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)
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samely Interesting, liking the Windows 8 news, Marcus. Seeing "keep my stuff" makes me laugh. I'm sure that'll be a bit more professional once it comes out.Reply -
Bolbi I would LOVE this feature for Windows 8, but I wonder if it will reinstall software not from the MS App Store. If it doesn't, it's pretty useless to me... I don't have anything from the App Store yet! :)Reply -
nforce4max Great more problems and three times the disk space consumption. God forbid one has no choice but to buy a 1 or 2TB drive just for endless restore points x.xReply
Every week when I do a clean up I free up 60gb or more every time. -
mrmez Ahhh M$. Still chasing that elusive cure for crappy-nessReply
Why don't they figure out how to make their OS not crash and burn in the first place, then they won't need bandaids like that. -
el33t mrmezAhhh M$. Still chasing that elusive cure for crappy-nessWhy 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.Reply
Ya know you are being quit unreal there. -
gti88 Acronis True Image is better choice. You can backup your fresh system disk before and after all programs are installed.Reply
Then, you can reinstall an image within 30 minutes. -
marlowwe mrmezAhhh M$. Still chasing that elusive cure for crappy-nessWhy 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.Reply
Hating on Microsoft is so 2001.