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Good afternoon all!
Right now, I'm in the process of doing a clean reinstall of Windows 8 Core edition on an ASUS laptop. I'm doing this the manual old school way of making a bootable flash drive versus running the Reset feature in Windows 8. Why? It seems to have issues.
What happens is when I go to PC Settings, and then try to do the Reset, I go through the prompts of doing a clean wipedown or just keep the user data files and start fresh. I tried both options, and Windows restarts, and then just doesn't do it. Log back in, and it's like nothing happened. Trying the Refresh option, Windows restarts, shows that it's Preparing to refresh your PC (Why is it always preparing, just do it! Spaceballs reference. ) and then seems to ALWAYS trip up, restart back again into Windows with the banner saying it encountered a problem. OK....
I checked the drive's partitions in Disk Management and that is a liar. It reports that they're empty partitions. EASEUS Partition Manger obviously says otherwise and I can view the install.wim file in the OEM recovery partition.
Now my question is why doesn't this work? Has anyone else encountered this issue before?
The laptop in question had issues with the Windows Store that just required the time to be correctly set. Internet Explorer 10 on the Desktop would not work AT ALL unless in Safe Mode with Networking. I uninstalled certain programs in question that could be affecting it, did everything in the book to address IE issues. Still wouldn't work. So I tried both Reset and Refresh options as that would be the best method, but they don't run obviously. This is within the one administrator on it, after doing several sfc /scannow runs and such. Best option here is to back up user data and wipe things down, thoroughly reformat and start with a squeaky clean copy of Windows 8 Core as I'm assuming the OEM install.wim file has the crappyevilware with it. Ain't nobody got time for that!
Also, I'm curious. Can one make a recovery partition in Windows 8 such as the OEM made ones? That would be handy if something screws up so if Refresh or Resetting is needed to be done, an external piece of media doesn't need to be present to do so.
Right now, I'm in the process of doing a clean reinstall of Windows 8 Core edition on an ASUS laptop. I'm doing this the manual old school way of making a bootable flash drive versus running the Reset feature in Windows 8. Why? It seems to have issues.
What happens is when I go to PC Settings, and then try to do the Reset, I go through the prompts of doing a clean wipedown or just keep the user data files and start fresh. I tried both options, and Windows restarts, and then just doesn't do it. Log back in, and it's like nothing happened. Trying the Refresh option, Windows restarts, shows that it's Preparing to refresh your PC (Why is it always preparing, just do it! Spaceballs reference. ) and then seems to ALWAYS trip up, restart back again into Windows with the banner saying it encountered a problem. OK....
I checked the drive's partitions in Disk Management and that is a liar. It reports that they're empty partitions. EASEUS Partition Manger obviously says otherwise and I can view the install.wim file in the OEM recovery partition.
Now my question is why doesn't this work? Has anyone else encountered this issue before?
The laptop in question had issues with the Windows Store that just required the time to be correctly set. Internet Explorer 10 on the Desktop would not work AT ALL unless in Safe Mode with Networking. I uninstalled certain programs in question that could be affecting it, did everything in the book to address IE issues. Still wouldn't work. So I tried both Reset and Refresh options as that would be the best method, but they don't run obviously. This is within the one administrator on it, after doing several sfc /scannow runs and such. Best option here is to back up user data and wipe things down, thoroughly reformat and start with a squeaky clean copy of Windows 8 Core as I'm assuming the OEM install.wim file has the crappyevilware with it. Ain't nobody got time for that!
Also, I'm curious. Can one make a recovery partition in Windows 8 such as the OEM made ones? That would be handy if something screws up so if Refresh or Resetting is needed to be done, an external piece of media doesn't need to be present to do so.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS
- CPU
- AMD FX 8320
- Motherboard
- Crosshair V Formula-Z
- Memory
- 16 gig DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- ASUS R9 270
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900
- Hard Drives
- 1 TB Seagate Barracuda (starting to hate Seagate)
x2 3 TB Toshibas
Windows 8.1 is installed on a SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB
- PSU
- OCZ 500 watt
- Case
- A current work in progres as I'll be building the physical case myself. It shall be fantastic.
- Cooling
- Arctic Cooler with 3 heatpipes
- Keyboard
- Logitech K750 wireless solar powered keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft Touch Mouse
- Browser
- Internet Explorer 11
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender, but I might go back on KIS 2014