How Win8 uses the "system refresh" and "system reset" functions

The Win10 system fails and can be repaired by system recovery, not the system reloading method of the computer rookie. The Win8 system fails, and it is easy to use the built-in & nbsp; system refresh & rdquo; and & ldquo; system reset & rdquo; components to restore normal. How to operate?

Tips: What is “System Refresh” and “System Reset”

System Refresh: Win8 will retain personalization settings, personal files, drivers and Remove other applications and restore to their default state through the installed application in the Windows Store. Simply put, the effect is equivalent to the recovery of Ghost backup.

System reset: The system is completely reinstalled, delete all other files of non-system programs, and re-install the new system after execution. The entire reload operation is fully automated and requires no user intervention and operation.

1. Extract the image file, prepare the system to refresh

The system refresh and reset default requires Win8 installation CD support, first need to extract the installation image file “install.wim” Hard disk, ready for backup.

Download the Win8 installation file (ISO format) and place it on the D drive. Right-click on the ISO file and select “Load” to load it into the virtual drive. Then extract the “virtual drive” sourcesinstall.wim” E disk is spare. Then start the command prompt as an administrator and enter “reagentc /setosimage /path e: /index 1”, the screen prompts "Operation succeeds" (see Figure 1). After

completion of the operation, again at the command prompt, type & ldquo; reagentc /info & rdquo ;, ensure wherein & ldquo; Setup enabled: & rdquo; displayed & ldquo; 1 & rdquo ;, and & ldquo; Os recovery image :” The path shown is the partition where “install.wim” is located (Figure 2).

2. be prepared, data backup

refresh and reset the operating system may have resulted in loss of user data, it is recommended that the use of Win8 own & ldquo prior to performing this operation ; Create a system image & rdquo; component backup data.

Open the Control Panel, expand “ Control Panel → All Control Panel Items & Rarr; Restore Windows 7 Backup & rdquo;, then click on the left pane of the "Create System Image" button (Figure 3).

Then follow the prompts to backup wizard will backup the current system partition to another partition. Assume that the backup target partition is a J drive. After the backup is completed, open the “J:WindowsImageBackup computer name Backup 2011-10-28 171207”, under which you can see something like “fbcde2aa-e79c-11e0-99f1-806e6f6e6963.vhdx” The file (Win8 created is a .vhdx file, as shown in Figure 4). After

completion of the backup, refresh or reset operation, if the backup data to be extracted as long as the backup directory open, select one of the & ldquo; .vhdx & rdquo; right click on the file selection & ldquo; Mount & rdquo; loading Then you can open the virtual disk extraction file in Explorer.

Win8 operation will inevitably encounter system failure, use “ system refresh & rdquo; or & ldquo; system reset & rdquo; will make the system back to normal. The effect of the two is different, and the user can choose it. Of course, data backup is very important.