a lot.


If it helps:

I have a Dell XPS 410 with Windows Vista home premium.

I want a cookie but I don't know the answer to your question.

I AM a winner though.

[Elvis_Christ]

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[cheebacheeba]

So, without the Vista discs, and without using system restore, how can I do a full system wipe, and make my pc like new

I don't think you can really...as the thing you're describing seems to be a reformat, which in my experience initiates from the windows disk being present, and ran.
The only other alternative I see would be to take everything off manually onto disks, go into "add or delete programs", and delete everything you don't need, download SPYBOT, update it, run it, then run a defragment...might get you up and running faster?

[The Mothman]

nvm..........

[Ferox13]

Yeah you need disks to do what you ask.

[Elvis_Christ]

I'd bite the bullet and take it to shop to get repaired. They have all the discs and shit there to sort it out.

[Ferox13]

or download a copy of XP with SP2 and save yerself a lot of cash.

[novakru]

If murderdoll gets a cookie for not knowing the answer, can I have one too?

I know nothing of which you type,

but I really like cookies.




especially ones with chocolate chips.

[zwoti]

I finally got into my Vista admin account (Cheers to zwoti). So, without the Vista discs, and without using system restore, how can I do a full system wipe, and make my pc like new? I've done it before, a long time ago, but I can't remember how, and my pc is about to have a seizure if I don't just start it over. I want to master clear everything, and restart fresh. If anyone has any directions on how to do this, i'd appreciate it a lot.


If it helps:

I have a Dell XPS 410 with Windows Vista home premium.

certain brands have hidden system partitions that allow you to factory restore your pc, but dell's not one of them.

I don't think you can really...as the thing you're describing seems to be a reformat, which in my experience initiates from the windows disk being present, and ran.
The only other alternative I see would be to take everything off manually onto disks, go into "add or delete programs", and delete everything you don't need, download SPYBOT, update it, run it, then run a defragment...might get you up and running faster?

ideally you need to do a system restore, but aside form that then cheebs is the next best thing.

but I really like cookies.




especially ones with chocolate chips.

http://thehealthblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/cookie.jpg

[newb]

certain brands have hidden system partitions that allow you to factory restore your pc, but dell's not one of them.



ideally you need to do a system restore, but aside form that then cheebs is the next best thing.



http://thehealthblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/cookie.jpg

that cookie looks really good.....with a nice cold glass of milk...mmmmmmmmmm