Need To Factory Reset Computer But Have No Backup Disk
Jan 27, 2012
I bought a computer on craigslist a while back and it's been working great and all but lately it started slowing down really badly. I play WoW and Skyrim mostly. I used to be able to play at 60 fps or so now I can drop from 30-15 fps. I considered doing a system restore but there weren't any restore points because there weren't any being created every week or so for some reason. So really the only option I have now is to completely restore my computer to it's original settings. When I first bought the computer the guy who sold it to me told me that he'd wiped the hard drives clean and that's what I'm trying to do right now but he never gave me a back up disk or a disk for the OS which is what I'm really worried about. He had windows 7 ultimate installed. I'm afraid that if I try to do a factory reset that I won't have an OS to reinstall onto my computer.
These are my specs if they matter any.
Operating System-MS Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit SP1
<span>CPU-Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz Wolfdale 45nm Technology
<span>RAM-4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 333MHz (5-5-5-15)
<span>Motherboard-ASUSTeK Computer INC. Maximus II Formula (LGA 775)
<span>Graphics-W2061 (1600x900@60Hz)1024MB GeForce 9800 GT (BFG Tech) Hard Drives-156GB Seagate ST3160023AS ATA Device (SATA)
<span>488GB Seagate ST3500820AS ATA Device (SATA)
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