New Microsoft Windows PC 8 provides you two useful and instant methods for cleaning up your disk and refreshing your OS. One of these features allows you to refresh your system without causing any harm to your personal belongings. On the other hand, the second option allows your system to go back to the default condition.
How To Refresh Windows 8 PC:
You can utilize the first choice for refreshing your system while keeping your personal data and settings preserved by following the below method:
- Select “Settings” from charm that appears with a slide in the left pane on a touch screen.
- Choose “Change PC settings” appearing at the bottom.
- Now choose “General tab” and navigate through the choices on the right pane. On the eighth option you would be able to see “Refresh your PC without affecting your files”.
- Tap the “Get started” button underneath Refresh description.
- Subsequently, a pop-up message would appear listing the apps that are going to be removed from your desktop.
- By pressing the “Next” button on the pop-up window, system would make you wait for a while with a message “Preparing”.
- Following this, you would need to go with the instructions being displayed by the system such as “Insert Media” which asks you to insert the Windows installer or recovery media.
- After you provide the CD or USB stick containing Windows 8 installer to the system. It will verify the setup for a while.
- Now your system is ready to be refreshed. Just press “Refresh” button on the appeared pop-up dialogue box. Make sure that your system doesn’t run out of battery or power during refreshing. Just keep it plugged-in while the whole process gets completed.
- Your system will tend to reboot now. After a couple of screens showing the progress of the completion of setup, you would be able to see a new screen asking for your Microsoft Account Password.
How To Reset Windows 8 PC:
This option allows you to reset your system by giving it a fresh look. Here are some easy steps to do it:
- Select “Settings” from charm that appears with a slide in the left pane on touch screen.
- Choose “Change PC settings” appearing at the bottom.
- Now choose “General tab” and navigate through the choices on right pane. You would be able to see “Remove everything and reinstall Windows”.
- Just click the button “Get Started” and then “Reset your PC”.
- Subsequently, a pop-up message would appear listing the apps that are going to be removed from your desktop.
- By pressing the “Next” button on the pop-up window, the system would make you wait for a while with a message “Preparing”.
- Following this, you would need to go with the instructions being displayed by the system such as “Insert Media” which asks you to insert the Windows installer or recovery media.
- After you provide the CD or USB stick containing Windows 8 installer to the system. It will verify the setup for a while. The setup will give you two options whether to clean the drive completely or just removing your files.
- By choosing “Reset”, your system would get cleaned in just few minutes and finally you would get new Windows 8 installed on your system.
I hope the post would turn useful for all the Windows 8 PC users and for those as well who are thinking to get this new look by Microsoft for their system.
