Thanks for all the replies. The laptop I am having problem cleaning up is an HP Pavilon Entertainment PC. I have the directions on how to make the restore disks, but I want to clean up as much as I can before I do it. I am most concerned as to what items would be copied at this late date. (Extras I've added, and things I've removed. ???) I have tried to remove everything my Granddaughter had added, but looking it over today I find there are still more to do. One thing that has me stumped is that there is a folder - C:\Users\Kyra (her name) but the User file folder has no user by that name now, and the Owner folder is now stuck on the Desktop - - - so where do these belong? And --- how do I correct or remove them? A simple delete ??? I have a user account in my name and my files are in a directory by that name, but when I open a saved html file from that directory into Firefox, it replaces my name with Kyra's. Guess I will put this aside for a few hours, then maybe my brain will work better. Bea ----- Original Message ---- > From: Bea <bea1935@yahoo.ca> > To: computers@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:10:17 AM > Subject: [COMPUTERS] Restore Disks > > When I bought my laptop, the store made restore disks for me. I loaned the > laptop to a granddaughter for several months. When the laptop was returned, the > disks were not with it. I have wiped most of her old files, and have been told I > can make a new set of disks. > > My questions is, what is actually copied onto a restore disk? Just the main > factory installed start up items, or will it include the programs that also came > with it, for which there were no hard copies? > > (I have added my own anti-virus/spy program and removed the trial programs that > came with the laptop, and possibly some other items.) > > Bea > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Connect with friends from any web browser - no download required. Try the new > Yahoo! Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at > http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/

You don't have to clean up the hard drive before making the Restore disks. It won't make any difference. The files to restore your computer should be in a partition of their own, that is, drive D. When you make the restore disks, the computer is going to copy the files from the D: drive only. It's not going to copy any files from the C: drive, which is the reason you don't need to clean up the C: drive. Nothing you have added or removed from the computer will affect what is placed on the Restore disks, unless you have deliberately altered files on the D: drive. If you are going to Restore the computer to its factory condition, there's no point in fixing the problem with the Users. It will be wiped out. Diana > Thanks for all the replies. The laptop I am having problem > cleaning up is an HP Pavilon Entertainment PC. > > I have the directions on how to make the restore disks, but I > want to clean up as much as I can before I do it. > > I am most concerned as to what items would be copied at this > late date. (Extras I've added, and things I've removed. ???) > > I have tried to remove everything my Granddaughter had added, > but looking it over today I find there are still more to do. > One thing that has me stumped is that there is a folder - > C:\Users\Kyra (her name) but the User file folder has no user > by that name now, and the Owner folder is now stuck on the > Desktop - - - so where do these belong? And --- how do I > correct or remove them? A simple delete ??? > > I have a user account in my name and my files are in a > directory by that name, but when I open a saved html file > from that directory into Firefox, it replaces my name with Kyra's. > > Guess I will put this aside for a few hours, then maybe my > brain will work better. > > Bea > > >

Thanks for the info. I am hoping I can fix the problem without going through a full restore. Time will tell. Bea ----- Original Message ---- > From: Diana Gale Matthiesen <Diana@danishdemes.org> > To: computers@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:29:57 PM > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Restore Disks > > You don't have to clean up the hard drive before making the Restore disks. It > won't make any difference. > > The files to restore your computer should be in a partition of their own, that > is, drive D. When you make the restore disks, the computer is going to copy the > files from the D: drive only. It's not going to copy any files from the C: > drive, which is the reason you don't need to clean up the C: drive. Nothing you > have added or removed from the computer will affect what is placed on the > Restore disks, unless you have deliberately altered files on the D: drive. > > If you are going to Restore the computer to its factory condition, there's no > point in fixing the problem with the Users. It will be wiped out. > > Diana > > > Thanks for all the replies. The laptop I am having problem > > cleaning up is an HP Pavilon Entertainment PC. > > > > I have the directions on how to make the restore disks, but I > > want to clean up as much as I can before I do it. > > > > I am most concerned as to what items would be copied at this > > late date. (Extras I've added, and things I've removed. ???) > > > > I have tried to remove everything my Granddaughter had added, > > but looking it over today I find there are still more to do. > > One thing that has me stumped is that there is a folder - > > C:\Users\Kyra (her name) but the User file folder has no user > > by that name now, and the Owner folder is now stuck on the > > Desktop - - - so where do these belong? And --- how do I > > correct or remove them? A simple delete ??? > > > > I have a user account in my name and my files are in a > > directory by that name, but when I open a saved html file > > from that directory into Firefox, it replaces my name with Kyra's. > > > > Guess I will put this aside for a few hours, then maybe my > > brain will work better. > > > > Bea > > > > > > > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Take pity on Digest subscribers and remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/