Well.. I might not have worded it right.  I have Win 7,  and I did a 
recovery (am assuming that is what he called it) on my desktop cause  I had a 
bunch of blue screens and the computer is only approx 4 months  old.  I did not 
have any viruses or trojans... so when the Tech told  me what to do..  I 
wrote it all down as I was doing it.  But I also  have a laptop, same kind, and 
wanted to know if the procedure was the same in  bringing it back to it's 
original manufactured state as the Desktop.  I  dont' have problems with the 
laptop but I did make a  recovery disk on  it, but wasn't sure if that would 
restore it back to my original state as when I  first bought it.  That was 
my intended question.  Sorry for not  explaining it better.  Harriet
 
 
In a message dated 9/13/2010 10:25:41 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
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You seem  to be asking about the difference between "restore"  and
recovery".
Restore is the shorter procedure wherein the machine is  returned to the
state it was in on a previous date. This is useful when  recent changes
such as new drivers or software render a machine unuseable.  No
information is lost. This software is part of the Windows OS and  the
procedure is the same for desktops and laptops.
Recovery tends to be  a destructive process that involves formatting and
loss of files.
Some  manufacturers, like HP arrange to save your data in a separate
folder when  a recovery is done. This software is supplied by the maker,
usually in a  separate partition on the HD, but some require you to make
these disks  yourself.
As for the instructions, you'll have to look in your manual or on  the
Dell web site as this procedure varies.





--------  Original Message --------
Subject: [PCBUILD] lap recovery -vs- desktop  recovery
From: [log in to unmask]
Date: Mon, September 13, 2010 6:04  am
To: [log in to unmask]

Since I'm no longer able to get  PCSOFT in my mail, perhaps this is a 
hardware issue after all. I have a  Dell laptop, newest model Inspiron
and am 
wondering in doing a  'recovery' on it --- like take it back to the 
manufacturer's settings,  will be done in the same way as on a desktop. I
wrote down 
the  instructions for a recovery on my desktop, but don't know if such a 
move  on a laptop would have the same instructions. This is in case I
ever  
need to do a recovery. Dell does not give warranties for Software,  only
on 
the hardware, and doing a recovery, I was told, was a software  issue.

Doing a recovery as you already know only takes about 10 minutes  or so, 
whereas doing a format, take much longer. Harriet

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