Reinstalling Windows 10 in a conventional way is impractical for many users, since they do not have the necessary knowledge to reactivate Windows and configure it in the most appropriate way for it. In this article we explain how you can do a clean installation of Windows 10, keeping your operating system license , so you don't have to activate it again.
Windows 10 comes with a fairly comprehensive tool. It allows us to solve many of the problems that arise quite frequently. This tool allows us to restore Windows 10 to a previous version in time, as well as to reinstall the operating system from scratch, but keeping the license.
The latter is something very important for inexperienced users, and is that it allows them to enjoy a totally fresh and perfectly functioning operating system, without having to activate it manually.
Reinstall Windows 10 cleanly without losing your license
After this introduction we can start with our tutorial to install Windows 10 cleanly but keeping the operating system license activated.
The first step we need to do is access the Windows 10 settings application . You can do it in a very simple way, by clicking on the gear icon that appears in the Start menu. It is something very simple but we leave you an image so that no one has any problem finding this option.
Once the Windows 10 setup application is open, there are several ways to get to the operating system reinstallation tool. Our favorite way is to type the word reset in the search engine , which appears at the top of the interface. In this way, the option to reset your computer will appear immediately.
Now a new window will appear showing several options. The one that interests us in this case is the one located below. You will have to click on the option that says " More information on how to start from scratch with a clean installation of Windows ."
This will open a small blue window in which we will be asked if we are sure we want to change the application, we just have to click " Yes ".
After clicking "Yes", a window will open that will allow us to start from scratch with the installation of our Windows 10 operating system.
However, all your personal files remain intact , so they will remain exactly where you have them right now. This is another great advantage of using this tool to install Windows 10, since we will not have the need to make a backup of all our valuable files because we will not lose them in the process.
In any case, you can always make a backup copy of your most important documents, to avoid any risk of loss during the Windows 10 reinstallation process.
Once you are ready to reinstall Windows 10, just click the " Start " button and the process will begin immediately. The duration of this process is highly variable, which depends a lot on the number of programs you have installed on your computer.
It's that simple to reinstall Windows 10 while keeping the license activated. We hope you find this tutorial very useful. Remember that you can share it on social networks to help us reach more users who need it.