The “Reset this PC” option is convenient, but there’s one big problem with it: if your PC manufacturer installed a lot of junk software you don’t want at the factory, resetting your PC will bring all that junk back.

RELATED: How to Easily Reinstall Windows 10 Without the Bloatware How to Get a Fresh Windows 10 System Without the Bloatware Select Troubleshoot > Reset this PC to reset your PC from the menu.

If your Windows PC isn’t booting properly, you can reset it from the boot options menu. We’ve covered several ways to access this menu. However, this menu will also appear automatically if Windows can’t boot. RELATED: Three Ways to Access the Windows 10 and 8 Boot Options Menu This is the ideal option to use when you’re selling or giving away the PC (or its hard drive). Select “Remove files and clean the drive” and Windows will copy data over the drive to ensure your deleted files can’t be recovered. If you choose to remove everything, Windows will ask if you want to “clean the drives, too”. Windows 10 simplifies things by calling this process “Reset your PC” and asking what you want to do with your files. In Windows 8, the “Keep my files” option was named “Refresh your PC” and the “Remove everything” option was named “Reset your PC”.

The PC restarts into the new copy of Windows.

Windows RE erases and formats the Windows partitions before installing a fresh copy of Windows.

The PC boots into Windows RE, the Windows Recovery Environment.

When you reset your PC and remove everything: Microsoft has explained what’s actually going on under the hood here. This process is very similar to reinstalling Windows from scratch or using a manufacturer-supplied recovery partition, but is more convenient. This will restore the original version that came with your PC–so if your computer came with Windows 8, and you upgraded to Windows 10, it will reset back to Windows 8. If your computer came with Windows pre-installed, you may also see a third option, “Restore Factory Settings”. Any problems caused by third-party software, system file corruption, system settings changes, or malware should be fixed by resetting your PC. However, all your installed programs and settings will be erased. You can choose whether you want to keep your personal files or erase them.

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