How to Refresh Windows 10 Without Losing Apps or Data
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- How to Refresh Windows 10 Without Losing Apps or Data
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Having trouble with Windows 10? Cant fix windows 10 errors? dreading the thought of reinstalling Windows 10 and having to reinstall all your programs and data? well you in luck, I will show you How to Reset or Refresh Windows 10 without Losing Programs or any of your data. Just follow this step by step guide and hopefully if your computer is not suffering a hardware fault, your be back up and running in now time.
Reset this PC: Will Restore Windows 10 to factory settings without losing files, but it will delete all your programs and settings. Using this method will help you reinstall windows 10 without losing data or programs, its basically installing Windows 10 over the top of Windows 10. Its the same for a pc or laptop, its not a factory reset just windows 10 repair install without losing programs or data.
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I am in the computer repair business, your videos are very much helpful for me. Thanks, sir.
You're welcome and thanks for watching.
@@Britec09 always...sir
Britec09 Well that’s a problem because my friend Mike can’t even get to the desktop , how do we do this if the computer can’t start up correctly?
If that is the case, you will have to use reset this PC or fresh install
Thank you so much! My Windows 10 was not able to successfully update since more than 6 months, it kept undoing recent changes due to errors. With your tutorial I was able to fix my setup WITHOUT loosing anything. All my apps, all my installed software tools, all my licenses and settings .. everything as before BUT now the update works again! Perfect!
absolutely loved the method. I'm happy now I don't have to download my 1.5 Terrabytes worth of games again :) :)
same 1.9tb of games
Thanks why I'm here lol
I am 3TB of games 😂😂
@@yosefelsawy5102 hahha even more the profit
@Flex yeahh hope it does mayn
This PC can't be upgraded to Windows 10.
Your PC settings aren't supported yet on this version of Windows 10. Microsoft is working to support your settings soon. No action is needed. Windows Update will offer this version of Windows 10 automatically when these settings are supported.
what should I do ?
I also have the same problem. I think you must wait for a new update to come and try it again. I am trying it right now.
I found the solution, this issue is resolved by disconnecting the affected PC from the internet and running the update offline.
Thanks for the video. It always amazes me when people click the thumbs down. To me, if one uses that option, they should be required to explain why. Just my opinion...
Just haters mate, let them think they are achieving something by thumbing it down.
@@Britec09 Its nice to only have thumbs up, a certain amount of thumbs down in itself is not a problem as far as the account goes. Obviously too many isnt good as it might scare viewerss off. But as far as I am aware all thumb activity is looked at as useful because it shows user engagement which is all YT/Google really cares about from the advertising perspective. So to a degree these few haters on this video are actually shooting themselves in the foot !
I agree or at least show there version on video that is better than the one they just gave a thumbs down.
The solution will be to remove that button from CZcams
one of my friends literally dislikes everything that they see just for fun
needless to say, they are no longer my friend
Reinstalling Windows without losing apps was like a dream become true, thank you for that perfect explanation.
The reinstallation of windows 10 took 4 hours ,now my pc works fine with version 1903 .Thank you very much for this video ,it solve my pc update problems
My electricity was shut off abruptly damaging the explorer file hanging error. I tried everything and this did the trick, thanks!
Thank god. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to back up a terabyte of storage and reinstall it all just to reinstall Windows. You saved me major headaches. Hope this works!
Hi Brian,
Greetings form Australia. My PC was behaving erratically, I followed your advice and bingo! It now runs perfectly. Thanks for being willing to share your expertise. Cheers!
I was about to reset my computer because nothing that I tried seems to work, I can't even open a single microsoft application. I had this problem for months now, I tried to update my computer multiple times, but it won't update. I am really grateful that I found this video, I really don't want to lose any application that I downloaded, since it's pain in the ass if I'm going to download everything if I'm going to reset it. I love it! Thank you!
Thanks for the great video Brian. Solved my problem completely. I had updated to 1903 ok, but could not install any cumulative updates. Got failed messages, try again later! Must of tried dozens of times. Really strange as all other updates installed ok. Did the refresh on update Tuesday and now fully up to date. Keep up the good work.
