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No, it doesn't really blow away anything. Just some copying around and over. Preserving all the malware, viruses, rootkits and stuff. Except of course, license
by holowoodman 1y ago
No, 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...