User Guide

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Chapter 3. Recovery system
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 Introduction
ResetthisPCisabuilt‐inrecoverytoolthatenablesuserstorestoretheiroperatingsystemtoits
originalstate.Thispreservestheirdataandimportantcustomizations,withouttheneedtoback
uptheirdatainadvance.
Thefollo
wingResetthisPCfeaturesareavailabletousersfrommultiplelocationswithin
Windows:
Keep my files
Fixessoftwareproblemsbyreinstallingthefactorydefaultconfiguration.Thispreserves
personalfiles,anddeletesappsandsettings.
Remove everything
Preparesthecomputerforrecyclingortransferofownership.Thisreinstallsthefactorydefault
configurationandreturnsalluserdataandapplicationstothestateoftheiroriginalOut‐of‐Box
Experience(OOBE).
 Using Reset this PC
ResetthisPCcanbelaunchedusingoneofthefollowingmethods:
•NovoMenu:
‐ Shutdownth
ecomputerandwaitatleastfiveseconds.PresstheNovobuttontoopenthe
NovoMenu,thenselectSystemRecovery
Troubleshoot ResetthisPC.
•WindowsPCse
ttings:
‐ Wi
ndowsPCsettings Update&security Recovery ResetthisPC selectGetstarted.
Formor
einstructions,seetheWindowsHelpandSupportfileonyourcomputer.