[sfudge]

I am a complete novice at this so I need help. I need a complete idiots guide on how to restore my laptop to factory settings. I am selling it and want to remove all of my crap from it. It is and HP compaq notebook. I don't have any other details on the system with me. But XP was installed on it from the factory. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!

[Wainui]

Studge,

What is the Make (HP or Compaq) and Model Number of your Notebook. It should be underneath.
Did you get any Recovery of Restore Disks with the Notebook ?
Is there a partitionon in your Notebook (e.g. drive D:) with Recovery or Restoration software ?

[mphenterprises]

Hi Sfudge. Once you respond to Wainui's questions, you can use his responses, as well as these links, to help you along your process. It is not hard at all.







How To Reinstall Windows XP Video - http://www.pcworld.com/video/id,369-page,2-bid,4/video.html



Recent Discussion regarding the same exact issue - http://forums.pcworl.../20753?tstart=0

[sfudge]

I am at work right now and don't have the computer with me, but when I get home I will post that information. I will check out the ohter reply as well and let you all know how it goes. Thank you both so much for the help.