Originally posted by Risto:Dont think that is possible with System Restore. What often is the case is that you got a reset dvd or a recovery partition on disk.
Edit: rebooting
Originally posted by Risto:Formatting wont help, will leave you with an unusable machine (then you will need to reinstall windows anyway)
Do you get any options on boot? What kind of thing are we talking about, should be described in the manual?
Originally posted by LikeASong:There's an option to leave everything as new, like you just installed W7 on an empty partition.
What computer are you selling? And why are you coming back to the N8, lol???