how to reset and still keep a program

user838393 · Aug 21, 2016

just got a used windows 7 pc.. its very nice.. but has alot of * i dont need on it... which is making it lag ..i want to do a clean reset... but it also has gta 4 downloaded on it which i want to keep... so how could i factory reset it and still keep the gta 4 game

DSzymborski · Aug 21, 2016

If it's just the one hard drive, a full wipe doesn't let you keep it. And in any case, it doesn't sound like it's your copy of GTA IV anyway.

GetMyVengeance · Aug 21, 2016

Well if you want to make it hard on yourself and get like a 16gb usb, you can transfer the game files and saves into it. Then reinstall windows and it will reset it. You can download, upgrade to windows 10, and it lets you reset your HD. Or get a USB and download windows 7 into it, restart your PC, get into the bios, and boot from there.

You have a whole bunch of ways to do it and as DSzymborksi said, it doesn't sound like you own a copy. If you owned one on steam it would probably save it in cloud and sync it.

user838393 · Aug 21, 2016

welll no * its not my copy... which is why im trying to keep it, because i dont have one myself , to redowload it ... common sense??.. the pc was bought used and had the gta 4 on it .. which i am not trying to lose

USAFRet · Aug 21, 2016

Used system.
OS of unknown origin
Applications and games of unknown origin and admitted "not yours"

1. You can't do a whole 'reset' and keep that stuff which you did not purchase
2. For any used PC, you really, really need to do a full wipe and reinstall. For your protection as well as theirs.

Oh, and watch the language, please. Thanks.

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