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Advent System Restore Vista

Your Advent computer uses the latest recovery system that doesn’t require any CDs or DVDs to restore your PC to it’s original factory condition -

  • Restart your computer.
  • Press F10 repeatedly until the message “Starting System Recovery” is displayed.
  • The recovery will load and display a menu of options:
    • Non-destructive recovery: this option will restore Windows, supplied applications, and drivers. This option will not destroy your documents or programs. These will be backed up along with the registry. These are restored at the end of the recovery process.

To access the recovery options below that erase all data from the computer, click the Advanced button.

    • System Recovery – No format: this will reinstall Windows, supplied applications and drivers. It will move your files to a folder called “My old disk structure”. Any applications (except those supplied) will need to be reinstalled.
    • System Recovery – Quick format: this option will erase your hard drive including your personal files. Windows, supplied applications and drivers will be reinstalled.
  • Select the Non-destructive recovery option and press Next.
  • You will be informed about System Restore in Windows, click Yes.
  • The recovery will begin. Once this is complete click Restart.

Additional information.

Press the ALT and D keys at the recovery menu to access a command prompt. This will allow access to C: drive. The command prompt will default to E:\i386\system32 where you can run a variety of tools including CHKDSK.EXE.

Reinstalling applications

From version 2.x of the recovery system onwards you can install applications from the c:\applications folder. Drivers can be installed from the c:\applications\drivers folder and utilities from the c:\applications\tools folder. You will still need to install Microsoft Works from the supplied CD.