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How to factory restore a Compaq Presario CQ50 without CD?

Started by Smores96 , Oct 06 2011 08:30 PM

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Smores96

Posted 06 October 2011 - 08:30 PM

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(Sorry if this is under the wrong topic.)
I need to system restore my laptop but I don't have a CD, It was done once before but I wasn't the one who did it so I don't know how to now.
I have a Compaq Presario CQ50 running Windows Vista Home Basic.
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phillpower2

Posted 08 October 2011 - 11:01 AM

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Hi Smores96 and

Can I ask why you wish to restore the factory settings/system restore is the laptop having issues?
As you do not have any kind of disk there is a strong possibility that there is a recovery partition on the HDD, next time you power up try tapping the F11 key and hopefully you will find a recovery partition, if you do follow the on screen instructions, some information to help you http://h20000.www2.h...09678#RecoverOS
I hope that this helps you to achieve the task and please let us know how it goes or if we can assist you in any way.