Windows Help & Advice – May 2019

Windows 10

Your PC reborn

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rustratedbyyour

PC’slethargic

performance?

Worriedby

persistent

niggles,fromminorglitchesto

majorcrashes?UnlessyourPC’s

problem is hardware-related, the

obvious solution is to blow things

up and start from scratch with a

brandnewreinstall.

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nuclearbuttoneverytimeyou

sensesomethingis wrong,why

notseeif youcanregenerate

your existing Windows

installation instead? We’re going

to help you do exactly that.

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