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Old 15th Feb 2008, 11:55
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I am upgrading to a Mac and am selling my old Vista laptop. I wondered how I could get it in the state it was in when i first bought it. e.g. When they boot it up it will be the same as when I first booted it up and all my documents and personal information will be deleted. I thought i should use system restore but i don't thick that is appropriate for what i want to do

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Old 15th Feb 2008, 13:04
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put in the windows disk and re-install the operating system, also you cant upgrade from windows to mac that's known as a downgrade
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Old 15th Feb 2008, 13:42
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I have had enough off Windows! Especially Vista. I didn't get the disc with Vista. As bought the laptop with vista on and there were no disks supplied. Could i do it any other ways?
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Old 15th Feb 2008, 13:46
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i dont think so ?
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Old 15th Feb 2008, 14:19
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I read somewhere, that there is a partition on some Hard Drives with all the Reset data on it?
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Old 15th Feb 2008, 14:22
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a recovery partition , i dont know much about these someone else will have to fill in
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Old 15th Feb 2008, 15:10
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What's the Make & Model of the Laptop ?
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Old 15th Feb 2008, 15:31
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also if your sick of windows give linux a try !
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Old 15th Feb 2008, 16:25
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yeah I have Linux too. I have an eeePC. It is really handy when i go out
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