Thank you! Been googling several days for this exact thing because I tinkered with some telemetry software and no longer can access Windows Store and no graphics in Edge or IE. You rock!
im watching this because i messed with the number value of defender
I mess with it because i can't open store & the others microsoft apps!
@@DavinAbielGinting same
THANKYOU , 3 years later still helping in 2022. Brand-new build had an issue with update kb5011487 failed to install. Tried all day then I saw your video took about 20minutes to install with all the updates. Now I can Game on.
Having my file explorer glitching and resetting on me, going to try out this method. I’ll come back with an update!
Hey, I just have a small doubt, will we lose our license or something like Microsoft office license, can you please tell, and by the way, it was a very nice tutorial. thank you
Thanks Brian! this still works in 2022. I was very afraid to have to reinstall all my Studio plugins and related software (would have taken me a few weeks) but I kept all my programs and settings. Still I was a bit in shock because my desktop theme had changed after the first new boot. That appeared just a matter of choosing my preferred images again and we're good to go.
I have to repair my system because of all the "FAILED UPDATES" from Microsoft! Bad updates will not uninstall! 😡
Keep up the good work Brian. You help so many of us learn how to keep our pc's running optimally and efficiently. Thank you so much and keep them tips a comin'!
Does this revert registry changes to like the default?
Thanks Brian....Another wonderful video. I do have one question; I use Microsoft Office 2016, will this procedure keep Office in place or is it removed during the reinstall ?
Thanks again.
It should keep all programs in place, but best to check there support page.
I screwed some things in the WindowsApps folder. All the windows apps (Microsoft store, calculator) dont work, some of them are even missing. Will that system refresh fix that, and restore all those files?
The solution I thought I'd never find - Thank you!
Question: Do i have to activate the windows again after this or it will remain activated?
And thanks for the video 😉
I just followed all of the instructions and I think my pc is a bit faster now, thank you for your help!
All the best for future videos!
Finally - the only video that resolved my windows repair issues. Thanks
Thank you. I've tried everything to repair windows but this is such a better option. Wasn't sure if it would wipe my programs. My mind is at ease now. Thanks again
I'm doing this because my settings are corrupt including the repair tools so I have to reinstall I'm a developer and I have over 150 redist library's and apps. My source code folder takes 50 gigs soo.......
I'm wondering, first, why you didn't just choose the "Ugrade this PC Now" option? and Further, could you not have followed through after choosing the "Create installation media..." without unpacking the .iso file? I don't recall Windows ever having me do this in the past (it's been so long, though, since I did it). My concern is how would I have known to do this if I can't just follow prompts to get the same result? Thanks.
Keith Starkey upgrade this pc now is only if you have windows 8 or older i think
Thank you mate, my PC was freezing all the time with my new Kingston SSD. I thought that it was the SSD's fault. Turns out i just needed to repair my installation. No freezing as of yet so thanks alot :)
1 year late but did it fix your freezing issues?
@@Mukatutu Hey bro, since then i built a new PC, but no it still kept freezing.
Shit SSD man… go for something like samsung or m.2 which is what i have now. Much faster !
@@Mukatutu My advice as well is if you are planning on cloning your OS. Don’t do it, just fresh install. Safest option.
thanks mate, really appreciate the way you actually did brought it to the community, back then, factory reset was the only way we had, stating ' we won't remove your *personal files* ( which people don't even use nowadays ) but will lose your apps ( which means all of your installed data, worth a lot more ) to finally reset just your settings :] which are ironically present in literally any software in the world, a reset button to reset all your settings !' windows did turn into mac back then
saved my life, would have to reinstall tons of games that would take hours even with a decently fast internet speed.
Excellent video. Will Repair create a new "clean" registry or keep all the junk from the current registry? Thanks.
repair of course.
Could Refreshing or resetting Windows 10 Pro fix the USB Device drivers issues with an Event description "Device not migrated" in Device Manager? Seems to be caused from not getting updated properly during those Windows version updates a while back maybe?
