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TyTy8910

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JUST A QUESTION! restoring xp to factory settings
« on: April 30, 2008, 07:24:33 PM »
Hey,
I'm going to restore a computer which is running XP and i'm going to use the return to factory settings options.....will this remove XP from the computer? I do not have the recovery disk.

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Re: JUST A QUESTION! restoring xp to factory settings
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2008, 07:36:24 PM »
Not usually...the Restore files are usually on a hidden partition that is not touched by the restore....but i would check the manuf. website to be sure.
You will however lose any installed programs on that machine along with all your data so do your backups first.
It basically takes the machine back to Day One status.
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