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Offline Cholo

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Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« on: July 20, 2010, 06:56:24 PM »
Hey guys,


So it's time to part ways with my trusty old laptop but before selling it I of course want to get rid of all the data on there and restore it to a "factory" or "basic" setting.  If there a way to do this without the XP cd?  I bought the computer running on a bootlegged copy of XP SP2 and it is not running SP3.  I have the old cd, but says it won't install because my version of Windows is newer than what's on the cd.  It also says I can restart and boot from the CD, but I'm not sure how to do that.  Of course, I'd rather not use the CD at all but I'm guessing that's not possible.  Figured you guys would know though,  thanks!



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Re: Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2010, 08:16:54 PM »
Try Dereks Boot "n" Nuke. It's open source and will wipe the drive real clean.

http://www.dban.org/
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Re: Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2010, 10:02:34 PM »
cool, thanks I'll give it a shot
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Re: Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2010, 10:59:04 PM »
I have been using this for years...been a bit since I used it last but it has 3 levels of wiping. It will do the trick for ya. ;)
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Re: Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2010, 11:42:40 AM »
You can try dial-a-fix.  It has a windows update fix option.



I use it to fix registry permission issues.
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Re: Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2010, 02:31:11 PM »
That's an interesting program Butchas. :)
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Re: Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2010, 05:59:42 PM »
How'd things work out for ya Cholo. ???
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Re: Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2010, 02:17:34 PM »
Still workin on it. I guess I'm not burning that .iso right or something bc my computer's not booting from the cd I burned it onto.
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Re: Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2010, 12:01:18 AM »
What program are you using to burn it. ???
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Re: Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2010, 01:07:45 PM »
Roxio.  I selected to burn a data cd. 
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Re: Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2010, 08:39:24 PM »
Try alcohol 120% 15 day trial should work fine for you for now:

http://trial.alcohol-soft.com/en/downloadtrial.php
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Re: Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2010, 05:01:42 PM »
If you have the old disk for xp, then use it. here is how u use it.
1. turn off ur computer
2. turn it on and go to system menu
3. where it says boot menu, click on it and change it to boot from disc or something like that.
4. then just follow the steps.
5. after it won't have the words that say your version is too new and stuff like that.
 
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Re: Restore XP to "Factory Settings" without disks ?
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2010, 08:37:10 PM »
Welcome to the site theallinoneforum, I hope you enjoy your stay. I'm sure what you posted will help out somewhere for someone. Thanks for your contribution. :)
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