Hi Dear All Respected Forum Members!
Hope you are doing well.
I have HP computer
And It have a recover partition.
Now I have problems in windows 10, So I want to Refresh my PC without installing a new windows.
Please tell me any solution.
Attachment 351132
If you use that you will revert to what you had when you bought the PC- you will lose all programs and data.
Everything depends on what your problem is, of course.
One repair approach that lets you keep all progs and data and 'refreshes' your Windows installation is an in-place upgrade repair install (tutorial available). This is often used - very like a Windows upgrade (feature update) in operation and effect.
However, this will not help in some cases.
If, for example
- your problem is with one particular user profile only
- your disk or partition structure is damaged
- the problem is related to a 3rd party program
etc.
This pc has core i5 6th generation processor, when it boots , and I want to open MS word it hangs , and works very slowly, and when i open windows settings it hangs in that too.
This pc has only ms office 2016 installed and no third party application in this computer.
I want to wipe all things and refresh pc
Then you can do well with a factory reset if nothing else is on it or if there are no other files you want to preserve. Press F11 on boot to access the recovery partition.
Even better, the OP could do a clean install with a "pure" Windows installation. (Noted the OPs comment about not wanting to do this ... but sometimes there's just no (better) option).
Using the factory reset will create an OOBE system, which will require significant updating, together with all the encumbent proprietary bloatware that is shipped with brand-name computers (especially HP).
Before doing anything, use Macrium Reflect to create an image of the existing system, albeit problematic - at least it's something to fall back on if a re-installation goes pear-shaped
Options -
- download and create a Win 10 installation boot USB
Then
- install new OS, deleting all the partitions and install the new system (everything will be lost; software needs to be re-installed). More detailed steps available if required.
OR
- swap out the drive for a new blank drive and do a clean install on that. Ideal opportunity to upgrade to an SSD. Compare. If no difference, then it's hardware related. Otherwise, continue with a new install OS and software. Put the old drive in a 2.5" USB enclosure, recover personal data files, and wipe. You've now got a spare external USB drive for backups
EDIT : Actually, the removal of this bloatware might/should be something the OP to consider before going down the proposed track(s) suggested ... it could be that this bloatware, which constantly runs in the background without most users realisng, could be what's slowing the devive down
@OP - give us a screen shot of the Startup programs (to start with). Most could probably be removed (or at least disabled)
EDIT 2 : And, sorry, we are going to beat you in the T20 semi-final
Last edited by idgat; 10 Nov 2021 at 23:40.
Yes, recovery partitions do come with propietary bloatware.I used the HP Recovery USB for a while until I learned which of the bloatware I can deal without.
The bloatware that happened to be useful for me were:
- HP Support Assistant (mainly for model-specific driver downloads)
- HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows
The rest I tossed. Saved me a good deal of GB.
How long have you had the PC and has it always been slow like this?
If the boot drive is a HDD vs SSD, I expect you will suffer the same slowness (especially since the PC only has 4 GB RAM) after your fresh install/factory, so I would suggest upgrading it to a SSD which you can clone from the HDD.
Yeh, edited my above post to suggest the OP look at this first - disabling start-up bloatware might speed things up even in the device's present stateYes, recovery partitions do come with propietary bloatware.
The bloatware that happened to be useful for me were:
- HP Support Assistant (mainly for model-specific driver downloads)
- HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows
The rest I tossed. Saved me a good deal of GB.
Could depend on the other hardware specs, I've got an old desktop Dell Vostro 220s which I swapped out the 3.5" HDD for an SSD. You wouldn't know it's the same machine ... even with just 2GB RAM
OP might consider imaging > restore image, rather than cloning, too many threads in various forums about users having cloning problems vs those users who don't experience imaging problems.
Quote
