Help! Restore laptop to factory settings, got a question or 2 about it.

[fethrs]

I am in the process of transferring/backing up my files to my external hard drive.
I want to restore the laptop to the factory settings. Right now I have 40% available memory, or 68 GB of 144 GB left.
If I restore the laptop, will the memory change? I can't find the answer anywhere, so I'm aksing here.
Thanks!

 

[klein]

Your memory will go back to being empty ! (besides the few ram it takes to run windows).

 

[cachsux]

Careful! You`ll lose all the porn!

 

[moreluck]

Best to go online and check with those geeks and nerds who hang around just to be challenged by your computer questions.

 

[fethrs]

Best to go online and check with those geeks and nerds who hang around just to be challenged by your computer questions.

I tried that, found a site where I could "ax" my question and got a response saying they needed more info. To get an answer the cost was anywhere from $18-$38 bucks. No thanks!

 

[fethrs]

Careful! You`ll lose all the porn!

Thanks Cach, I almost forgot to save it...I'll send you that link so you can check it out

 

[cachsux]

Thanks Cach, I almost forgot to save it...I'll send you that link so you can check it out

You finally got you website up and running! Awsome! Don`t forget he password to get to your really good stuff.

 

[moreluck]

I tried that, found a site where I could "ax" my question and got a response saying they needed more info. To get an answer the cost was anywhere from $18-$38 bucks. No thanks!

The ones we use are no charge.

Hubby said if you search by the problem you want to fix, there are all kinds of help sites.....some charge, but not all.

 

[old levi's]

The ones we use are no charge.

Hubby said if you search by the problem you want to fix, there are all kinds of help sites.....some charge, but not all.

If my wife called me hubby I think I would spit up.

 

[moreluck]

If my wife called me hubby I think I would spit up. View attachment 5832

Cheryl just got done saying not to post personal info, so I didn't use his name......what am I suppose to call him? The better half? No way, cause I'm the better half. S.O.? The golfer that lives here?

 

[old levi's]

Cheryl just got done saying not to post personal info, so I didn't use his name......what am I suppose to call him? The better half? No way, cause I'm the better half. S.O.? The golfer that lives here?

Anything but hubby! Also, I like the (just done got saying). Where are you from again?

 

[moreluck]

Anything but hubby! Also, I like the (just done got saying). Where are you from again?

What's wrong with "Cheryl just got done saying"....? It's native Ohio redneck.....got a problem with that?

 

[fethrs]

You finally got you website up and running! Awsome! Don`t forget he password to get to your really good stuff.

I'll send you the password, the concrete truck driver is on the site too. Woo Hoo!

 

[Jones]

I am in the process of transferring/backing up my files to my external hard drive.
I want to restore the laptop to the factory settings. Right now I have 40% available memory, or 68 GB of 144 GB left.
If I restore the laptop, will the memory change? I can't find the answer anywhere, so I'm aksing here.
Thanks!

That's an awful lot of memory, are you sure you're not talking about hard drive space? Either way restoring the laptop to factory settings will not change the total amount of either your memory or your hard drive space, but you should have quite a bit more freed up and available.

 

[fethrs]

That's an awful lot of memory, are you sure you're not talking about hard drive space? Either way restoring the laptop to factory settings will not change the total amount of either your memory or your hard drive space, but you should have quite a bit more freed up and available.

It probably is the hard drive space, I'm not even sure. Haven't done it yet.

 

[Jones]

It probably is the hard drive space, I'm not even sure. Haven't done it yet.

Restoring it to factory settings should free up most of that 144GB. A base install of WinXP is only about 4GB, if it's Win7 then more like 15GB. Figure another 10-20 GB for any programs that came pre-installed.

 

[DS]

I just copy and pasted your question into a google search and got this
I'm not sure what kind yours is,this is for a toshiba
http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-58528-reset-toshiba-laptop-to-factory-settings

 

[menotyou]

I found this, it is what I thought because I have done it several times. The one withwhom I live liked online poker. I didn't like all the crap they would put on your computer.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110728190638AAv0PKU

 

[trplnkl]

I found this, it is what I thought because I have done it several times. The one withwhom I live liked online poker. I didn't like all the crap they would put on your computer.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110728190638AAv0PKU

If you do a "System restore" on WVista it simply goes to the settings the computer was using on a specific date, ignoring everything installed after that date. I haven't done a restore to factory settings. The best answer given on the link you posted sounds about right to me, which matches what Jones said too. Just back up your documents, pictures and music etc that you want to keep. Good luck.

 

[over9five]

Just buy a new laptop.....