- Joined
- May 25, 2009
- Location
- Ada Michigan
Hi
I've been thinking about the Windows 8 recovery option, mostly because I can't start the Windows Firewall.
And Windows Recovery won't do what I want it to do.
I want to do essentially what you could do in Windows 7, replace the operating system while retaining your installed software and files.
You can't do that in Windows 8, it you use Refresh it deletes all you installed software!
Who wants to do that?
I see the argument that the software may be the cause of the problem, but I've never found that to be true.
It's usually some component of Windows that's the problem.
What's to lose by doing this, if it doesn't solve the problem, like my firewall, you still have your computer intact, and it is doesn't work you still have the other options to try right up to a total re-install.
I'd be really mad if I ran refresh, lost all my installed software, (took over a week to set up) and then found that the damn firewall still didn't work.
At least give us the option to try and repair Windows while keeping our installed software intact.
Now I have almost all of my software installed on drives other then the C:\ drive, so I assume that they will still be there and many will probably still work but I don't know which ones or how much of a hassle is would be to do a refresh and I don't want to find out, so I just have to live with the firewall not working.
Which precludes me from installing any of the software that Windows won't delete when I refresh, since it won't install any apps without the Windows firewall working.
Mike
I've been thinking about the Windows 8 recovery option, mostly because I can't start the Windows Firewall.
And Windows Recovery won't do what I want it to do.
I want to do essentially what you could do in Windows 7, replace the operating system while retaining your installed software and files.
You can't do that in Windows 8, it you use Refresh it deletes all you installed software!
Who wants to do that?
I see the argument that the software may be the cause of the problem, but I've never found that to be true.
It's usually some component of Windows that's the problem.
What's to lose by doing this, if it doesn't solve the problem, like my firewall, you still have your computer intact, and it is doesn't work you still have the other options to try right up to a total re-install.
I'd be really mad if I ran refresh, lost all my installed software, (took over a week to set up) and then found that the damn firewall still didn't work.
At least give us the option to try and repair Windows while keeping our installed software intact.
Now I have almost all of my software installed on drives other then the C:\ drive, so I assume that they will still be there and many will probably still work but I don't know which ones or how much of a hassle is would be to do a refresh and I don't want to find out, so I just have to live with the firewall not working.
Which precludes me from installing any of the software that Windows won't delete when I refresh, since it won't install any apps without the Windows firewall working.
Mike