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Does that actually completely blow away and reformat the filesystem? Meaning if you only have local files, they're then gone? From clicking an item on the Start
by mindslight 1y ago
Does that actually completely blow away and reformat the filesystem? Meaning if you only have local files, they're then gone? From clicking an item on the Start menu?
I guess I'm not surprised with how frequently "reinstall Windows" is offered as a solution, that there is now some lighter version of that. But really I was talking about obtaining/creating installation media and reinstalling from scratch.
- holowoodman 1y agoNo, it doesn't really blow away anything. Just some copying around and over. Preserving all the malware, viruses, rootkits and stuff. Except of course, licenses and copy protection. That stuff is gone and you have to buy it all again, since the install-id is regenerated.
- jitl 1y agoYou can choose "keep my files" or "remove everything", the remove everything version + "clean files" does actually remove everything. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/reset-your-pc-0ef73740-b927-549b-b7c9-e6f2b48d275e https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/reset-your-pc-0e...