Topic 'Re: [WIN8] restoring to factory win7' in forum 'Microsoft Help' - dslreports.com

Re: [WIN8] restoring to factory win7

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:59:30 EDT

anon posted :

Glad to hear that you figured it out.

I had a Compaq Presario Tower back in 2000. DEL was the key of choice on that one to.

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Re: [WIN8] restoring to factory win7

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:56:48 EDT

mettachain posted : There's an option from the Settings in Win8 that you can restore your computer to factory default.
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Re: [WIN8] restoring to factory win7

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:29:42 EDT

anon posted : Funny, I never seen a DEL key on a Compaq (in repair biz for almost 15 years now) before =) It's usually ESC (or F10) for the Compaq. Glad you got it though.

Re: [WIN8] restoring to factory win7

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:25:45 EDT

plencnerb posted : Glad to hear that you figured it out.

I had a Compaq Presario Tower back in 2000. DEL was the key of choice on that one to.

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Re: [WIN8] restoring to factory win7

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:59:37 EDT

pcdebb posted : its a Compaq, and I got in. I started with delete key to give me a menu to another menu to a boot order menu :)
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Re: [WIN8] restoring to factory win7

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 09:16:10 EDT

anon posted : Forgot to mention DEL key as well.

What is the brand/model of laptop? To narrow it down.

Re: [WIN8] restoring to factory win7

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:27:01 EDT

plencnerb posted : Did you try the DEL key? Sometimes that is one that is used to get into the BIOS.

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Re: [WIN8] restoring to factory win7

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:28:38 EDT

pcdebb posted : yea, well that's the thing, I'm trying to get to the BIOS to set the boot order. I tried all the F keys to get there, no dice. i'm trying to reset the computer back to win7 to give to my brother's kids. I've got a netbook now and might put win8 on it.
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Re: [WIN8] restoring to factory win7

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:51:21 EDT

anon posted : Nothing to do with Windows 8.

You might need to hit ESC or F12 or F2 on POST screen. Or go into BIOS and set order to CDROM first...

Re: [WIN8] restoring to factory win7

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:42:28 EDT

halfband posted : Just verify your bios setting has the CD as the first entry in the boot priority order.
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Re: [WIN8] restoring to factory win7

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:02:15 EDT

Kerodo posted : When I installed the Win 8 release preview, I had trouble booting off ANY CD/DVD whether it was linux or an installer disk, etc. I finally had to disable booting off the HD completely and just enable cd/dvd boot only in the BIOS, and that worked. I don't know what the issue was.. This was on an Asus laptop...

[WIN8] restoring to factory win7

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:38:45 EDT

pcdebb posted : i upgraded my laptop to win8, but I need to restore it back to win7. apparently f8 or any f key for that matter wont kick me into booting from the cd. how is this done in windows 8?
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