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Okay, I'm trying to restore my computer to factory settings, but I do not have the disc. I finished backing up my programs and everything to my external, now I just need to restore.. Can someone help me?
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You can download an .iso, of windows 7 and do a fresh install of the OS. Just download the .iso, and burn it to a dvd or follow a tut on how to install windows 7 from a flash drive. I recommend getting the drivers from your computer's manufacturer's website because windows doesn't always get all the drivers right away.
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omgitzch33ze wrote Okay, I'm trying to restore my computer to factory settings, but I do not have the disc. I finished backing up my programs and everything to my external, now I just need to restore.. Can someone help me?


From your search/run dialog box type: diskmgmt.msc
...if you have a system restore partition, you will usually see a keystroke command to execute on bootup, usually F11 or F12. If you do not have a recovery image on one of your hdds, you are looking at doing a re-install from removeable media. Before you do so, I would suggest you run a program called BelArc Advisor. It will give you a rundown of everything in your pc to help you with drivers. There's nothing worse than a fresh install of M$ only to find out you do not have any nic drivers and can't get online to download them!

Good Luck.
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Restart your computer, as it's booting up, just mash on F11 until the restore screen shows up.
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Just Reboot your computer and at the bottom it will show what too put!
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