Windows 10: Question about Windows 10 Reset Feature

You can do it like this on a machine which you've upgraded to Windows 10 (so there isn't an OEM-created version using the new Windows 10 approach).
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...dows-10-a.html

 

By the way, the "key" thing to keep in mind is when you do the clean install with the iso (whether after a 10 upgrade or on a new windows 10 computer) is that you must first have the iso delete all the partitions, since there is a partition that contains all the manufactuer's bloat on it...that is what i did....Then i had it do the new install and that is why i don't have the toshiba stuff on my windows install now...

 

I still think doing a reset and electing to Remove everything should give you a fairly clean install.





Since you are thinking of doing a clean install anyway, why not try it and report the results. Could be a help to others in the future.

 

I could try it...only thing is that won't be for a while as i haven't bought a new windows 10 computer yet...but when i do, it might be interesting to try that first, to see what happens...

Meanwhile, if anyone does it on a new windows 8 or 10 computer that had either one already installed when they bought it, if you try it, please let us know the results *Wink

 

You are misinterpreting what those options mean. It doesn't mean that it will get rid of all programs and bloatware. It is just saying it will remove all your personal files and any programs that you have personally installed. That and any settings you made will be removed and everything goes back to the defaults.

 

Yeah, you know, the more i think about it, i think Chris is right about that...In fact, when i did the clean install on my upgraded windows 10, i suspect that if i didn't first use the tool on there that lets you make changes on your current partitions (which i used to have all deleted) then it probably would have brought the bloatware along with the clean install...It is only because i did that FIRST, that the bloatware was wiped out...

That way, the clean install started with a totally empty pallet, as it were *Wink

 

+1 to this.

In the testing I did for the tutorial I mentioned above, I saved my own version of 'bloatware' *Wink (actually Firefox, Adobe Reader, VLC Player) into the relevant area.

I then uninstalled Firefox and Adobe as a test , then did a Reset with 'Remove Everything' selected. The result was that my software was reinstalled by the Reset process. (If you're interested it's part of the video that's in that Tutorial.)

If OEMs use the same sort of techniques then their software will also be reinstalled on a Reset.

 

After reading it again and again, I agree, it will only delete personal stuff, not programs and such that were there when the upgrade was done. Sorry to be so thick, but I get it now *Sad