recovery

i am trying to do a format on my pc to try to get it back to factory settings but the problems is when, i try to wipe the hard drive all i get is a personal recovery and it brings it all back to the point in which the wife did a personal recovey, i have tried a few times to do a format but it takes more memory and brings it all back ,i was wondering if a super recovery would do it but there are no discs with the pc its, all build in so am kinda scared to do it ,its just i want rid of this partition so that i can at anytime bring it back to factory settings am really needing some advice so any would be great

spec

iqon pentuim d cpu 2,80ghz 2,79ghz,100 gb of ram
media edition version 2002
service pack 3
16 hours ago - 3 days left to answer.

i have tried afew people and all thet say is put wxp discs in and to a format i would if i had the discs but its all buld in my pc
should i use the super recovery on my pc and will my wxp be build back in the system but i dont know and i hope you do so help please help

Welcome to the world of Tesco type shop bought pc's - these should be avoided at all costs....

But i will continue...

The problem is that it sounds like your recovery patition is running in a loop and corrupted...

What you need is Windows Media Centre Edition OEM CD's ( which i hasten to add is a Windows XP Pro downgraded and adds MCE to it )..

The partion needs to be removed, wiped and started a refresh.. also a back up of drivers are needed as thes I-Qons - which are made in Ireland btw and are a separate company in its own to philips.

I have two copies of MCE and these are like gold dust now...Im keeping these for this purpose but there are some on ebay at the moment...

The other thing is, you could ring Iqon and ask them for a set of recovery disks... I dont know how dear they are....

Where abouts are u as i could do it for you, im in Chelmsford in Essex...