REFRESH AND RESET FEATURES OF WINDOWS 8

Windows 8 the latest in the series of windows operating systems (OP) by the tech giant Microsoft comes with a lot of useful and easy to use features. As a widely used OP at least in this part of the world, knowing this features which is fascinating and clearly not present in latter series is the Reset and Refresh enablement.
Before now, when the need to re-install or upgrade windows on your PC arise, the time consumed and the troublesome process is overwhelming. But with this two new features, it will no longer be.


REFRESHING
Refreshing on Windows 8 is the process of refreshing an already installed Windows 8 OP and still keep your personal files and settings intact. This does not have any effect on pre-installed applications which come with your PC and those installed yourself from Windows store, CD ROM or any other means. By this process, you need not to backup and restore your files manually. This is handled by the OP. It retains the apps that come with the PC and deletes the rest of others. But the list of all the apps which were deleted it saves on your desktop enabling you to easily install them again once the PC refresh is over.
Refreshing becomes necessary when you want to have a fresh Windows OP free of restoring and backing up all the files. Although, this is with the limitation of wiping some unwanted apps but it keeps a list for you. This process also helps you to get rid of Malware, unwanted apps leftovers and other offensive and annoying software.

RESETTING
Resetting totally dumps and deletes all apps and files pre-installed before resetting. It re-installs Windows 8 to your system without your personal files and apps. It is best advised to have a backup of your file and restore them after or you stand a chance of losing them completely. This feature will be effectively utilised if you wish to sell your computer or give it out to charity without giving your files and apps out. It is also important if you want to start from the scratch.  This option makes your PC a tablaeraser with only OP. Next post will be on how to use the refresh and reset features.
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