Windows 8 to Have 3 Rs: Recovery, Reset, Restore
Recovery, Reset, Restore all to fight the Rot.
We all know about "Windows rot," where the operating system slowly degenerates to a slow, sluggish state after numerous installs, uninstalls, and other things that a system accumulates over time.
Those of us who perform good housekeeping practices on our computers keep our Windows installs running better, longer, but that's not the case for everyone. The action of a fresh format and/or reinstall can make things feel new again, even on old hardware. And now it seems that Microsoft could be building a reinstall feature into Windows 8.
As seen in some of the leaked presentation slides, Microsoft could have a recovery option to "reset Windows" while retaining all personal files and user accounts. One of the presentation images shows the option of reinstalling all of the app purchases from the Microsoft App Store. Interesting stuff.
(source: MSFTKitchen)



Hating on Microsoft is so 2001.
Every week when I do a clean up I free up 60gb or more every time.
Why don't they figure out how to make their OS not crash and burn in the first place, then they won't need bandaids like that.
Ya know you are being quit unreal there.
Then, you can reinstall an image within 30 minutes.
Hating on Microsoft is so 2001.
So True compadre
60 gig a week? what are you doing with that computer?.
Anyway i think this is a nice feature as long as it actually does a full and proper reinstall. I have a feeling that it won't be though and most of us will just pop in the disk every 6 months or so
But, Crosoft dit a good job...
XP=every 6 months
VISTA=every year
SEVEN=... I have it for more than a year and it's still running great
I'm happy it works for you but ALL my softwares and games like Windows7.