Factory restore:- will BIOS updates go as well?

[jaystarter]

I'm thinking of disposing of my Toshiba laptop running Vista and so to clear the Hard Drive would do a factory restore (there is a recovery partition plus I have the original Toshiba restore CD)

I'm prepared to download the service packs and updates but my question is - I know I updated the BIOS 2 or 3 times from Toshiba recommended updates, will the BIOS revert to the original version and need updating again or does the BIOS remain unaffected by a factory restore?

[HansV]

I don't think so - a factory restore will affect the hard disk, not the BIOS chip.

[jaystarter]

Thanks Hans, that's what I was hoping.

[DaveA]

After a factory system recover, one needs to look for the "Windows.OLD" file/folder. It contains a copy of the old OS and files. One needs to delete this so no data can be restored.

[JoeP]

the factory restores I've seen wipe out the HD and restore to condition it was when it left the factory. No data, no nothing left from before the restore.

Joe

[stuck]

If you have the original Toshiba restore CD then I'd got for the nuclear option and use DBAN to wipe the drive completely and then restore from the master disc.

Ken