How to restore system and reinstall system in Win8

If the operating system is used for a long time, or if the user accidentally deletes some files, or if too many junk files are loaded on the computer, it will affect the computer experience. Therefore, the Win8 system also provides users with two functions that can refresh the system ——“recovery system" and "reinstall the system".

First, we enter the “Change PC Settings” option from the Charm bar on the right side of the screen. Find these two features in the "General" options.

Click on Charm Bar - Change Computer Settings

Go to “General"Options

Restore Win8 System

Restore System (Refresh): If You The computer does not work properly. This feature allows you to recover Win8 without losing photos, music, videos and other personal files.

That is, the system retains the user's files, personalization settings, and Metro applications, and reinstalls the Windows system.

Recovering a computer

Clicking Recover

Note that if you have a Surface tablet, you can restore it directly; but if you are using an upgraded version Win8 system, then you need to insert the boot installation disk to recover. (The next “reinstall the system” also need to be)

Reinstalling the Win8 system

Reinstalling the system (Reset): This feature deletes all personal data, applications and settings And reinstall Windows, the principle is similar to Android's "brush machine".

If you want to sell your computer or lend it to someone else, you can use this feature to initialize your Win8 device to factory settings.

Initializing the computer

Cleaning the drive completely

It should be noted that during the initialization process, the system will prompt "Do you want to completely clean the drive?" For privacy content, a complete cleanup is a good choice.