Recovery, reload and restore system easily allows Win8 new look

Author: Shiny

The system may be a variety of small problems after using some time, want the system to a new look, a lot of friends will Choose to reload. In fact, in addition to our familiar Windows “reloading”, “restore”, Windows 8 also provides a “restore” (Refresh) mode. With “Reload", the system will remove all personal data, applications and settings from the computer, "Restore" will retain the profile, Windows 8 style (formerly Metro style) application when reinstalling Win8 system and Some important settings. Let's take a look at the recovery, reloading and restore operations of the Win8 system.

Recovery: Reinstall Win8 and retain the user's personal files, settings, system-owned apps, and apps installed from the Windows Store.

Reload (Initialize): Reinstalling Win8 will delete the user's files, settings and applications, and retain the application that comes with the system.

Restore: Undo the recent Win8 system changes and restore to the previous system state at a certain point in time.

Recover Win8 system to keep personal files and settings

Use your mouse or finger to swipe from the right edge of the screen to the middle, open the Win8 super button (Charm column), click “Set”, Then click “Change PC Settings”.

In the "Computer Settings" option, select "General", in the setting item on the right we can see "Recover the computer without affecting your file", this option corresponds The Win8 system is restored, and "delete everything and reinstall Windows" is reloaded according to the system we are familiar with.

Under  Recover your computer without affecting your files", select “Start” and follow the on-screen instructions.

<Recovering the computer without affecting your files> Keeping the system, you can keep the photos, videos, music and other files in “My Documents> Keep apps that come with Win8 and apps installed from the app store, but apps installed from their source will be deleted. A list of deleted apps will be displayed after the system is restored. In addition, network connection settings, BitLocker encryption settings, and driver signatures are not affected during the “Restore” process. We can understand that "restore" is an image file added to the operating system to detect new data. When it is running, the recovery tool restores the user's desktop to the "initial" state by reinstalling the system and automatically restoring the backup data.

Reinstalling the Win8 system and deleting all personal files and applications

If you want to transfer your computer to others, you can choose to reinstall the system and fully initialize it. Reinstalling the system will delete all personal files and reset the system settings. The applications that come with the Win8 system will be reinstalled and other applications will be deleted.

The operation steps are similar to the refresh system. Select “General” in “Computer Settings", on the right"delete everything and reinstall Windows"; select “start”, then Follow the prompts.

Note: You will be prompted to choose whether you want to erase data quickly or completely. If you choose to quickly erase data, some data may be recovered by specialized software. If you choose to completely erase the data, it will take longer, but the chances of recovering the data will be much smaller.

Restoring Win8 System to Previous Time

If you suspect that recent operations such as installing an application may cause problems with your system, you can restore it to the previous point in time, as follows.

To swipe your finger from the right edge of the screen to the middle, select “Search” in the charms and click “Set Category", or press “Win+W”Enter“Settings ” Search, type “restore" in the search box and click on  quo;Restore” in the search results.

Select “Start System Restore> in the  Restore" Settings panel of the Control Panel and follow the prompts.