If you find yourself in this situation, you’ll be glad to know that you can create your own Windows 10 installation media using the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool from Microsoft. You’ll just need to have some form of Windows 10 installation media on either USB or DVD.

(See Be prepared: Create a Windows 10 Recovery Drive for a description of that process.) If you’re using an optical disc Recovery Drive–or for some reason you couldn’t use the Back Up System Files To The Recovery Drive option–you can still use Reset This PC with the Remove Everything option. To run Reset This PC with the Remove Everything option as I’ll describe in this article, you’ll need to have created a Recovery Drive. SEE: Windows 10 power tips: Secret shortcuts to your favorite settings (Tech Pro Research) What you need Let’s see how the Reset This PC with the Remove Everything option works. This approach comes in handy if you want to scrap everything and start over from scratch or you’re getting ready to decommission your PC and want to pass it on. Unlike its counterpart, this option removes all your data and settings and then reinstalls a fresh copy of Windows 10. However, Windows 10 also provides you with the Reset This PC with the Remove Everything option. This option is a great way to revive a Windows 10 system that has become unstable due to a virus infection or some other unfortunate circumstance.

In last week’s post, Reset your Windows 10 system with the Keep My Files option, I showed you how to reset your Windows 10 system to a new installation state while keeping all your data files intact. Editor’s note: In the video, Brandon Vigliarolo walks through the steps as if you were booting from a USB also, he’s using a virtual machine, so there are slight differences from the following tutorial by Greg Shultz.

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