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How do i factory reset a netbook with windows 7 starter ?

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I have a Little netbook from 2010 that has windows 7 starter and i want to factory reset it so i can sell it, but when i try to it says that the pc doesnt have the right files to do advanced restore options. Please help !

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Or i can fresh install windows vista, cause you know who doesnt have a old windows vista install disk sitting in the basement :P

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what brand?  does the pc have a separate oem restore partition? 

"We will never make a 32-bit operating system." -- Bill Gates, 1989

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Buy a windows key

 

Make a Windows USB installer drive

 

Go into the bios, (start up -> click the bios key)

 

Find the boot options menu

 

Click install with (USB Drive)

 

Install the Windows OS on a fresh HDD(Erase the current partition)

 

And there you have it, a fresh copy of Windows, hopefully. 

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I just have to say that Windows Vista should be called Windows Blister for obvious reasons. :D

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maybe hitup the mfg for a restore cd, then create a bootable usb and copy the cd contents to it?

I don't believe that you can do that. I think that you actually have to create an ISO from the CD first and then use some software that can copy that ISO to the USB Flash Drive and make it bootable during the process. ;)

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lol I was close

It's alright mate. I'm still learning things too. :D

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Buy a windows key

Make a Windows USB installer drive

Go into the bios, (start up -> click the bios key)

Find the boot options menu

Click install with (USB Drive)

Install the Windows OS on a fresh HDD(Erase the current partition)

And there you have it, a fresh copy of Windows, hopefully.

im not buying windows , cause i plan on selling the laptop ( its worth around 100$) so if i bought windows for it id lose money
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my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

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what brand? does the pc have a separate oem restore partition?

its a compaq mini, and i tried restoring it from my external hdd which i backed up the pc on the night i bought it but when i do it says restore complete but some files could not be restored then it shows me over 200 files that couldnt be restored and the pc look like i never restored it
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my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

did you know we have a gun thread ? well we do 

 

and a car thread ! 

 

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I just have to say that Windows Vista should be called Windows Blister for obvious reasons. :D

i think its xp oops
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my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

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And if i put windows xp in it would it decrease the value of the pc going from windows 7 starter

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my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

did you know we have a gun thread ? well we do 

 

and a car thread ! 

 

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what brand? does the pc have a separate oem restore partition?

no i just checked it doesnt
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my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

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and a car thread ! 

 

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hp hmmmm, i got a usb flash drive with the HP OS on it for netbooks (windows 7 starter).   I could always share it with you through a torrent.

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otherwise i will have to get a DL DVD to copy it (its on an 8 gig flash drive).  Either way, if you want the second option I could just mail you the disc since dvd's are so cheap and all that.  Or the third option is you could buy a usb flash drive, mail it here, then i would mail it back.  Imaging the thumb drive shouldn't be an issue.

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otherwise i will have to get a DL DVD to copy it (its on an 8 gig flash drive). Either way, if you want the second option I could just mail you the disc since dvd's are so cheap and all that. Or the third option is you could buy a usb flash drive, mail it here, then i would mail it back. Imaging the thumb drive shouldn't be an issue.

do you know how to factory reset it tho ? And where do you live ? ( what country )
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my laptop- toshiba satelite p850, cpu- i7-3630qm ram- 8gb 1600mhz hdd- 1tb 5400rpm gpu- Nvidia gt630m 2gb

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and a car thread ! 

 

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booting it is easy, its getting the media that is a challenge (If you want contact HP, but I spent 45 mins. on the phone b*tching at 'em cause there bloatware installed spyware).

 

Media is windows 7 starter SNPC

HP Branded

 

The USB drive has a COA, but this should be unnecessary because embedded in your BIOS chip is the original Windows product key.  HP uses the key from your motherboard.  Also your netbook probably has a COA (sticker with holographic strip).

"We will never make a 32-bit operating system." -- Bill Gates, 1989

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