nathy_87
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Right i must say i got the best deal ever (imo) this weekend. my mate said he had a laptop for sale so i popped up to his and had a look at it (Fujitsu Siemens (thats all i know of it) currently got 1GB ram and 1.75ghz. Baring in mind his only had it 10 months its virtually like a brand new laptop, it has got Vista basic on. runs relaly quick etc and i got it for a whopping.....Ł180. Now the question i want to ask you guys and girls is how do i restore it so it is like a beand new laptop so it has got none of his files etc?
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Marc
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Reinstall the software that came with it.
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James_DT
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Sounds like the Li 2727 my mate's got.
Comes with the restore CD, use that.
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nathy_87
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he didnt give me that SHOULD he have it?
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James_DT
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Unsure. My mate's asked him to make the Recovery discs when he first got it.
I think rather than coming with them, it comes with the files on the hard drive (which is split into 3 partitions IIRC) and you have to make them yourself using the Fujitsu software. It burns 2 DVDs.
[Edited on 08-03-2009 by James_DT]
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nathy_87
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James_DT- Any chance your mate could do me a copy of these dvd's or that i could borrow them would be a great help(!)
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Brett
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Just do a system rollback to the first day it was setup.
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nathy_87
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how do i do that brett?
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Brett
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Forget where it is in Vista. Probs still in System Tools.
Just go to your desktop and press F1 for help then search for 'system restore'.
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nathy_87
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Ok will have a look tonight
cheers brett.
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Rob R
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System roll back only goes back 30 days IIRC
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Brett
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I bought a laptop and managed to roll it back to day one. That was on vista too.
Not saying you're wrong, Rob, as I don't know for fact or anything, only what I managed to do.
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nathy_87
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Ive typed in system restore but its no help
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Cavey
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Start button > Control Panel > Backup and Restore Centre
Click on "Use system restore to fix ...." should be able to choose a point to restore then, pick the earliest possible i guess
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nathy_87
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will try now thanks cavey
edit: will only allow me to restore it to a few days aog. which is no good to me i need to do it so its like a brand new laptop!
[Edited on 09-03-2009 by 5dr corsa-3dr_polo]
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nathy_87
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anyone?
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ssj_kakarot
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stick an xp install disk in, format it, fresh copy. not only will it get rid of all his files ect, it will also kill vista 
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nathy_87
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i want vista on it mate lol. sure theres jsut a button where you reset all its defaults back to the first day you get it. But can't find it. 
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ed
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Put the DVD in, re-boot and format C.
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ssj_kakarot
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Put the DVD in, re-boot and format C.
i think we already established the laptop didnt come with a recovery dvd.
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ed
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a) That's not mentioned in the question.
b) He doesn't need the recovery disks, he needs the disk with the o/s on it.
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ssj_kakarot
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well if you read through the thread its already mentioned he didnt get a recovery cd, you can also acertain seen as hes asking this question that he does not have a dvd with system software on.
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nathy_87
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Even been on the fujitsu website to see if it's on their website either im blind or it's not on their.
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nathy_87
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Anyone?
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noshua
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download and burn them from the manufacture website
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