


Make sure you back up all your personal files and gather the programs you’d like to reinstall. Note: Factory reset will remove all your programs, files, passwords and other sensitive information. Here we’ll show you how to restore Dell/HP/Acer/Sony/ASUS/Toshiba/Gateway/Lenovo computers to its original factory shipped state. If your computer has a recovery partition, you can run the manufacturer’s recovery tool to restore your PC to factory settings. Instead PC manufactures create a hidden recovery partition for their PCs. Most computers don’t come with Windows setup discs any more. This will completely wipe your hard drive and restore the Windows system back to the state when you first bought it. Whether your system has been running slow or caught a virus, just perform a factory reset and everything will come back to normal.
