How to Use Refresh in Windows 8

Sick of formatting? Then learn how to breathe new life into your machines without formatting using the new Refresh and Reset features present in Windows 8.

Refreshing Your PC

After a while your PC becomes slow, and you wish you could format. The problem is that you have to much data, spent hours customizing your Windows installation to meet your needs, as well as downloaded and installed application. Now is the perfect time to do a refresh of your PC. When you do a refresh here is what will happen:

• Your personalization settings as well as all your files will not be removed or changed
• Your PC’s settings will be restored to there defaults
• Any application that were not installed through the Windows Store will be removed, however those that were installed through the Store will remain.