Microsoft has confirmed that the recent hotpatch updates on Windows 11 have led to issues with the "Reset this PC" option as it does not work. A workaround has been shared.

The KB5077212 and KB5079420 Windows 11 hotpatch updates break Push Button Reset. Microsoft says a recovery update can fix it.

  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    As a point of interest, you can partition an existing HD, install a new OS on that partition, then when on the newly installed OS, move your files around to the new filesystem and format your old drives / partitions as convenient. Installing a new OS doesn’t need to be a “Backup everything, blow it away and start over” process.

      • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        Presumably you’re backing up important files as a matter of course, not only when installing a new OS…

          • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
            1·
            1 month ago

            Sure, I’m not sure why we’re arguing about backup strategies. My wife is the same way; she’s got two 12 TB externals of just backups for exactly the same reason. You implied that you would need to back up your drives specifically because you’d be installing a new OS; that’s all I was commenting on. You do you.