I strongly recommend you not skip this step. It’s also possible to encounter unexpected side effects after a reset that may make you regret having done so.īe it a complete restore to the way things are before the reset, or the ability to recover specific files, an image backup is your ultimate safety net. What we’re about to do is a massive reset, and there are many things that could go wrong. Take a complete image backup of your system as it is today. If your system is just generally unstable, has slowed down excessively, or you’re banging your head against a wall trying to resolve a problem, a reset might be the most expeditious approach. When that might be called for is difficult to say, as it really depends on your specific situation.
Sometimes the most pragmatic solution is to start fresh, rather than spending an excessive amount of time looking for and trying random fixes. More recent version of Windows have become more stable, and that’s less of a rule of thumb than it once was.īut still, stuff happens. In the past, it was common to consider reinstalling Windows from scratch “every so often,” depending on how you used your machine.
Surprisingly, there’s now what I’ll call a “light” nuclear option, in addition to the traditional “delete everything and start over” approach. This presented a great opportunity to experiment with the “nuclear option” built into Windows 10: “Reset This PC”.
Months of turning things on and off, installing and uninstalling, and just generally “fiddling” while researching and documenting Ask Leo! articles left this particular Windows 10 installation a couple of features short of a full package. My machine wasn’t completely broken, but it wasn’t well.
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