This mainly affects using the USB/Wireless keyboard connected to the desktop tower computer. When typing or playing a game that requires pressing a lot of keys on the keyboard, there's a likely chance it would stop working until you restart the PC. Kind of annoying sometimes when typing a comment in YT, messaging apps, emails, or playing a game. At least I still have usb mouse control.
I've tried deleting the suspected USB Composite Device driver and restarted the computer, ran the DISM.exe and SFC /scannow commands, but didn't look like it worked.
Hope you see this and can reply.... When you say it will retain "apps", do you mean "windows store apps" or do you mean any third-party apps I have installed. So, let's say I have a custom statistical software installed on my machine -- will it retain this?
This worked perfectly for me with both Windows 10 Home and Windows Pro 10 in Nov 2022. Thank you so much, helped me resolve a persistent issue. 👍👍👍
An excellent video! The procedure worked PERFECTLY!!! Fixed the Windows 10 problem while saving my apps. Thank You!!!
I'm having trouble. I can't seem to download anything from the microsoft webstore for some reason. No idea why. My keyboard is working not but my app issues still remain.
I am going to reset the PC
My apps are on their latest virsions
Do they would lost their virsion if I would reset the pc?
Currently My windows Virsion is 10.18363, Do I would go back to windows 10.0,17134 after resseting.???
Thank you Brian! I have a lots of programs installed and serious for my work and expensive and hard to reinstall. I will try your method to see if it will boost at least the loading and boot of windows.
did you keep all of your programs?
i haven't try it yet to be honest... due o lack of free time, just today i made a sytem os backup of my current drive to bring it back if something happens. Most of the people they tell not to do it but i wanna try.
I have update, i did as Brian instructed and everything is perfect and stayed everywhere i left them.
Keep Personal Files and Apps and Keep Personal files Only are grayed out. Please help.
Brilliant job, thanks very much👍 I guess it might be wise to de-frag before you start to ensure the new install is not fragmented from day 1?
For HDD it is ok, but if you are using SSD you don't need defrag anymore. You could eventually run TRIM.
All seems clear to me except i'm not certain about that UEFI bit you mentioned. i want to repair my OS on the very same machine.The bit about "target"
" is what befuddles me. i'm going to give it a try... Thanks for any response to address my concerns
Thanks Brian, just tried your Windows 10 refresh tip and it really works 100%. I do have a question, i needed to disable secure boot. whats the reason for that?
Nice video man! But, if i do it through a bootable disc, what should my boot priority be? HDD or DVD first?
Should be able to do this from safe mode or when booted up to W10 install media as a solid fix. The number of times windows startup breaks, and startup fixes don't work.....
Help! I did everything in the video up to the point where you finally wait for Windows 10 to install as a loading screen. It’s been stuck at 27% for the past hour and I don’t think it’s changing any time soon. If I shut it down, will it have a negative effect on the repair install?
Edit: I left it to continue overnight and finished it off fine, no problems :)
😅😂 u got me in the first half
Really nice a clear, thanks. One of my favourite features with Win 98 SE was it's refresh and my VR system has started to chug... time for a refresh but I suspect I'll have to line up some stuff to read and watch before I start ;D
Hello Brian. Thanks for the video/guide. Will this fix the problems I'm having with Windows10 security updates that won't install, always showing Error 0x80071a91? My original Win7 installation is on what is now my E drive, but I installed a new HDD because the old one has some bad sectors that I couldn't fix. I'm now not really certain where Win10 sits (on the old E drive, or the newer C drive). Any help/guidance will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
After i do this. Is my driver will be fixed?
Hello there!
So I'm switching from intel to AMD, will this process be enough for the setup to "reinstall windows with AMD drivers and cleaning any intel resedue?
Thanks for any feedback! Happy new year!
