Recovering Windows 10
Windows 10 is a reliable OS. Occasionally, however, you will encounter problems with devices from your users that require you to perform some recovery of the OS. The nature of the problem will decide the particular course of action, and as a result, Microsoft has provided several recovery options in Windows 10.
Some of these are relatively benign and allow you to investigate and resolve the underlying problem with little effect on the OS. Others are more intrusive and can result in the OS being rolled back to an earlier point in time or even to its initial state. These recovery tools are listed as follows:
- Recovery Drive
- System Restore
- Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
- Reset this PC
- Fresh start
Let's see what each of these tools do in Windows 10.
Configuring a Recovery Drive
Many Windows 10 PCs will have a recovery partition containing a full system image. If your computer isn't starting correctly, you can...