Will Reinstalling windows undo my OC?

[Dan M]

I'm having some software issues (Win 10) and decided after all the crap on my PC, I'm gonna wipe my harddrives clean and start over. Keep in mind, this is by going to Update & Security and using the recovery option to remove all the files. Should this tap into the BIOS and mess with my OC? I OC'd this thing years ago and it was a hassle to do, so I'd really rather not do it again. Anyone have experience with this?

I'd imagine it won't change the OC because its not really software related, but I just wanted to make sure.

 

[wam7]

If it's been stable all these years then anything OS related won't affect it.

 

[SC0TTRS]

Na, if the OC was done BIOS side, you'll be fine, go ahead and reinstall Windows.

Just don't flash the CMOS

 

[Dan M]

If it's been stable all these years then anything OS related won't affect it.

Thanks! I figured, but for some reason, i figured it might undo the clock and bring it back to its stock speed. Then again, BIOS isn't really related to the OS I guess

 

[Psycho Sonny]

why don't you get that thing in your pocket called a smart phone. go into the BIOS and take pictures of the OC related pages?

that way it will take all of 2 minutes to fix should something actually happen.

you may want to for instance update the BIOS.

 

[danny77]

why don't you get that thing in your pocket called a smart phone. go into the BIOS and take pictures of the OC related pages?

that way it will take all of 2 minutes to fix should something actually happen.

you may want to for instance update the BIOS.

Or even better just save the current oc profile onto a usb drive

 

[Dan M]

thanks guys!

 

[MagicBoy]

Er. No.

 

[ED209]

As others have said if a bios OC you should be fine.

If you surely want a copy of the details take a picture or write down every bit of info on each screen.

Could come handy if you ever need to re put the details in due to a bios issue or battery killing over.

 

[mistersprinkles]

Why are you doing a recovery instead of a clean install? Both will work but you'll have the faster machine (theoretically) with a clean install. the Win10 installer can be downloaded to USB thumb drive from Microsoft and the cd key for your windows install is in your UEFI somewhere so if you just skip key entry during install it Will auto activate the first time you log in.

Either option is viable just putting it out there. Happy day of the dead.

 

[DarrenM343]

Why are you doing a recovery instead of a clean install? Both will work but you'll have the faster machine (theoretically) with a clean install. the Win10 installer can be downloaded to USB thumb drive from Microsoft and the cd key for your windows install is in your UEFI somewhere so if you just skip key entry during install it Will auto activate the first time you log in.

Either option is viable just putting it out there. Happy day of the dead.

I believe Windows10 is able to restore itself too original settings. You can either choose to keep or delete personal files.THis is as good as a clean install from disk/USB, if you select to delete files.
If you restore from a previous restore point that's of course different, you get the machine at the state it was on that particular date.