Hello, everyone!
Recently, I have been experiencing some issues with my PC, and I thought that an easy way to solve them all would be to do a clean re-installation of Windows 10, or returning it to factory settings. I am planning to use the built-in feature to reset PC, which warns the user that personal files will be deleted. I have 3 partitions (C, E and F), C being the system partition, and on the last 2 I have a lot of important files, which altogether are too large to back up to any of my external storage devices.
Therefore, I'd like to ask someone who has had previous experience of resetting their Windows 10 PC, whether this process deletes files only on the system partition, or on ALL of them. I know that if I install the image from a USB drive, or a DVD, it will ask me which partitions I want formatted and where to install the system, but sadly I don't have the means of creating a live DVD/USB, so my only way to go is to use the built-in tool.
P.S My PC is Acer V3-572G-787K with the following specifications: CPU - Intel Core i7 4510U 2.0 GHz, GPU - Nvidia 840M 2GB, RAM - 8GB DDR3, HDD - 1000GB (Manufacturer unknown)
Thank you in advance for your help.
Recently, I have been experiencing some issues with my PC, and I thought that an easy way to solve them all would be to do a clean re-installation of Windows 10, or returning it to factory settings. I am planning to use the built-in feature to reset PC, which warns the user that personal files will be deleted. I have 3 partitions (C, E and F), C being the system partition, and on the last 2 I have a lot of important files, which altogether are too large to back up to any of my external storage devices.
Therefore, I'd like to ask someone who has had previous experience of resetting their Windows 10 PC, whether this process deletes files only on the system partition, or on ALL of them. I know that if I install the image from a USB drive, or a DVD, it will ask me which partitions I want formatted and where to install the system, but sadly I don't have the means of creating a live DVD/USB, so my only way to go is to use the built-in tool.
P.S My PC is Acer V3-572G-787K with the following specifications: CPU - Intel Core i7 4510U 2.0 GHz, GPU - Nvidia 840M 2GB, RAM - 8GB DDR3, HDD - 1000GB (Manufacturer unknown)
Thank you in advance for your help.