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How can I restore the computer to its original state (Windows 10) while saving personal files?

The latest "operating system" Windows 10 inherited from its predecessor as the eighth version of a unique recovery system. At the same time, for example, if there are problems with the work, you can, so to speak, refresh the "operating system" or to ensure that it will be restored to the standard factory state and look like after the first installation. How to restore the computer to its original state Windows 10, now and will be considered. Theoretically, no one should arise problems with these processes. However, there are some nuances that you should pay attention to.

Why do I need to return Windows 10 to its original state?

As for the reasons why many users try to restore the system to a certain point in its state, they can be quite a lot. Most often this is due to violations in the operation of Windows itself, excessive clutter, when even optimizers can not cope, the changed settings, when the user himself does not know how to tidy up or optimize them, etc.

But if you talk about the settings, you first need to figure out how to change them, rather than hack them off the shoulder. After all, with any return (except for the standard method), user programs and applications after the process is simply deleted from the computer.

How to restore the computer to its original state Windows 10: recovery options

So, what does Windows 10 offer as tools to restore the system to a certain state? It is believed that in this version of the "operating system" there are at least four ways:

  • Standard recovery with deletion of updates;
  • Recovery with saving of user files;
  • Recovery without saving user information;
  • Return to the previous operating system.

If anyone has already noticed, there is no way to restore the system from the control point, since it is not a way to get a "clean" system. Therefore, it will not be considered. Similarly, the rollback to the previous version of the "operating system", on top of which the "dozen" was installed, will not be considered. Again, we need after all done to have on board Windows 10.

The easiest way to restore if the system does not work correctly

The first and easiest way to restore the system can be called the removal of all updates. Why do this? The problem is that some update packages very often cause conflicts in the system, which leads to its full inoperability. This method of recovery, although it looks rather simple, is very laborious, since updates must be manually deleted (and sometimes even search for those that caused failures).

However, you can return the computer to the original state of Windows 10 by this method. To do this, you need to use the menu of programs and components that can be called from the submenu by right-clicking on the "Start" button, using the view section of the installed updates. To get rid of them completely, you will have to uninstall them manually. What is most sad, to allocate and remove them all at once does not work out, so be patient. This method is not too good, but in a sense it brings the system to its original form, which it had after the initial installation. But it's better to use more effective tools, especially since in the case under consideration the system will not get rid of errors.

Restoration with preservation of personal data

To "refresh" the system, but to save personal data and files, you need to apply a method called Refresh. This method is widely used for Windows 10, the license of which is official. For truncated or "cracked" versions, this method may not work.

Yes, in some cases, the system can also request a public key for Windows 10, but in the case of saving user data this is extremely rare. Again, the requirement may appear precisely in the presence of an established informal assembly.

To activate the process through the options menu, we enter the update and security section, in which there is a recovery line to the left. When you enter on the right, options are displayed. We select the first line "Return the computer to its original state", click the button for activating the process.

Here is the most important point: the system will prompt you to choose where to save the files. Next, you will see the applications that will be deleted during the restore process. Go ahead and press the reset button, after which the reboot and rollback will occur. Then the drivers will be installed and settings will be created, after which the user will receive a "clean" system.

Recovery without saving information

In principle, you can get the system in this state, as it was originally installed. This will not save any user files, programs, or settings (in the first case, the file and settings were saved).

We perform all actions in the same way as above, only when selecting actions we choose to completely delete all data. Note that accounts will also disappear, and at the final stage of the rollback, you may need to make some settings, enter an account (or standard, or "account" for Microsoft) and a key for Windows 10.

Recovery if there are problems with the system load

There is another way to restore the system, most often used in the event of unforeseen malfunctions. There are two options, but for each of them you will need an installation disk or a flash drive.

You can create them in advance, for example, using the Media Creation Tool installation utility, or simply create and burn the image of the system to an optical or USB drive.

In the event that the system still does something else, but works, you can use the recovery partition described above, but choose advanced options (a string that is below the standard rollback to the original state). We press the immediate reset button and wait for the activation of the process.

If the system is not loaded at all, and the Windows 10 screen looks like a black area with or without the cursor, you will have to boot directly from the disk. In any case, the further actions do not differ among themselves. Please note: incorrect loading of Windows 10 may be different and the appearance of some messages, indicating, for example, the loader's failure, the presence of errors on the hard disk, etc. In some cases, you will have to apply radically different measures.

After starting from the disk or a flash drive, which must be set in the BIOS settings as priority devices for downloading, on the initial screen we select the preliminary parameters, and in the next window we use not the installation button, but the restore link (it is located at the bottom left).

Next, select the diagnostics, and then go directly to the recovery section, which will offer options with file protection or full data deletion. We choose what is needed at the moment, and follow further instructions. Again, when you restore Windows 10, the license can be requested if the user data is not saved.

Possible driver problems and solutions

Now let's pay attention to one more aspect. Let's say the system has recovered, Windows 10 does not cause problems , but ... some devices are not recognized by the system or they simply refuse to work because they did not have the appropriate drivers installed for them.

As a rule, this applies to non-standard equipment, which is missing in the database of Windows 10 drivers. Here it is possible to do two things: install the driver from the original disk that comes with the device, or (which is much simpler) first to install the automated package for updating the drivers, for example, Driver Booster, and then use it to install the missing components. The second option looks more preferable, since the program after the initialization of devices refers directly to the official site of the manufacturer and finds the most recent drivers.

Conclusion

As you can see, to return the computer to the initial state of Windows 10 is not so difficult. What method to prefer, the user already decides for himself. It all depends on the specific situation and the requirements for the version of the system that you need to get, so to speak, at the output. However, the optimal solution, according to many, will be restoration with saving files, in this case, both accounts and some basic settings are saved. An option without saving data is useful in case a so-called "clean" installation is required. But the first and last options are mostly suitable for cases when unforeseen failures in the work are observed in the system.

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