Sweebs

Use the 'recovery' media supplied with your laptop.. or read the part of the
manual that deals with the 'challenge' of re-installing Windows after a
serious error..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Sweebs" <Sweebs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B9C5174D-DAE2-4866-A04A-2ECA5179E0F5@microsoft.com...
>I am upgrading to a laptop, and selling my pc on to a family member. I need
> to restore the pc to as near to its original setting as possible, ie
> remove
> all programs, files, remove all email and internet settings, etc etc that
> I
> have added, and get it running lean and mean.
>
> What's the best way to do this? If I use a 'restore point' I can only go
> back to Aug 05, which is nowhere near far enough back bearing in mind the
> pc
> is a couple of years old.
>
> Thanks