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Windows Reset my PC?

Discussion in 'Software' started by Darkwisdom, 9 Feb 2016.

  1. Darkwisdom

    Darkwisdom Level 99 Retro Nerd

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    Quick question. Basically my PC is getting pretty bogged up with crap I don't use or have forgotten about. Very little is actually precious information (any pictures and videos etc are backed up on an external drive and the cloud). I want to reset Windows 10 from scratch, no information. I have an SSD with the OS and a 2TB drive for mass storage. If I use Win10's 'reset this pc' option, will it clear out everything and will I expect any caveats with this?
     
  2. jinq-sea

    jinq-sea 'write that down in your copy book' Super Moderator

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    I'm guessing this is similar to SysPrep? There are others on here who use SysPrep quite frequently - hoping that someone like Shirty will chime in :thumb:
     
  3. Darkwisdom

    Darkwisdom Level 99 Retro Nerd

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    I don't think I worded it properly. Basically I wanted to clean install. Is this achievable within windows, using a process that isn't completely convoluted?
     
  4. phuzz

    phuzz This is a title

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    Yep, it does a clean install. You keep your files, drivers and updates, but everything else is removed.
     
  5. jinq-sea

    jinq-sea 'write that down in your copy book' Super Moderator

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    Well there we go - every day's a schoolday!
     
  6. Fetchy

    Fetchy What's a Dremel?

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    only c drive data is cleared, hard drive data is safe.
     

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