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Refresh Win 8.1 on preinstalled W 8

  • 27-01-2016 04:54PM
    #1
    mrtom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭


    My Acer E1-571. Win 8.1. is not well. First symptoms were a sluggish touch pad. I reinstalled the Synapics driver and all was well. Now days later I'm getting browser freeze and have to use a USB mouse as the touch pad is sporadicly not functioning. Malware bites and Defender read clean. I checked logs and found a run dll error; ran SFC & unspecified error detected. Otherwise the laptop is working and responsive.

    And down the line, if I choose to "Refresh" the OS, will I revert to factory system installed Win 8 or the current Win 8.1?
    thoughts welcome


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  • #2
    Grab All Association
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    It's just a refresh factory default configuration so no. The only way it will reinstall Windows 8 is if there's a recovery partition saved and you chose this option.


  • #3
    mrtom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭mrtom


    Grab All Association wrote: »
    It's just a refresh factory default configuration so no.

    Thanks for that. Thing is as it came with Win 8 OEM, the " factory default configuration" sounds just what I want to avoid!


  • #4
    Grab All Association
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    mrtom wrote: »
    Thanks for that. Thing is as it came with Win 8 OEM, the " factory default configuration" sounds just what I want to avoid!

    OS factory (8.1) default I meant.


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