Windows 8 Push Button Reset Function 101

Push Button Reset
When you encounter a problem with your PC, be it performance related or otherwise,
you can now undergo a surprisingly fast process in which Windows 8 is quickly wiped
out and reinstalled in a factory-fresh condition. This doesn’t require mucking around
with a Setup DVD or USB media, and it won’t take half the day as it did with Windows 7.


Instead, Windows 8 includes a new feature called Push Button Reset, and it very well may be the single greatest new feature in this operating system.


WIPING OUT WINDOWS 8 AND START OVER
STEP BY STEP

To access the Metro-style interface for Reset your PC,

• visit PC Settings and navigate to General.
•  Near the bottom of the list of General PC settings, you will see the options, Refresh your PC without affecting your files and Remove everything and reinstall Windows. These represent Refresh your PC and Reset your PC, respectively.
• Now, follow the instructions in one of the following two sections, depending on which you’d like to accomplish.

When you click the Get Started button under Reset your PC and start over, a fullscreen
Metro-style notification like this one.

This notification alerts you that the PC Reset process will delete all of your personal
settings, files, and apps.

Click Next to continue.

If you have more than one drive, PC Reset will ask whether you’d like to remove
all files from all drives, or just from the drive on which Windows is installed.

 Make a choice, and then PC Reset will ask you to choose between quick and thorough fileremoval types, The second, more thorough option is useful

if you wish to sell or give away the PC to others, but the first, quicker version is what
you’ll want when you’re simply resetting the PC for your own uses.

Next, PC Reset declares that it is ready to reset the PC. Click the Reset button to continue.

PC Reset will reboot the computer and quickly reinstall Windows. Your customized settings, data, and apps will all be deleted. After a few minutes and a few reboots, you will be presented with a shortened version of the Windows Setup procedure, during which you will agree to the Windows license terms and then complete the out-of-box experience (OOBE), where you configure some features and sign in for the first time.