lostinisaan Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Hello, The PC I'm using at school worked pretty well before summer break. I had a Acronis Back=Up, but it seems that I've accidentally deleted it. I tried to do a Windows restore, but it doesn't seem to work, showing "preparing for back up" way to long. What are my options, without putting on all the programs one by one? Would I have a better chance to just do a restore in safe mode? The PC ran well on on;y 2 GB of memory, the 64 but version. Any ideas would be deeply appreciated. School will start on Thursday and I'll have to get it ready by then. Thanks a lot in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomSand Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) If you do a restore from the BIOS (safe mode) you might lose recent documents. Do you have backups of your files ? Perhaps you could perform a non-destructive reinstall of Windows ? see this page for your options: https://www.winhelp.us/non-destructive-reinstall-of-windows-7.html You're in a better posistion if you have Windows DVD and another computer at hand. Edited May 3, 2015 by RandomSand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinisaan Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) If you do a restore from the BIOS (safe mode) you might lose recent documents. Do you have backups of your files ? Nope, but I can save the important stuff on drive D.... I think I know what caused the machine to act like its memory's too low. It showed genuine in the beginning and I guess an update found out that the program isn't genuine. Edited May 3, 2015 by lostinisaan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomSand Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) Backup: Yes it would be safer to do that before you start making any major changes to Windows. What's wrong with the system that you need to restore ? I think I know what caused the machine to act like its memory's too low. It showed genuine in the beginning and I guess an update found out that the program isn't genuine. I'm not sure if non-genuine Windows would be the reason for it to run slower. If you have a spare slot for RAM you could double the memory for about B650 . Edited May 3, 2015 by RandomSand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brit_Doggie Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Cant restore from safe mode and any virus software you may have will block your restore points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 If you do a restore from the BIOS (safe mode) you might lose recent documents. Do you have backups of your files ? Nope, but I can save the important stuff on drive D.... I think I know what caused the machine to act like its memory's too low. It showed genuine in the beginning and I guess an update found out that the program isn't genuine. My bold. Since it appears this is a non-legal copy of Windows I'm afraid forum rules prevent further discussion. PM myself or another online Mod with a really good reason to re-open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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