My laptop has been very, very slow for a long time and some apps are crashing. I would like to have it better again and got the tip to reset the laptop to factory settings. At the moment both Linux Mint and Windows are on the laptop. If I reset it, will I still have Linux and Windows on my laptop?
Time to dig out a certain text module again:
mchawks text module 1.1.2 "Reset"
Reinstalling or "resetting the system" is not a reset or restart.
Such a thing does not eliminate errors - especially in those situations in which laypeople tend to use this function: In the event of hardware errors.
Something like that only destroys system logs that could have been used to analyze errors - especially in the case of hardware errors.
The system is also not accelerated or "purged". This is just an esoteric effect that is eliminated at the latest when you start to install your programs again. A lot of work - no effect.
A little research on this platform is enough to see that "resetting" so often causes problems and also completely excludes users from their system that it is better to avoid this function like the devil does holy water.
It is not a do-it-yourself solution for laypeople, at best it is the last resort when professionals can no longer think of anything. Even then, professionals would reinstall Windows from an installation disk!
By the way, professionals create regular backups and use them. You don't need something like "reset".
By the way, with "Reset" your personal data will not necessarily be deleted in such a way that it can't (partially) be restored by professionals. So this function is not of much use if the computer is resold.
Oh wow, I didn't know that! Thank you!
If certain apps are crazy, does it help to reinstall them? For example, Zoom always breaks with me and, if I've been in a tab for a long time, it crashes.
Let's go into a bit of detail:
Does Zoom support the program or does Zoom "only" lose the connection - but does it continue to run in principle?
As a general rule:
In Windows there's the Event Viewer which logs everything.
There you will also find warnings (yellow symbol) and errors (red symbol).
These messages have an event ID. This is very easy to google and find information about the error and even solutions.
Because: If it is up to the programs, then we must potentially assume that the errors will also occur after reinstalling the system. So it would be good to analyze them beforehand.
