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‎07-30-2021 08:56 AM

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Product: HP Laptop - 15s-eq0132au
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello! My PC (HP Laptop - 15s-eq0132au) is an year old now and it is a bit cluttered so I wanted to have a clean, fresh installation of Windows 10 with everything removed. I wanted to ask if I reset my PC (Options: Remove Everything, Only clear C Drive, Local Install, Don't clean drives), will the drivers and softwares (Network drivers, Windows 10 Activation) that came pre installed with the PC will be gone?

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‎07-30-2021 09:06 AM

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@AB_1576 

A factory reset will NOT speed up your PC despite what you may have been told or read.

 

It completely reformats the entire drive, removing everything.  And while that sounds like it would make the PC faster, once the OS is reinstalled, Windows Update will launch and start downloading and installing updates -- filling up your drive again.

 

It is not the "miracle cure" everyone seems to think it is.



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP

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‎07-30-2021 09:06 AM

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@AB_1576 

A factory reset will NOT speed up your PC despite what you may have been told or read.

 

It completely reformats the entire drive, removing everything.  And while that sounds like it would make the PC faster, once the OS is reinstalled, Windows Update will launch and start downloading and installing updates -- filling up your drive again.

 

It is not the "miracle cure" everyone seems to think it is.



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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