Repair or Reset Windows 8.1 without affecting data (聊天灌水)  817次阅读

作者: 园园 , 发表于: 2016-02-13 (3205天前)

Repair or Reset Windows 8.1 without affecting data
Press Windows Key + C for opening Charms window
Choose Settings -> Select Change PC settings
Select Update and Recovery on the left side
Select Refresh your PC without affecting your files. Click Get started. This will start the reset process
Put Windows 8 disk to continue the process. The entire process takes 10 – 15 minutes depending on your hardware speed.
Once the reset is complete, log into windows and check if everything is working fine.

Re-install or Clean install Windows 8.1
Since the Clean installation is going to completely wipe out data, first you need to backup important data. Simply transfer the files to a USB thumb drive or external hard disk.

Go to Update and Recovery.
Click on Get started under Remove everything and reinstall Windows
Put the Windows 8 disk to continue the installation.
You will be presented with 2 options
Quickly – This will do a quick wipe out of data and start the installation. The data lost using this process have a good chance to be recovered using a data recovery software.
Thoroughly – This is a thorough wipe out of data inside the computer. Data lost is lost forever and may not be recoverable using data recovery software
Once the preferred option is selected, it starts the re-installation process.
Once the installation is complete, use Windows Easy Transfer Tool to restore data back to your computer.