Need to know how to restore an emanchine without the recovery cd

First its not a good idea to piggyback your question on someone else's. This can lead to confusion. You should start a new thread. So I've moved your question to its own thread.

Restore from what? What OS is on it?

Are you referring to resetting to factory settings? Or system restore?

Reset to factory settings is putting the PC back into the condition it was when you bought it... this cannot be done without discs.


System Restore is putting the PC in the condition of a certain time.

System Restore points are usually created before installing programs, etc... (if enabled)

System Restore can be found in the system tools folder under All Programs > Accessories

Just hope you have a restore point created far back enough to get rid of whatever is making you want this!

This may or may not be the case depending on how new a computer or laptop is. Many are being shipped with a separate partition on the hard drive that has the original OEM configuration on it. Its usually hidden and can be accessed when your booting up (F12) in some cases.

Correct, but I made the assumption the OP's did not since he/she wrote without recovery discs which I assume they meant they lost them or don't have them, hence they did; at one time, have some.

I could be wrong though!

Restoring the system is a function of the operating system called system restore and does this by a saved image of the system that is done perodically when you update and add software etc. The easiest way to get there is to click the start button usually in the lower left hand corner of the screen and then select help and support. Once help and support comes up then you can type in restore and it will take you to an option for system restore and also has options there for questions relating to system restore. Another way to get there is to go to control panel/administrative tools/system configuration and then select the tools tab and look for system restore. It will only go back so far as there are only so many restore points that are saved by default.

System recovery uses the operating systems install disk and recovers the system to its factory default. Some OEM's allow for safe recovery by saving your data in an image file and some wipe the drive and reinstall the OS to factory default. Some OEM's are now using a separate partition on the drive to offer recovery and that may be accessed when the computer posts upon startup, if not you may have to buy a new recovery disk from your OEM. I had to purchase a new recovery disk for a Sony desktop a while back and thought it was going to cost a fortune, but to my surprise it was cheaper than some of the cd's that are offerred out there that profess to recover your system. Give E-Machine a call or use another comp and check with them online and see if you can purchase a new one for your comp. They will probably ask for make, model and serial number so they can send you one with specific drivers for your system, so have that info handy. Shouldn't be too expensive. I think the sony recovery disk I got cost around 39 bucks plus shipping and handling... Another thought is that if you want to move up to a newer OS, now may be the time to consider this.

First, please don't start multiple threads over the same issue. I've merged your threads for you. If you have any followups questions please use the Answer options to add to this thread.

As noted, there may be a recovery partition you can access at boot up. You do NOT need to format your drive as the Recovery process will do that. If there is no recovery option at boot up, you will need to purchase a recovery CD if available.

I sell E-Machines in my store and have to wipe them back to factory settings now and again. The recovery manager is normally started by holding Alt and tapping F10 as soon as you press the power button. You will know if you have done it correcly if a white bar starts to load along the bottom of the screen. When the manager loads just select Factory Restore or whatever sounds closest to that. You can also normally access your windows recovery points from the recovery manager aswel but I tend to do a total wipe unless I need crucial data. This is all asuming that your machine came with a recovery partition, I'm unaware if this a region specific thing or not.