Reset or Clean Install - W10

zom247 · 30 Aug 2018 at 18:28

I've always done a clean install but after reading about the reset option is it worth doing that over a clean install? All my date is backed up ready to go ahead and do it tomorrow but not sure which one to choose.

zom247 · 30 Aug 2018 at 21:56

BigBoy said:
With a reset you won't have to download any updates as the reset image is already up to date.

Unless it's pre built system from the likes of PC Word I would go with a reset, if I is then format an re install

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.

zom247 · 31 Aug 2018 at 19:41

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

zom247 · 4 Sep 2018 at 14:47

skipper847 said:
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