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    Windows 10 does away with the reinstallation headaches

    Windows 10 does away with the reinstallation headaches


    Posted: 17 Mar 2015

    How many times has this happened to you? You’re forced to “refresh” Windows with a clean install—and then you wait, and wait, and wait while numerous updates download, install, and bring your PC up to date.

    Good news, according to Microsoft—that nightmare is over.

    Microsoft said Monday that Windows 10's installation process will offer improvements over Windows 8 in two ways: If the PC can support it, Windows 10 installs in a compressed state, saving a small but important amount of disk space. And even more significantly, if you do need to reinstall, Windows 10 recovers using runtime system files that builds the new operating system from files that are already in place. And you can create your own recovery disk!
    Windows 10 does away with the reinstallation headaches | PCWorld
    Borg 386's Avatar Posted By: Borg 386
    17 Mar 2015


  1. Posts : 255
    Win 10 64bit
       #1

    Sounds very good to me.
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  2. Posts : 22,740
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #2

    Interesting.. what if you have a hardware failure that makes you re-install the OS.. can you use this restore file?? I know.. no idea yet but just wondering out loud.
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  3. Posts : 7,128
    Windows 10 Pro Insider
       #3

    Sounds like a good idea. Hope it works like MS wants it too.
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  4. Posts : 22,740
    Windows 10 Home x64
       #4

    Winuser said:
    Sounds like a good idea. Hope it works like MS wants it too.
    I do as well.. could save me and others time.
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  5. Posts : 1,557
    W10 32 bit, XUbuntu 18.xx 64 bit
       #5

    Sounds cloud based, that only way it work and have a clean if you get a virus.
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  6. Lee
    Posts : 4,793
    OS X, Win 10
       #6
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  7. whs
    Posts : 1,935
    Windows 7
       #7

    You can do the same in 8.1 when you create your custom refresh image.

    Refresh Windows 8 - Create and Use Custom Recovery Image
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  8. Posts : 480
    Windows 10
       #8

    whs said:
    You can do the same in 8.1 when you create your custom refresh image.

    Refresh Windows 8 - Create and Use Custom Recovery Image
    But with 10 you don't need to create a custom image, it does it internally or externally from the Cloud like Groze said. Naturally you'd need an image if the system wouldn't boot up at all, just like 8.1 or any OS really.
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  9. Posts : 480
    Windows 10
       #9

    Lee said:
    Never. . .:)
    Never say never, everyone said Microsoft wouldn't be able to get an OS to run on all the different devices, yet here we are nearly there.
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