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chrisjohn

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 2:23PM

ok this is what i want to do if possible i want to restore my pc to factory settings ....but is their a free backup program that will copy all my settings programs to a external hard drive so once pc is restored i can put everything back if possible thanks.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 3:41PM

  1. you can copy everything as is but that negates the advantage of a factory restore

  2. you can back up all your data (vista has a windows backup incorporated in it)

however you cannot backup your programs other than 1. above

if you do a factory restore you will need hen to delete all the preinstalled junk and then reinstall any programs you have added to the laptop.

Why do you want to do a factory restore?

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chrisjohn

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 3:54PM

pc keeps freezing and crashing so i thought lets start afresh ,thnks for reply.

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chrisjohn

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 3:58PM

i also installed a program about 12 months ago which was a bit like ccleaner but it messed all my pc up i have put up with it for 12 months but decided to start again.

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 4:16PM

Couple of things to try:

  1. Search - type

sfc /scannow

press ok

let windows find and replace missing corrupt windows system files.

  1. try a vista upgrade over existing system to attempt a repair of vista see here
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chrisjohn

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 4:31PM

thanks but i dont have a vista cd,

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 4:49PM

sfc should work from your preinstalled system .

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chrisjohn

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 5:04PM

ok sfc found system 32 files corupt and unable to repair them ,whats next step?

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 5:55PM

If the System File Checker tool cannot repair a file, follow these steps:

At an elevated command prompt, copy and then paste (or type) the following command, and then press ENTER:

takeown /f PathAndFile_Name

For example, type takeown /f E:\windows\system32\jscript.dll. Copy and paste (or type) the following command, and then press ENTER to grant administrators full access to the file:

icacls PathAndFile_Name /GRANT ADMINISTRATORS:F

For example, type icacls E:\windows\system32\jscript.dll /grant administrators:F.

Copy and paste (or type the following command to replace the file with a known good copy of the file:

Copy PathAndFileNameOfSourceFile PathAndFileNameOf_Destination For example, type copy E:\temp\jscript.dll E:\windows\system32\jscript.dll.

so you need to list the corrupt files and see if you can copy them from a good machine or borrow a vista DVD.

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lotvic

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 5:59PM

I think the official MS Vista download links are still viable. You can download direct from links on Heidoc.net page. (no forms to fill in or anything)

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Fruit Bat /\0/\

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Posted November 15, 2012 at 6:03PM

vista iso you can download and burn to disc

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