Difference between Win10 built in restore and Hp Recovery Manager

[Giuseppe1991]

Hi,

I have the notebook HP 17-ab011nl, and I want to restore it to factory settings, that is, as I bought it.

I saw I have two options:

1) Windows 10 built in function, which I find in Settings/Update & Security/Recovery;

2) HP recovery Manager which come in with HP support Assistant software.

My question is: do both softwares do the same restoring, so I can choose which I prefer? Or are there any differences between the two types of restoring?

Thanks for your help,

Giuseppe

[visruth · Accepted solution]

Hi,


HP recovery take you back to the state how you got notebook first time with all HP drivers, softwares from factory.
http://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c04758961

Windows reset does this: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4130-reset-windows-10-a.html

I would choose HP recovery so that I don't have to reinstall drivers separately.


Regards

Visruth

[Giuseppe1991]

ok, I understood, thank you very much!

[andriuskarpas]

https://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/hardware/commercialize/manufacture/desktop/push-button-reset-over...

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ie/help/12415/windows-10-recovery-options

[visruth]

You're very welcome @Giuseppe1991