Windows 10: Best way to reinstall windows 10?

Discus and support Best way to reinstall windows 10? in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; If this is the wrong forum, please direct me to the right one, thanks! Hello! A few months ago I discovered that my desktop PC hasn't been updated... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by ItayO, Jan 10, 2020.

  1. ItayO Win User

    Best way to reinstall windows 10?


    If this is the wrong forum, please direct me to the right one, thanks!
    Hello!
    A few months ago I discovered that my desktop PC hasn't been updated since October 12, windows update gives a 0x80080005 error, and windows defender is nowhere to be found the security window in settings is blank

    You can read all about it here:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...5/ecb78662-9653-41a9-8062-438c4bb3470f?page=1

    Anyway, back then I came to the conclusion together with someone from tech support chat that I should just reinstall windows, but back then I couldn't do it because I was in the middle of an important project.
    Now that i'm towards the end of it, I can do it soon.
    So, which way you think is the best way to reinstall windows? because I noticed there are several - I think there are 2 options from the settings menu? and more if I download the tool from microsoft's site? and I understood there is a way to do it that lets me keep all my programs and drivers? reinstalling them all will take time so if there's an option for that, which works good, i'd rather choose that
    Which way would you recommend to reinstall windows?

    Thanks!

    :)
     
    ItayO, Jan 10, 2020
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  2. gasolin Win User

    Most painless way to reinstall windows 10?

    Is there and easy way of reinstalling windows 10 with having to install most of the apps and adjust settings.

    I keep getting DistributedCom 10016 error, bsod when gaming or just my gaming crashing,stopping
     
    gasolin, Jan 10, 2020
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  3. Kursah Win User
    Most painless way to reinstall windows 10?

    It depends on the junk accumulated honestly, but there are various methods. You can always remove programs, delete download folder, media locations, etc. As some have suggested, keeping some items on a separate internal storage drive is an option as well. Depends on what you have, what your budget is and how you want to handle your system and data.

    The method @RejZoR suggests is sound and a method I've used dozens if not hundreds of time with great success in the field. In many cases though the goal is to keep user data intact, and to repair the OS. In place upgrade as it is called is also only doable in that method if you can boot to desktop, if you can't, it is time for some more advanced options or a format & reinstall.

    With Windows 8 and 10 there are refresh and reset options that can be leveraged as well. Hold Shift and click Restart to reboot your system, this will get you into the advanced boot menu, which you'll need to choose advanced options (I forget ATM what it is called) and choose one of a couple items, refresh or reset.

    Refresh is essentially In Place Upgrade but a little more aggressive as it wipes the Windows Apps and you may need to reinstall programs. Reset is like an OS reinstall, wipes user data, wipes profiles, registry, performs a install from the system image. Often times I'll do this and bypass using a USB key on a system. Though there are instances where these options will not work if a system has a level of corruption that has not been repaired/resolved. Check the OS Repair link in my sig for more info if ya need.

    *Toast :toast:
     
    Kursah, Jan 10, 2020
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  4. MrGenius Win User

    Best way to reinstall windows 10?

    [Solved] Windows 10 keeps reinstalling KB3119142

    I noticed quite some time ago that KB3119142 (Update for Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Update 4 Redistributable Package) kept reinstalling itself for some reason. At least once daily. Sometimes up to several times a day. I just ignored it. It didn't seem to be doing any harm. And I figured they'd eventually fix it. Well...days turned into weeks, weeks into months, with no end to the problem in sight. It dragged on unsolved for at least the last few months. Literally reinstalling itself hundreds of(at least a hundred, felt like more) times in that period of time.

    So I finally googled it a couple days ago. And just got around to fixing it today. Which appears to have worked. And it couldn't have been easier to do. I feel so stupid to have let it intimidate me for so long.*Oops! Best way to reinstall windows 10? :oops:
    Below are links to the thread that I got the fix idea from, and the official MS support info page for KB3119142(from which I quoted the above).
    http://www.tenforums.com/windows-up...-windows-10-keeps-reinstalling-kb3119142.html
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3119142
     
    MrGenius, Jan 10, 2020
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