Reset or Clean Install - W10
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I would personally opt for a clean install. It's actually faster than a reset from my experience so I don't bother with resets.
It's my own build but I might try the reset option to see what it's like. I've got a USB with the image on if I need to do a clean install.
Clean install is usually faster if you already have the image. I found reset takes a while due to needing to download itself again.
There's not many updates afterwards anyway as the updates usually have older ones rolled in.
There's not many updates afterwards anyway as the updates usually have older ones rolled in.
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I get the feeling that MS throttles the download speed of Windows in their app / tools. I tried doing an in place upgrade and it took forever on my m.2 Samsung 960 pro during the download phase.
I went down the reset route as I've never done it before. It was pretty painless but it was slow. I reckon I could have done 2 clean installs to the one reset but it's all done now. Nice to have a fast pc back again - if only for a few weeks 
It only take 10 minutes to fresh install window 10 nowI reckon I could have done 2 clean installs to the one reset but it's all done now. Nice to have a fast pc back again - if only for a few weeks
But then you do have to install some drivers, setup e-mail etc
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Does a clean install reset everything to default if you changed anything in the settings or advanced on windows 10?.
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It only take 10 minutes to fresh install window 10 now
But then you do have to install some drivers, setup e-mail etc
It only takes 10 mins to format but you have to download all updates which still could take along time. The 1803 update on mine takes about 2 and half hour but that is on preparing to install and not download. Dont no why that takes so much time but a lot quicker then windows 7 was that took 2 days to get up and running. That was due to slow internet speed. Does preparing to install still classed as downloading or is that just using your system?.
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Sorry for hi jacking the post but it is related. Any way I have windows 10 home dvd which is the old version and got to go threw updates which as said takes along time but not as long as windows 7. If I down the MediaCreationTool1803 and do a clean in stall on that and activate it with the key from my windows 10 then if I went back and did a clean install from the dvd using the same key would I be able to use that key still?.
You mean use an older W10 copy to do another clean install? Yes you can still use the same key... but you're better off sticking with the latest ISO so there's less updates to do.
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WOW I just done clean install of windows using the creation tool 1803 using USB flash drive and wow so fast. I just skipped the CD key part as it said to and all is good. It also installed some intel chip set drivers threw windows update which it didn't just installing from windows 10 disk. See how this goes.
WOW I just done clean install of windows using the creation tool 1803 using USB flash drive and wow so fast. I just skipped the CD key part as it said to and all is good. It also installed some intel chip set drivers threw windows update which it didn't just installing from windows 10 disk. See how this goes.
Using the USB option is good cos you get the latest ISO release with maybe only some small patches afterwards. I decided to try the reset option this time which is like a USB install but all done through windows. I didn't keep any files so it was a full install but it was much slower that using the creation tool. I've tried it now but in future I'll go back to the creation tool install method. Always good to keep your hand in