I am working on a friends laptop:
Compaq CQ60-419WM
OS is Window Vista Home Basic
3 gb Ram

I had to restore back to factory settings which is a pain with this laptop, however I finally got that done.

The system seems to be working fine. After installing Windows Security Essential, I got all the updates installed along with a few utility softwares.

I wanted to do a disk clean to remove all but the last restore point. It does does not give an option for "More Options" which I am used to on Win XP and Win 7.

Does just doing the "Disk Clean" removed all but the last restore point?

Thank You

One other issue I ran into that has me scratching my head.

In bios, the boot order is CD Rom, floppy drive and then Network.

I made the Recovery Disks, but when I put the first disk in and reboot, it does not give the option to boot from the CD Rom, it just goes ahead and boots into windows.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks

While I agree with Richard and also use CCleaner (though quite a bit less frequently and do not delete restore points as I have enough disk space and prefer to have the full 15% default amount just in case they are needed), I like to include the following caution. With Disk Cleanup, if you delete everything possible, you may include something you wish you hadn't but it will be merely inconvenient and will not harm your system.

With CCleaner, you must be much more careful because this program if not used properly and with caution and with you paying attention to what you are doing can delete important and even critical files that could cause a great deal of trouble and have you back here (on a different computer) because what you deleted rendered the computer inoperable. Used properly, it's perfectly safe - but take care that in your zeal to do a thorough cleaning, you do not delete more than is appropriate or anything that is critical.

I hope this helps.

Good luck!

First thanks for all the responses.

My first quote for this project is that there should be a law:

Some people should NOT be allowed to own a computer.

When I try to elimate all but the last restore point this is what I should see:



This is what I actually see:



I have used Ccleaner for other purposes and I know it is a very good utility. In this case I had to use it to delete the restore points that were not needed. I had not known Ccleaner could do that so thanks for the heads-up.

I have checked and rechecked the boot order and it is just as I said in my original post. CD-Rom, floppy (does not a floppy) and then Network. There is no option available for Hard Drive.

I am not accomplished enough to flash the bios to upgrade, so I leave that to the experts.

I really believe all the problems were caused by Nortons Internet Securties which came with the original software. I uninstalled Nortons and installed WSE and most of the problems were solved.

He has picked up his laptop and is happy with results, so I guess I am happy also.

Thanks again guys for all the help. I learned something new by taking on this project.

It was our pleasure. Glad we could be of help.

Thanks for the feedback and letting us know how it turned out - it is appreciated.

I will request that this thread be marked solved.

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