What Files Are Kept When Resetting Windows 10?
Contents You Can Keep Your Personal Files, A. K. A. Not Lose Them During the Process. by Personal Files, We Refer Only to the Files Stored in Your User...
You can keep your personal files, a.k.a. not lose them during the process. By personal files, we refer only to the files stored in your user folders: Desktop, Downloads, Documents, Pictures, Music, and Videos. Files stored on other disk partitions than the “C:” drive are left intact too.
Does resetting Windows 10 remove all files?
Reset removed everything, including your files–like doing a complete Windows resintall from scratch. On Windows 10, things are a bit simpler. The only option is “Reset your PC”, but during the process, you’ll get to choose whether to keep your personal files or not.
What happens when you reset your PC and keep files?
Using Reset This PC with the Keep My Files option will essentially perform a fresh install of Windows 10 while keeping all your data intact. More specifically, when you choose this option from the Recovery Drive, it will find and back up all your data, settings, and apps.
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