Does anyone know how to completly start over your computer and make it start like when you first bought it?

Question

i have a dell laptop it only has 5. something giga bites right know i have like 30 megabites so i want to start like new ive deleted all the programs i dont use ive done disk cleanup but still the same

Answer 1

that is factory resetting it taking it back to its original factory settings.

i have a vista pc and in programmes it says factory restore in the programmes does yours have anything like that in the programmes

Answer 2

if you feel like it, external hardrives arent very expensive,  

Answer 3

have you cleaned the registry?  

Answer 4

bring it to geek suad or somthing they know what to do

Answer 5

GO HELP, SEARCH RECOVERY, FOLLOW DIRECTION FROM THERE, READ CAREFULLY RECOVER TO FACTORY SETTTINGS//  CONDITION

Answer 6

If your computer is working perfectly except for the disk space, you may want to try deleting all the System Restore images except for the latest one. This is a Disk Cleanup feature that can be missed because it is on the More Options tab. If you never Hibernate, you may try deleting the Hibernation file the next time you run Disk Cleanup.

If you absolutely need to restore the laptop to the factory image, you typically can do so using a restore disc that came with your laptop.

Answer 7

First, make sure you have the restore CD's, which may have been included when you bought the computer.  Then you can reformat it and reinstall the system from the restore CD's.  Whey you say you "deleted" the programs, did you uninstall them or just delete the icon that launches them.  If the latter, then they're still there, taking up disk space.

Answer 8

run the recovery disk.

Answer 9

Dells have a feature to restore to original settings, drivers, everything.

Hopefully this link helps.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/g...

It gives the steps to boot up, select restore, etc, etc.  I've done it and it works well.

This is assuming that you have not already install a new operating system etc.

Answer 10

Reformat it

Answer 11

Go to the link below.

Answer 12

call tech support.... thats how i did mine... ITS FREE...

Answer 13

Go Startup, choose all programs, then click PC HELP & TOOLS and choose System Recovery.

Answer 14

Format it: boot from Windows installation disk and install the OS again

Answer 15

you have to use a reboot disk...