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

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
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"Sweebs" wrote:

| 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

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

You can also delete your present user account(if is not administrator). That
will take all your My document information with favorites, cache files, etc.

"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> 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
>
>
>