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I had XP and installed W8 over it. Thinking that i can reset PC and it will revert back to XP but noooo it wasn't like that. Was asking for CD/Repair Disc. I inserted the oem XP CD in and it too was not working.

Not impressed.
 

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Not sure if there is a question in there.
You can install a new OS over an old one but it will not work as such. All the old stuff is stuck into a WINDOWS OLD folder so all your files are still intact.
Too late now, but you really need a separate partition to install to, or a virtual drive.
Not much more to add at the moment.
Cheers
 

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It was on a test machine so nothing lost :)

Point was the Reset PC option as i read it is to reset your PC to the previous state without lost of files. I couldnt even reset it, as it asks for recovery CD. What good is this Reset PC option without a recovery CD?

Has anyone managed to Reset PC to previous state/OS?
 

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Sorry. New one on me.
 

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    ME. Due for upgrade.
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    Pentium D 925 Presler (old) Want i5 2500
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    MSI G41TM-P33 El cheapo. Want AsRock Z68
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    Multi fan
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    Pavilion 1216AX dual core, 2GB DDR2 667
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    All systems plus PS3 used for Folding@Home Team 38444
Hello,

The Reset option in Windows 8, if that is what you meant, is to reset Windows 8 completely back to default. It is basically the same as doing a clean install of Windows 8 again, or factory recovery of Windows 8 on a OEM computer.

Currently, it does require that the Windows 8 installation media (DVD/USB) be inserted/connected before being able to reset though. Hopefully, it may not in the final release.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2302-reset-windows-8-a.html

Hope this helps. :)
 

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    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
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    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
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Hmmm i read it as what it states.

Surely "Putting it back to the way it was originally" means putting it back to before i installed W8? :D
 

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Please be reasonable. Any kind of recovery needs an image/backup to recover from. A factory restore recovers using the factory partition or recovery disks, an upgrade can recover from windows.old, a system recovery can recover from a previously created system image or system restore points. Win8 cannot conjure XP out of the ether, thats why right now it requires the install media.
 

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Hmmm i read it as what it states.

Surely "Putting it back to the way it was originally" means putting it back to before i installed W8? :D

Sorry but no. That was in reference to Windows 8 computers only, and what seems like for a Windows 8 factory recovery for future Windows 8 OEM computers.
 

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    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
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    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
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    Thermaltake Core P3
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    Logitech wireless K800
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    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
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    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Please be reasonable. Any kind of recovery needs an image/backup to recover from.

Not entirely true. A system recovery may only include sytem files recovery and does not impact personal files or software installed as in when you do a "R" from Windows CD. This is different to say a complete system restore which requires wiping the whole system and dumping a captured image over it (ie Ghosting).

I'm fine with the Reset asking for MS key etc but at the start when it specifically want a pre-made recovery disc on the system you had previously or some other CD which is not a Windows CD, that threw me.

W8 Reset PC should be made similar to restoring from system respore points. From a non-it user
"Putting it back to the way it was originally" should mean that. That said does the system tell you to create a recovery disc before preceeding with the reset, i cannot recall?
 

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Hello Aem,

There's no need to create a separate recovery disc since you could use the same media (ex: USB/DVD) that you used to install Windows 8 with. :)
 

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    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
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    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
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    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
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    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Hmmm i read it as what it states.

Surely "Putting it back to the way it was originally" means putting it back to before i installed W8? :D

I'm sure it means to the point of fresh install, how could it possibly know what was there before it was there?
 

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    Intel I5-2500K @3.3GHz
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    Asrock P67 Extreme4
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    16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X (4x4GB)
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    EVGA GeForce 750 Ti SC 2GB
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    ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
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    auria eq2367
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    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
    1TB WD Blue
    1TB Hitachi
    PSU
    SeaSonic X 650W 80 Plus Gold
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    Corsair Obsidian 750D
    Cooling
    Corsair H60, Three 140mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless Keyboard K520
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    Logitech Wireless Mouse M310
    Internet Speed
    Wave Broadband ~ 100 dn 5 up
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    Chrome
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    Defender, Malwarebytes Premium
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    CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
    RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
    SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
    GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
    OS: Windows 10 Pro x64

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    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Hmmm i read it as what it states.

Surely "Putting it back to the way it was originally" means putting it back to before i installed W8? :D

I'm sure it means to the point of fresh install, how could it possibly know what was there before it was there?

Fresh install of what, W8?

If this Reset PC assumes that one had W8 previously installed than that's a pretty big assumption and i would like to know where it states that.

But even if it were so, a Reset Pc from W8 to W8, should be a seamless reset just like a system point restore (orly it takes you right back to the start - fresh install).
 

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Hmmm i read it as what it states.

Surely "Putting it back to the way it was originally" means putting it back to before i installed W8? :D

I'm sure it means to the point of fresh install, how could it possibly know what was there before it was there?

Fresh install of what, W8? Yes.

If this Reset PC assumes that one had W8 previously installed than that's a pretty big assumption and i would like to know where it states that.

But even if it were so, a Reset Pc from W8 to W8, should be a seamless reset just like a system point restore (orly it takes you right back to the start - fresh install).

You are the only one talking about previous installs, how could it go back to a point before it was there?

Your last sentence is what a reset does.
 

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    Asrock P67 Extreme4
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    16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X (4x4GB)
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    EVGA GeForce 750 Ti SC 2GB
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    ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card
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    auria eq2367
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    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
    1TB WD Blue
    1TB Hitachi
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    SeaSonic X 650W 80 Plus Gold
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian 750D
    Cooling
    Corsair H60, Three 140mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless Keyboard K520
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless Mouse M310
    Internet Speed
    Wave Broadband ~ 100 dn 5 up
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Defender, Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
    CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
    RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
    SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
    GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
    OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
I'm sure it means to the point of fresh install, how could it possibly know what was there before it was there?

Fresh install of what, W8?

If this Reset PC assumes that one had W8 previously installed than that's a pretty big assumption and i would like to know where it states that.

But even if it were so, a Reset Pc from W8 to W8, should be a seamless reset just like a system point restore (orly it takes you right back to the start - fresh install).

I figured it was Win8 since I was in Win8 when I noticed the Reset feature. To date I don't think any Windows has had the ability to revert to a different Windows, maybe I'm wrong.
 

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Well i see Reset as Reset, independent of previous OS. There is no mentioning of the requirement that i have read that you need to have the previous version of OS to be W8.
 

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    64-bit Windows 10
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    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
Ok so it's a feature exclusive to Windows 8, i get that. Had it stated "Reset your Windows 8", or "Reset Windows 8" i would not have a problem. Reset Your PC can be anything surely you know what i'm trying to say here.

That said if i were to give my computer away i would want to get it back to original Windows 8 (or any previous OS for that matter).
 

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It's no problem AEM. I understand where you're coming from on this, but it just turned out that "Reset your PC" was implied to be for Windows 8 since it's a feature in Windows 8. Yeah, it probably should have said "Reset Windows 8" to be more clear, but they may still yet change it since it's still a developer build so far. It would be something that you might also send feedback on to Microsoft about though.
 

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    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
To get back to pevious os, you will need to insert your pevious os DVD or USB flash drive and need to perform a clean install.
 

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    Acer Aspire
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    Intel core i3 processor @ 3.20 GHZ + 2.00RAM
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer V193HQV
    Hard Drives
    Acer(C:) 451GB
    Recovery partition: PQSERVICE 13.67GB
    system reserved: 100MB
    Internet Speed
    100MPBS, limited for 60 hours per month
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    Antivirus software: Norton antivirus 2012
    Download manager: Flashget 3
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