Using system restore

Question

I have a Dell 3000 with XP Home.  I would like to restore my system back to when it arrived from the factory.  When I tried doing so by going to start/system tools/restore the calender would only let me restore it from June 1 2006.  Can't I restore it like from when I first bought it or am I not doing something right.  I downloaded a bunch of stuff at college and upgraded my ram so I wanted to have a clean machine again.  Any info would be great. Thanks

PETER345 · Answer

Most likely you can go back. You were trying to use Windows restore. Your machine (likely) has PC restore. When booting, press control-F11 to restore the machine back to factory state. Peter

Denny Denham · Answer

steerstuffer, See the procedures halfway down this page under PC Restore.

RoHe · Answer

Back up all your personal files to CD first, and be prepared to download and install all the XP updates and hotfixes again after doing PC Restore (Ctrl-F11). Make sure your antiviral software and firewall on functional before going on line to get all the updates. Sure hope you have broadband access, because it's going to take quite a while to download all those updates.

Ron

steerstuffer · Answer

Thanks everyone.  I got it all done just doing the updates again.

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