Quoting Post Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Restoring my computer back to factory settings... Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] Quote: from [m]Byble[/m] at 10:12 am on April 20, 2008[quote]Quote: from [m]Crazy snake[/m] at 2:27 pm on April 20, 2008[quote]What I would say is that your computer is confused as to the way you clicked "keep personal files", and is storing everything you have like pics, vids, games and programs etc. What I think you should do, is to put all of the files you want to keep, on a portable device, and then try to format your harddrive again, but this time, just allow it to wipe everything, and only reinstall the drivers, and the main components the computer needs to run. That way, your computer will have nothing on it, and you can just load the files off the portable device, and start from scratch. However: Packard bell computers are known to have faults, and I wouldnt be expecting 100% success from this. If this doesnt work, and the problem persists, then my only advice is to take it down to the pc world you got it from, and ask them could they format it, or repair it for you. CS :smile: [/quote] thanks for the reply =] i have borrowed my dads computer and seeing if it works.. ill do it at weekend though as it takes ages to set everything back up  :biggrin: [/quote] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Byble Posted at 12:09 pm on April 19, 2008 So yh.. i have this Packard bell computer.. which i could refurbished from pc world.. and like this was a while ago.. but i decided to restore it back to factory settings, so i got the manual and read about it.. so i clicked the packard bell restore thingie.. the computer restarted and it said about packardbell CD thing.. i was like erm.. it showed a screen shot of it in the manual and said it was a cd thing as well.. i was confused as: 1. there wasn't a CD in the computer drive 2. i didn't have one which came with it.. i decided to format it by pressing keeping personal files or something.. and it quick formatted ¬_¬.. then it went into this factory setting thing.. and started installing all the stuff again.. but i noticed that all my installed stuff was still there.. like my games etc.. so it hadn't formatted .. after installing i named the pc the same name as asways.. and the a little note always comes up now.. like those popup microsoft things.. and it says Duplicate name on thingie.. ¬_¬ and the computer is like soo pooped.. so i tried formatting again.. but before that i made sure that it booted from hard drive not a disc.. and still does the same thing.. has anyone heard of this before? the only thing that i can see this doing is jusr re-starting the trials again.. which seems cool but the computer is just eggie fied.. and some things wont work.. like 4oD.. that worked before i started trying to format it ¬_¬ not it says some thing.. and yes i had re-installed etc. so just seeing if this has happened to anyone else

Replies rand0mguy Posted at 7:09 pm on April 28, 2008 thats why people who dont know anything about computers dont play with them Byble Posted at 10:12 am on April 20, 2008 Quote: from Crazy snake at 2:27 pm on April 20, 2008 What I would say is that your computer is confused as to the way you clicked "keep personal files", and is storing everything you have like pics, vids, games and programs etc. What I think you should do, is to put all of the files you want to keep, on a portable device, and then try to format your harddrive again, but this time, just allow it to wipe everything, and only reinstall the drivers, and the main components the computer needs to run. That way, your computer will have nothing on it, and you can just load the files off the portable device, and start from scratch. However: Packard bell computers are known to have faults, and I wouldnt be expecting 100% success from this. If this doesnt work, and the problem persists, then my only advice is to take it down to the pc world you got it from, and ask them could they format it, or repair it for you. CS thanks for the reply =] i have borrowed my dads computer and seeing if it works.. ill do it at weekend though as it takes ages to set everything back up   Crazy snake Posted at 6:27 am on April 20, 2008 What I would say is that your computer is confused as to the way you clicked "keep personal files", and is storing everything you have like pics, vids, games and programs etc. What I think you should do, is to put all of the files you want to keep, on a portable device, and then try to format your harddrive again, but this time, just allow it to wipe everything, and only reinstall the drivers, and the main components the computer needs to run. That way, your computer will have nothing on it, and you can just load the files off the portable device, and start from scratch. However: Packard bell computers are known to have faults, and I wouldnt be expecting 100% success from this. If this doesnt work, and the problem persists, then my only advice is to take it down to the pc world you got it from, and ask them could they format it, or repair it for you. CS All 3 previous replies displayed.