Restore your PC to its original configuration by performing a factory reset.
Restore your PC to its original configuration by performing a factory reset.
Hello, I understand you often restart your PC due to storage issues and have a lot of unnecessary files. Many of these could be lost, but you're considering a reset now. Your PC is built on Windows 10 and you have access to the Windows installation media. You want to install a fresh clean Windows 10 OS on a 250 GB SSD, remove your 3 TB HDD, and keep your 500 GB HDD for important files. Need any advice or guidance?
Since your Windows CD release is quite some time ago, the optimal approach would be to utilize a Windows Media Creation Tool for a fresh, clean installation of Win10. Disconnect all external storage devices—excluding the SSD used as the boot drive—before proceeding. Once the new system is ready, connect the remaining drives after applying updates and drivers.
The simplest method is to save the newest Windows 10 version onto a USB via the Media Creation Tool: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software.../windows10. Insert the drive, restart it through the USB, and skip entering the product key—this will be handled automatically. When prompted for installation location, remove all partitions from your 250GB drive, clear partitions from the 3TB drive, and leave the 500GB drive untouched. Select the unallocated space on the 250GB drive and proceed. The setup should take roughly ten minutes.