The steps look simple enough to follow, but I have to ask, I have outside purchased programs like microsoft Office that I use. I have done things before and lost the use of the Office proram and had to repurchase. Will I lose Office following your steps in the video? I can reload my adobe, video player program, printers, and all of the such but that Office program has bit me. Thank you for an answer.
Thank you so much. Windows 10 refresh worked very well. old window did not appear in Disc clean up. What is the safe alternate?
Thank you again, got my advanced start up again without losing anything. A million thanks..
I did something similar last year to update an HP Stream 11 which only has 32GB of memory. It wouldn't update by booting from an usb drive because there wasn't enough space on the drive even with an additional 16GB SD card, but by just inserting the usb then opening the drive folder and clicking the .exe the upgrade process started, used the additional space on the SD card and eventually completed.
If we are using original windows then, the windows will be converted into pirated?
The windows is not converted into pirated, the software is from Microsoft themselves and is uploaded by them for people to use
I don't think so...
Thank you! You saved me from reinstalling the apps and moving my files to another drive!
9:05 i wish i could speed mine just like you're speeding yours
Bruh it's fast forwarded
@Eamon's fixes of course i am
Very nice. Thanks very much. I had an issue trying to install an app through the MS Store; wouldn't work, and I found out that it was because I had used a utility to take ownership of some Windows files (I got tired of Windows telling me "Access Denied."). Well, I won't be doing that anymore! Thanks again.
How about showing us how to reload Win 10 in situations when we can't even boot up ? When PC goes into blue recovery (repair) screen and can't get out of it.
You are gonna want to boot from a usb with the disk image on it
@@gerbz7695 I have recovery disk. If I boot up off of it, same thing happens.
Thanks so much for that information but unfortunately it didn't let me choose the option by which I can keep the programs and data and proceed with reinstallation. Could you please help me with this?
I am hopeless now😔
After it finish installing, it will have Windows.old folder automatically and it is safe to delete?
Yes it is! This removes the old copy of windows
does the option keep files and apps also save the motherboard's chipset? - If I upgrade the mobo and cpu, is it OK to select "keep files and apps"? - I don't want to have to download 150 gb of games.
Super and simply explained. Thank You So Much🙂🙂
your new car brian :-) question,when i upgraded from windows 7 to 10,and from a HDD to a SSD,my factory repair (F2) partition was erased,can i make another one with personel settings
so,if there are problems,i can hit F2 to install that personal version,is the manufacturer just a 2nd partition with windows and the brand extra's,or is it more complicated
Thankyou so much for this video it was my last resort after trying lots of things to repair my OS I wish I had seen this sooner because after folowing your advice my laptop is back up and running like new.
Fan of your channel. Question. Why was the .iso file deleted? Maybe it was not an image, but a repository for needed files that was unzipped?
Thanks for that. My Laptop is pretty old and runs W7. Will this process work with W7 in the same way?
I hope you are doing well. Basically, I have Fortnite and Warzone downloaded on my PC so i was just asking that will this method keep those files saved or will i have to install them all over again. Also, will this method download the 1909 version of windows 10 if i already have 1909?
Another really good and helpful video Brian, thanks mate. Don.
You're welcome.
Thanks Brian. So glad you keep mentioning "be patient" cause Brother you ain't kidding! it does take awhile.
Yeah some people get inpatient and see a black screen and force close the pc and mess up the repair install process and bricking there computer and having to do a fresh install.
@@Britec09 I got a black screen when my screen saver turned on. I almost freaked waiting for something to show but when I moved my mouse, my screen turned back on and saw it was still installing.
Hi Brian, could you do a video on repairing a corrupted windows 10 user profile?
Is this a joke on this video
You've been my go to guy for years. Worked like a charm. Thanks from Texas
Hey Brian. Great video, BTW. When deleting the users in Windows.old that doesn't mess up "those users" who are in the system now, right? I just get very nervous about such things. Lol.
Hey Brian - can't see the iso file to extract but all the prior steps were fine, which step did I miss? Cheers!
Thank you very much. I knew there was a way rather than download all those fix it programs that don't work like restoro and troubleshooter in windows.grrat job British.
