Help resetting laptop
thread starter salutorious Jul 19 2010
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| Hi i need help restoring my hp pavilion dv6000 to factory settings i have never done this but i need to because my dad needs it for work. In exchange i am getting money towards a new one and the Best Buy near me is having a sale so i could really use some fast easy instructions. I tried google and it just didn't work for me. Also i am looking for the box the laptop came in it has the cd's and stuff this was my sisters laptop but i bought it off her... so yea gotta find that box. |
My Characters: wintersecho - 122 Broa Buccaneer
DNexus 07/19/10
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| Go to Panel Control and reinstall drivers, you can google the drivers for you lap |
salutorious 07/19/10
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| But i want to return it to the original settings so that it loses all the data and such. |
My Characters: wintersecho - 122 Broa Buccaneer
Bucko
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| There's something called a "Factory Default Disc" that you usually create with the backup program that they usually include. Other times, the CD may actually be included. Just pop in that CD and restore it. Here's a picture of the program on my Acer laptop to create that disc. |
My Characters: CrimsonTouch - 95 Broa Dragon Knight
salutorious 07/19/10
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My Characters: wintersecho - 122 Broa Buccaneer
qwan456 07/19/10
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| Your laptop may have a hidden partition that includes windows files. To do so, you press F11 during boot up (before the Windows load screen shows up), and that should take you to an option to Restore to Factory Default (may be worded differently). |
My Characters: Melodie890 - 36 Khaini Cleric
salutorious 07/19/10
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| That only lets me go back about a week i want a total reset |
My Characters: wintersecho - 122 Broa Buccaneer
rosnim 07/19/10
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| lol my dad just goes and delets everything and uninstalls everything |
My Characters: 1hitkillx10 - 36 Scania Bandit
salutorious 07/19/10
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| Ok... but i want to reset the whole thing... so that doesnt really help me |
My Characters: wintersecho - 122 Broa Buccaneer
thanhtu 07/19/10
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| you can try this, when boot from bios you can press f11 to restore from factory default, btw does your pc still under warratee? If it's does call this number 800-474-6836, tell them u need to restore, cause your kid got virus on the lap top, they will help you, GL! |
My Characters: Magicshot69 - 170 Broa Dark Knight
salutorious 07/19/10
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| I found it theres no virus on there i had to go to advanced settings and play around a bit. And its virus had one week left like 2 years ago when the motherboard burned out or something lol i was lucky i got to send it in it is resetting as we speak ^.^ |
My Characters: wintersecho - 122 Broa Buccaneer
thanhtu 07/19/10
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| or this if u used window vista http://filetonic.com/blog/2009/01/14/setting-hp-dv6000-to-factory-settings/ |
My Characters: Magicshot69 - 170 Broa Dark Knight
qwan456 07/19/10
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| [quote] salutorious : That only lets me go back about a week i want a total reset [/quote] There should be other options as well. Likely you selected "System Restore", which restore from the Restore Point files that Windows create periodically. There should be another option most likely. According to this: http://h20331.www2.hp.com/Hpsub/cache/312352-0-0-225-121.html it called "Restore PC" |
My Characters: Melodie890 - 36 Khaini Cleric
ron97595
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| Format and use Ubuntu :D or just do a Factory reset when you startup, you usually press like f11 when you start up and it will reset it for you Too bad you can't ship it to me, I'm pro at computers |
My Characters: ron97595 - 52 Bellocan Cleric
thanhtu 07/19/10
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| if your lap top had no virus, u should be able to press f11 to restore ogrinal factory, cause i had hp dv4 and hp dv5 both work when i try to restore it |
My Characters: Magicshot69 - 170 Broa Dark Knight
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