Refresh/Reset
Windows 8 offers two features to help you restore your Windows 8 device to a known, good state. The first of these is Refresh Your PC, which reinstalls Windows 8 without losing your data, Windows 8 apps, and settings. Refresh Your PC also maintains your network and mobile broadband configurations, BitLocker settings, drive assignments, and so on. Refresh Your PC doesn’t keep all of your applications, however. Although Windows 8 apps are retained, traditional Win32 applications are not. Refresh Your PC creates an HTML list on your desktop to let you know what applications were removed. The second feature is Reset Your PC, which reinstalls Windows 8, removing your data, apps, and settings (essentially, a complete reset to “factory condition”).
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