I would like your help with a problem I am stuck with. I recently got a hand-me-down HP ProBook 4530s that I upgraded from Windows 7 Pro x64 to Windows 10 via the "Get Windows 10" app that pops up (as did most of you, I presume). This laptop was a work laptop from my father's company and it contains files and folder that he would like me remove.
Now, what I would prefer to do is the old fashioned way of formatting the PC as I would have done, had I stayed with Windows 7. I know that Windows 10 has a feature, I believe it's called "Reset", which allows you to do the following.
The 2nd bullet says Resetting will remove Any apps and programs that didn't come with this PC
. Does this mean that hardware drivers will be kept? This is my main problem. I would like to get rid of all my files and clean up my HDD, but by keeping all my drivers (because HP's support site has a ton of drivers for this specific laptop, and I'm far too lazy to download them all.)
I have tried to read up on Windows 10's added reset/restore/recover functionality, but can not seem to get a clear answer as to whether or not any of these options are what I am looking for. Apparently the Reset
function is used when recycling a PC. Is that what I am doing?
Is there perhaps anyone on here that has a tried-and-tested solution for me? Or is what I am looking for non-existent?
Thanks a bunch for reading!
TL;DR: To format, or not to format?