normally when u get ur laptop/pc and start it up it says to make a series of disks to restore it to factory default in this case....
if u have not done this then u may have a seperate hdd partition called recovery like i do.

do u have either of these???

Here You Go


If original and fairly new: While Booting Up.

Dell XP = Ctrl+F11
Dell Vista = F8
EEEPC = Esc
Compaq = F11
HP Desktop Vista = F11
Emachine = F10
Acer = Alt+F10

Every manufacture has or uses different Function Key combinations to do a Factory Default Recovery. Also if it didn't come with disks there is normally a program in the menus to create your own set of recovery CDs. This must be done before you ever put anything on the recovery partition d: , if you used d: for anything you need to remove what you put there or the recovery will not function.

You get disc with it dont you...

You can perform a System Recovery on many computers. This will return your hard drive to the ORIGINAL factory configuration, with everything it originally had. First, let's find out if your computer supports it.

SKIP THIS STEP IF YOU CANNOT LOAD WINDOWS.
Go to My Computer, and look under Hard Disk Drives. A lot of PC's today will include two hard disk partitions. There is always a C:\ drive (normally the Windows drive) and often a D:\ drive. The D:\ drive may be called "Recovery" or something like it.

If there is no D:\ drive, you may have to do System Recovery from a disk. Contact your PC manufacturer to order the disks. They're pretty cheap- disks for my PC only cost 13$ including shipping. It's a lot easier than buying a new PC.

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! SYSTEM RECOVERY DELETES *ALL* FILES YOU HAVE CREATED. It restores the hard drive to the original, STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY. This means that all files you have created are DELETED! My Documents? GONE! My Pictures? GONE! Installed Programs? GONE! You MUST backup anything you want to keep on a USB drive or memory card!!! A backup utility may be made available to you when you attempt the System Recovery.

Now to perform System Recovery. Restart your PC. As Windows is loading, look for a message that says "Press [KEY] for System Recovery". When you see this message, press the given key and follow the instructions, and hopefully you will be able to perform a successful System Recovery.

If you do not see this message, but see other messages, try pressing them. Example: "Press [KEY] for Startup Options".



PAYPAL = Azzgunn @ hotmail.co.uk

AaRoNzMoDz wrote You can perform a System Recovery on many computers. This will return your hard drive to the ORIGINAL factory configuration, with everything it originally had. First, let's find out if your computer supports it.

SKIP THIS STEP IF YOU CANNOT LOAD WINDOWS.
Go to My Computer, and look under Hard Disk Drives. A lot of PC's today will include two hard disk partitions. There is always a C:\ drive (normally the Windows drive) and often a D:\ drive. The D:\ drive may be called "Recovery" or something like it.

If there is no D:\ drive, you may have to do System Recovery from a disk. Contact your PC manufacturer to order the disks. They're pretty cheap- disks for my PC only cost 13$ including shipping. It's a lot easier than buying a new PC.

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! SYSTEM RECOVERY DELETES *ALL* FILES YOU HAVE CREATED. It restores the hard drive to the original, STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY. This means that all files you have created are DELETED! My Documents? GONE! My Pictures? GONE! Installed Programs? GONE! You MUST backup anything you want to keep on a USB drive or memory card!!! A backup utility may be made available to you when you attempt the System Recovery.

Now to perform System Recovery. Restart your PC. As Windows is loading, look for a message that says "Press [KEY] for System Recovery". When you see this message, press the given key and follow the instructions, and hopefully you will be able to perform a successful System Recovery.

If you do not see this message, but see other messages, try pressing them. Example: "Press [KEY] for Startup Options".



PAYPAL = Azzgunn @ hotmail.co.uk

Nice opy and paste from internet dude

Just to clear things up i dont have a recover disk and iv got a sony vaio vgn-n21e

non of these work :/ still looking