How to Refresh or Reset Windows 8 without the System Reserved partition?
- by Karan
The article Refresh and reset your PC mentions exactly what happens during the refresh and reset operations in Windows 8:
Refresh
The PC boots into Windows RE.
Windows RE scans the hard drive for your data, settings, and apps, and puts them aside (on the same drive).
Windows RE installs a fresh copy of Windows.
Windows RE restores the data,…