Brian thanks for the video. I got stuck at the step to select the ISO file or the USB Flash drive....selecting the ISO option and clicking the next button causes nothing to happen. should i select the USB Flash option?
I don't know how to thank you, sir. This is the best method to get everything back in place!! My store wont open this method just magically fixed it. I have no words! I absolutely love you :)
Very big thanks to you, all your videos helpful and clear, all the best for you
Hey Brian,
This was helpful. Out of hit and trial I recently did this steps in one of my friend pc to fix some windows defender issues.
I need 1 help.
I upgraded to ssd and clone the os using Samsung clone software...do you think that i should refresh with this method so that the underneath file are optimised for ssd....i am not sure just asking your opinion.
hey bri,this is a great tutorial.but i have a question if you wont mind.see now my pc is working fine,but what about it crash and wont open or boot up,what kind of recovery can i make to saved everything on this pc???thank you
Does this method improve the performance. cause the reason why we reformat the pc is to have a fresh performance like newly buy pc
dude thank you so much this literally solved the problem I was trying to fix for like 4-5 hours in just 10 minutes. THANK YOU
Once again a great tutorial from you Brian. You have help me out alot with your tutorials, so I just wanted to say thank you mate 👍🏻
Glad you get something out of them.
@@Britec09 I definitely do mate, I think your content is great. Keep up the good work my friend.
the thing here is that windows takes so much time on the windows boot logo and i think it might be related to the conversion i made from mbr to bios, i dont even remember if i did a fresh ionstal when i changed to a AMD MB, i had a i5-3000 now i have a R9-3900x ... i guess it just worked...
i want to change my microsoft account on my pc but keep al my programs and everything can u help me?
OBS! This method formats the flash-pen/hard drive, so remember to use one that is empty or of little value. Otherwise, you'll end up like me who has been recovering files now for three days in a row (and still going). PS, sorry for the outbreak earlier.
What next? Although your solution seems totally logical and went almost exactly as you described, after hours of cranking away, the installation quit with the simple message "Windows Installation Failed". I turned off any and all background programs or services that I found in the task manager which might interfere (i.e. like "smartdefrag" or malware detectors) and repeated the installation and again, it failed. My problem is that Windows refuses to recognize any network communication device as well as any sound device. Additionally, there are no restore points to be found. I have an image drive of the original installation, but not sure how to access it. I am trying your method from a thumb drive. All my data is backed up, but sure don't want to lose the software.
Will this install with the same user account ? I've many registered original softwares and don't want to install them again. It takes so long time.. Just want to clean my windows without user / account problems - Edit - tried and worked. Thank you.
Very straight forward tutorial brian!😉
Thanks
to clarify, we can use a usb/nvme ssd (enclosed) drive instead of a dvd drive? ive used your vid before bout 2 years ago. but this time around ive no dvd drive...
It showed in the video that you could load it onto a cd or usb drive to use on a different computer. How would you do it that way, and could you make a video of how to do that?
Ex: I have one computer that will not even load windows after log in but I have another computer that I could download the files from, how would I use the usb/cd on the not-working computer
does this work on windows 11?
Britec09 Great job like always & How about Mac user?
I would need to own a Mac lol
its ok but if you know anyone that knows keep me posted! ;-) lol @@Britec09 keep up the great job.
@@Britec09 Use your VM of High Sierra
Great video, clear and concise. Only problem is, I get the Microsoft tool downloaded, then use 7-zip to unzip it and unfortunately, after many attempts, it decompresses everything that you decompressed, with the exception of the setup.exe file. Any thoughts? I hate to have to reload Windows and then have to reload all my apps. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. George
hmmm not what im looking for as what im currently facing is that all repairs boot seems unable to do the repair so my only option highly probable to re-install the window(with hope of no loss of data) but im still searching on how to repair such state of windows through boot.
I did it and my windows reboot in like 10 minutes can you help me?
Excellent instructions! Very useful! Thank you very much for making this video!
why do you have to turn off secure boot?
How much time does it take to download the ios file?