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Windows 8 has an awesome feature which lets you refresh your Windows 8 installation without losing any data, apps and customizations but, you Windows 8 copy is refreshed with new files. This feature removes the need to re-install whole Windows 8 and it also takes less time for installation.
The refresh option of Windows 8 is automatic and you don’t need to do anything after the process has started. This tutorial will guide you on how to refresh your Windows 8 RTM installation.
You Windows 8 installation would be refreshed and your Windows 8 apps (downloaded from Store) would be kept but, desktop apps would be removed. Your personal data would be kept as well the customization would also be saved.
Note: It is recommended that you don’t refresh your Windows 8 installation if, you have some desktop software installed which is not available as a source because Windows 8
First things first:
It is recommended that your backup your important data before refreshing your Windows 8 installation.
Just follow the instructions below and you would have your Windows 8 copy refreshed in just minutes and best of all, you won’t lose any apps, files or customizations made to desktop and Start Screen.
Requirements:
You must have the following things in-order to refresh your Windows 8 installation.
- You must have a USB/DVD mounted with Windows 8 RTM
- You must have at-least 8GB of free storage in Windows 8 RTM installation folder i.e. C:/
After you have fulfilled the above requirements, you can proceed to the refresh procedure.
Instructions:
- First of all, go to ‘PC Settings’ by going to ‘Charms bar’ > ‘Change PC Settings’.
- Now, navigate to ‘General’ in ‘PC Settings’ and search for ‘Refresh your PC without affecting your files’.
- Press ‘Get Started’ and a pop-up dialog box would open. Here the Windows would check your PC for compatibility.
- After checking, you would be displayed list of things which would happen. Press ‘Next’ and Windows would require you to plug-in a Windows Media. Here plugin your Windows 8 USB or insert your Windows 8 DVD.
- Now, Windows will scan the media and prompt you to restart in-order to continue. Press ‘Refresh’ to continue.
- Your PC would restart.
Note: Be sure to check out that your PC don’t boot from Windows 8 bootable media otherwise, the whole Windows 8 installation would be removed from partition.
- Now, your Windows 8 refresh process will begin.
- After, the refresh process has reached the 100% mark, your PC would restart again.
Note: Be sure to check out that your PC don’t boot from Windows 8 bootable media otherwise, the whole Windows 8 installation would be removed from partition.
- Now, after restart your PC drivers would be installed and then, you would be showed the Out of Box Experience tutorial.
- Then, you PC would get ready followed by installation of apps.
- After, about 10-15 minutes, you would be taken to the Start Screen where the apps would be there along with the customization but, the desktop apps would be removed.
- Your desktop customization would be there and you would also see a IE file on desktop named as ‘Removed apps’ which would show all the desktop software which were removed from your PC during refresh.
- That’s all. Your Windows 8 has been refreshed.
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