Appendix
Reset your PC
Option
What it does
Keep my
fi
les
This reinstalls Windows 10, but keeps your personal
fi
les and any
apps that came with your PC. It removes:
•
Changes you made to settings
•
Apps and drivers you installed
Reset your PC
Select
Settings - Update & security - Recovery - Reset this PC - Get
started
.
Remove everything
This reinstalls Windows 10 and any apps that came with your PC.
It removes:
•
Personal
fi
les
•
Changes you made to settings
•
Apps and drivers you installed
If you’re planning to donate, recycle, or sell your PC, use this option
and choose to fully clean the drive. This might take an hour or
two, but it makes it harder for other people to recover
fi
les you’ve
removed.
Use a recovery drive to reinstall Windows
Note: This process utilizes the USB Recovery Drive that you created in the
previous section "Create a Recovery Drive".
1. To reset your PC, select
Settings - Update & security - Recovery - Advanced startup - Restart now
.
If that doesn’t
fi
x the problem, try
Troubleshoot - Recover
from a drive. This will remove your personal
fi
les, apps and drivers you installed, and changes you made to settings. If you repartitioned the
drive Windows is installed on, note that this will restore the drive’s default partitions.
Use installation media to reinstall Windows
If you have installation media, like a Recovery DVD that you purchased from
Fujitsu, you can use it to reinstall Windows. You will need to install additional
drivers and applications after reinstalling Windows.
To reinstall Windows, follow the steps below:
1. Power on your system. When the Fujitsu logo appears on the screen, press the
F12
key.
2. Insert the bootable disc in your DVD drive.
3. Highlight the CD/DVD option from the Boot Menu and press
Enter
.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to restore the image.
•
Select the language.
•
At the Windows Setup dialog window, enter your OS, language and other
preferences and click
Next
to continue.
•
Click
Install now
to proceed with reinstalling Windows.
•
At License terms, check on
I accept the license terms
and click
Next
.
•
At
Which type of installation do you want
, click on
Custom: Install Windows only (advanced)
.
•
Delete all partitions on the drive and click
Next
. Installation of Windows will start. This will
take some time so please wait until the installation is
fi
nished and the system restarts.
5. When the system restarts, perform all set-up steps to arrive at the Desktop.
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