I just upgraded my notebook from 8.1. Win 10 is activated. I did the upgrade by creating an ISO using MCT, expanding the files to a USB hdd, then running Setup. I would now like to do a clean reinstall. Since I do not have bootable external media for the notebook, I'm wondering if the System Reset with the "Keep nothing" option would be equivalentto a "bare-metal" clean install?
Hello kaborka,
That's correct. A reset using "Keep nothing" basically gives you the same as a clean install of Windows. :)
Reset Windows 10
Thanks. That seemed to work fine. It got rid of all the crapware preinstalled on the new notebook. There is still a windows.old folder, which I presume I can delete.
Glad to hear it. Yep, you can delete the Windows.old folder if you like, but be sure to read the warning in the tutorial below first. :)
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html
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