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How to restore your computer to factory settings without a disk?

How do i restore my windows xp computer to its factory settings without use of a disk?

  • ok dont tell me its impossible but i need my computer reset to its factory settings without a disk. i did not lose it but my computer is terrible and has gotten to the point where it will not read any disk whatso ever so i need to restore it without a disk. help?? also i tryd the ctrl + F11 and that did not work i can get to the setup screen by F2 but thats all iv figured out so far so any advice?

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    If you have another computer available you could try to copy your windows disk to a flash drive, but not many computers support booting to external devices. I have seen it done but I have never personally done it myself just search it. Other than that you may be out of luck, because that would be the only way you could restore your computer without a disk without having an OEM recovery partition.

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what brand of computer is it?

No idea, since you didn't tell us anything about your computer. Do you have a recovery image on the HDD? If yes, you can use it, if not, you can't.

if you look up the name and model number you can search online how to do this if that brings up nothing you can call the company and they should be able to help you my advice? try all keys that bring up the restore factory settings menu THIS IS HOW IT WORKS : Each computer manufacturer has a special key you have to hit WHEN YOU POWER ON the computer Here are some of the keys, HP and Compaq desktops/towers use F10, E Machines and Gateway PC use F11, Toshiba laptop F12, Sony PC F10 . IBM and Lenovo F11 Here is the trick- power the computer off, and then power it back on and start tapping the appropriate key eg F10 until a screen pops up saying "DO YOU WANT TO DO A SYSTEM RESTORE" Once this system restore window opens, stop tapping and just follow the instructions. Some of the older computers may ask you for the restore discs so have those ready. Most newer computers do not need restore discs. The whole system restore could take 2 or 3 hours. When done, reboot your computer and it should be all new and speedy again. if this fails you can always download an operating system.. www.ubuntu.com is a os that is FREE :)

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