How to Reset Your Windows 10 PC and Give It a Fresh Start?

Is your PC running slow?

Is your PC is showing abnormal behavior in middle of your work?

Are you facing problems with your Windows 10 Operating System?

Do you want to give a fresh start to your PC?

Then you have to RESET your Windows PC. Resetting your PC lets you perform a clean reinstallation and update of Windows. A clean installation may improve your device's performance, security, browsing experience, and battery life.

First step is to backup all the data from your PC to an External Hard-Drive or to an online cloud services like Google Drive, One Drive, MEGA, etc.

You should Backup:

1. All the data from Hard-Drive.
2. All Bookmarks, Passwords from your browser(s)
3. All Images and Videos.
4. All the important Software Setup(s).

Note: Your data is precious and if you are uploading your data to online services then you should read their privacy laws.

Once your Data is backed-up, you are ready to RESET your PC. Now go to Settings, then to Update and Security section, then to Recovery section and click Get Started under Reset this PC.

Then you will be provided with two options: (i) Keep My Files or (ii) Remove Everything. I'm choosing to Remove Everything. After that select Local Reinstall option for faster Resetting. Change Additional Settings according to your own desire and then click Confirm. Now a new window - Ready to Reset this PC is opened and click Reset.

Once the Reset preparation is started you can leave your PC to do other work as it's going to take at least 3 to 4 hours for complete Reset (It might take more time and is depended on the occupied storage space).

The PC will restart multiple times during the process, so don't panic and let it do whatever it wants to do. Once the Resetting is completed, you will asked to input some personal details which can be filled by yourself and then Agree the terms and conditions of the Windows 10.

It's going to take some more time and then you will be presented with a clean and fresh Windows 10.

Note: Please Plug-in your charger to the laptop while this process is going to take some time.

Wait a minute, where did our beloved This PC went. It's okay we will have it back by just following these steps:

• Right Click on your mouse and select Personalize.
• Go to Themes section and select Desktop icon settings.
• Now select Computer option and Apply it and then select OK.

Hurray! We got our This PC back.

When the PC restarts again you might want to remove some unwanted applications called Bloatware. These applications come inbuilt with your PC but you can delete most of them like McAfee Antivirus, 3D Viewer etc. They take unwanted spaces and also not effective especially McAfee.

Delete them using REVO Uninstaller which I had explained in a different Instructables Blog: https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Remove-Yahoo-Powered-From-Your-PC/ (Follow from the Step 2).

Updating your Windows is necessary to have more advanced and secure operating system.

• Go to Settings.
• Select Update and Security.
• Select Windows Updates.
• And Check for Updates.

Once Windows is updated, Restart your PC.

For updating drivers, Driver Easy software is used. I had created a different Instructables Blog: https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Manually-Update-Drivers-on-PC-Using-Driver-/

And that's all, you have given your PC a new look and a fresh start. I hope you like it.

You can also watch an YouTube video that is also published by me for additional help. I'm also active on YouTube so you can send me your queries in the comments section.