Point is no need to wipe, just store personal stuff under MyDocs and he will not be able to access it by default. Go into Control Panel-Accounts and create new account for friend and set password. I'm with you in that I hate that they don't issue restore disks anymore. I would not trust System Restore in this case, I have seen it act flaky. You could also move all files onto cd or dvd and put it back later.
So i called their support and a dude from the phillipines who was flirting with me told how to do the system restore with and w/o disks. Whats the difference between doing the restore w/o disks and using boot and nuke and then reinstalling? does the system restore wipe the C-drive as effectively boot and and nuke does? or should i copy the disks, use boot and nuke and then reinstall?
So i called their support and a dude from the phillipines who was flirting with me told how to do the system restore with and w/o disks. Whats the difference between doing the restore w/o disks and using boot and nuke and then reinstalling? does the system restore wipe the C-drive as effectively boot and and nuke does? or should i copy the disks, use boot and nuke and then reinstall?
if I remember correctly all system restore does is ask you for a date when you want the computer set back to. so say you set it back to the first day you bought it. that is exactly what it will restore to. not sure if it completely whips out all the other stuff or not.
I don't believe the Pig is using the term System Restore correctly. I think he means returning it to the way it was when he first bought it.
TP...am I right.
I don't believe the Pig is using the term System Restore correctly. I think he means returning it to the way it was when he first bought it.
TP...am I right.
no...he understands what he is saying...but he wants to format and start from scratch but does not have a disc to reload the OS after he formats....so he called tech support and instead of telling him to format and reload a fresh OS...they beat around the bush and told him about system restore option....which is not the same as completely formatting and starting a new fresh OS.
atleast that was the impression I got.