You want to resell, trade, or dispose of your computer or computer system.You simply want to restart using a clean slate and don’t want to conduct a cumbersome old-fashioned install typical of Windows 8 and previous versions.You haven’t installed an app, driver, or an update recently, and the computer doesn’t work well.Your computer system often freezes, runs slow, or otherwise acts funny and trouble-shooting the cause will take hours or more.You, however, will likely need or want to reset your computer system using Windows 10 if, for example, any of the below are present:

Refreshing and restoring your computer doesn’t require deleting these things, the latter of which is a scary idea. Resetting means reinstalling Windows but during the process, you delete your personal settings, apps (unless the apps originated with the computer), and files (unless you choose to keep them). Resetting is different from simply refreshing or restoring a computer system. Do you need to reset your computer system?

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