initial system restore?

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I have backed-up all my data and would now like to do an initial system
restore to start clean.nothing like a little purging now and then ;)

However, I do not see this May 2004 date/restore point on the Wizard calendar.
Just a calendar that goes back two months.

Am I missing something in my process, or as I suspect - was this feature not
turned on when the laptop was initially firedup?
 
To restore your computer to the way it was when it was shipped to you,
use the computer manufacturer's recovery CDs or recovery partition.
Instructions should have been included with the literature that
accompanied your computer, or you can find them on the manufacturer's
web site.

System Restore provides an entirely different function, and restore
points are deleted after 90 days.

BTW, there is no need to periodically erase your hard disk and start
from scratch, unless your system has become unusable.
 
Just make sure that all your data got backed up OFF of the hard drive.
A lot of the factory restore programs will format the drive, including
partitions, to factory spec, so even if you backed everything up to a
folder on the drive, it will get wiped out.
 
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