How do you do a full system restore on windows xp?
XP’s No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option – Start by booting the PC with the XP setup disc as if you’re installing a full xp. – When you see the “Welcome to Setup” screen, hit enter. – F8 to kill the EULA screen. – Windows searches for previous installs now. The next screen shows the current ‘damaged’ installation, so highlight it and press ‘R’ to start the repair process. – After setup finishes and the pc reboots, pull out the disc. – Once again, it will appear that you’re performing a full, from-scratch setup but it’s still just a repair process. – Time estimates in the setup progress bar will be way off. You’ll be done in far less time than the progress bar predicts. – Setup reboots the PC again, which will take longer than usual. – After the welcome stuff, the system will usually reboot one final time. – The Repair is done! If all has gone as planned, you’ll find all the user accounts and passwords intact, all the hardware devices set up as before, and all the previousl
