Posted on: 18-05-09 21:07:07
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Originally posted by Iknownothing
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Originally posted by Nightmare
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Originally posted by febpreet
Why don't you restore your system to the factory settings. That saves a lot of time and resources, and always works for me. I always do it once a year. After restoring it, I run a complete spyware scan, defrag, virus scan and everything works like new.
My 2 cents.
Quick question in regards to this. Do i need to back up my hard drive, before i do this? Or is that not necessary?
Thanks for yr reply. I have a lot of viruses plus there are these windows that say i am missing some .dlls I am thinking restoring my system may solve my problems.
Restoring and formatting are two different things and will solve different problems. In this case restoring MIGHT help you with the dll issues, but will not get rid of the viruses or other malware. Remember, restoring only resets your settings to a desired date in the past, but doesn't get rid of the programs/data.
If you decide to take a backup before formatting your system, make sure you scan it with a good anti virus or you might end up infecting your PC with the virus that you have in your laptop.
To backup, the easiest would be to get a pen drive and save the required documents/pics/spreadsheets etc. to it before you erase everything that you have on the HDD.
Thanks
just a FYI, i think fabpreet is talking about restoring system to factory settings not the system restore. if you are doing factory settings restore that is like formatting the drive and it will be just like when you bought your system new. you will loose all your data. so it's always safe to backup your data before you do any recovery.
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Originally posted by yanksingh
just a FYI, i think fabpreet is talking about restoring system to factory settings not the system restore. if you are doing factory settings restore that is like formatting the drive and it will be just like when you bought your system new. you will loose all your data. so it's always safe to backup your data before you do any recovery.
Oh ok... I thought he was talking about system restore to a previous date. But then he wouldn't have to run a scan and defrag the HD, it's already formatted and the data (along with any viruses or malware/spyware) is gone.
