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How to reinstall windows 10?
The windows did a update that made ma computer streemly slow recently. I tried the recover files but I didn't set this up previously so it doesn't work now. It seems the only option is to reinstal the windows. But I would like to keep the win10 instead of the win8.1 I used to have. So how to reinstall it? Sep 26 15 04:38 am Link Even though a "clean" installation gives the best system performance --- The upgrade licence keys do not work with a "new" installation. You must start over with Win 8.1 and then upgrade again and hope it works (or switch to Linux Mint or something) Sep 26 15 05:01 am Link Michael Bots wrote: Thanks. Sep 26 15 05:35 am Link I find it user friendly but I have a computer background. It is different from Windows but the differences are no greater than those between Windows and the Apple operating system. It can be run from either a DVD or USB stick without installing to the hard disk if you want to try it. Best part -- it's free and open source. Linux can be made to run Photoshop, but not easily. (see links) There are other Linux specific programs that are similar and cover most of the same functions. (GIMP) Depends in part on what you are using Photoshop for. see http://www.linuxmint.com/ http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint http://www.linuxmintusers.de/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint "In Issue 128 (July 2013), Linux User and Developer gave Linux Mint 15 ("Olivia") a score of 5/5, stating "We haven't found a single problem with the distro… we're more than satisfied with the smooth, user-friendly experience that Linux Mint 15, and Cinnamon 1.8, provides for it to be our main distro for at least another 6 months."[57]" How to Install Photoshop in linux Ubuntu or Mint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTHl1ClTCCY How to install photoshop cs6 ubuntu Linux https://gist.github.com/jahid284/5da29b997fb4cca0c34a How to install Photoshop CC in Linux http://www.yaseendadabhay.com/linux/how … -in-linux/ Photoshop cs6 64 bit on mint http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p … p;t=153904 "If you have a open mind about GIMP, you should try GIMPSHOP, which will transform GIMP to look and work more like Photoshop." Sep 26 15 06:13 am Link Thanks for the heads-up on the roll back to get 10 running again. I think I'll wait and buy the damn Win 10.x disk early next year when it gets debugged further. I don't want to spend a week formatting, re-installing from scratch, and patching it up from an old OS version to get it to a newer one. I suspect a lot of old Windows OS lurks on the drive on the update versions doing it that way. Seems that's the tactic MS used with 8.0 to 8.1 too. Buy Windows 8.0, and then they came out with 8.1 and the reinstall key for 8.0 does not work with 8.1 so you cannot do a refresh or repair, only do a new install which means a drive-wipe and install of 8.0 and then go through the online 8.1 update process all over and then install your software. That or buy another MS disk with 8.1 and it's new key and install it to hope you can keep some installed software intact. I let MS support tinker, but it needs a new reinstall to get it back to 100% since they knackered it up last summer with an update they quickly pulled once they found the update was screwing some machines up (mine!). Auto-update seems a very bad idea with 10 as it was with 8.0. I think some are going to get into the same mess at some point with 10.0. MS will issue some auto-update that will hose 10.0 as happened to me with 8.0 last Aug/Sept. when mine stopped doing any auto-updates at all. Then they'll want you to buy the 10.0 or 10.1, 10.2 disk or whatever to do a repair rather than wipe the drive and start over fresh. It won't be all that free as they claim it is when stuff hits the fan. Been there - and still am - with 8.0 and a funky running and non-updateable 8.1. I cannot imagine having to go back to 8.0, then 8.1, then 10. Really is a bad design and the key should be the same for all off the original disk, but they don't make money doing it that way. Sep 26 15 06:59 am Link GRMACK wrote: for what it's worth Sep 26 15 12:29 pm Link Are people generally happy with Windows 10 or is it still too early to upgrade? I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium Sep 26 15 01:21 pm Link Click Hamilton wrote: I love Windows 10. I'm in the process of upgrading all of my personal machines as we speak. Michael Bots wrote: And actually, that is incorrect. Once you have installed Windows 10 on a machine once, you can do a clean re-install without having to revert to Windows 8..1 or Windows 7 first. Sep 26 15 01:35 pm Link Click Hamilton wrote: I upgraded on day 1. Sep 26 15 02:29 pm Link Marcio, I use several Linux distros (versions) I find them easier then Windows or OS X. While Photo Shop can work on them why not try GIMP. Its similar to Windows. Does layers and its free. Linux is generally safer on-line the Windows. In other words fewer problems with malware or virus. Best of all you can try and use them for free. Some like ARCH and Gentoo Debian and Fedora are a bit more complicated to get things going on but with a bit of research you'll be fine. Sep 26 15 02:36 pm Link Michael Bots wrote: Wow!!! Thanks a lot. Sep 26 15 05:57 pm Link Tony Lawrence wrote: I certainly will try. Sep 26 15 06:03 pm Link Click Hamilton wrote: Talked to Illiterate friend a few days ago who did it Sep 26 15 06:03 pm Link Click Hamilton wrote: Based on your past posts I kinda get the impression you're not too keen on the idea of corporate snooping, where your personal life/activities are concerned, right? Sep 26 15 06:37 pm Link - Phil H - wrote: An outstanding point. Sep 26 15 08:33 pm Link |
