Easy way to reinstall Win10 without screwing up the programs?

Is there an easy way to reinstall Win10 without screwing up the programs?

My desktop is getting slow but I can't find out why.
It's only about six months old but its noticeably slower.

For example, I right click to creat a new folder and it takes five seconds
for the first and second, and maybe third, but then the next few come right
away.

Likewise, when I choose a file in a dialog box, maybe the first and third
take five seconds while the second and fourth are normal.

I don't know if something is "malware" or not on my system, so all I want
to really do, rather than run scans that I won't know how to interpret is
to just re-install windows 10 the easiest way possible without screwing up
the programs or data.

I know I can put a new disk in and do it that way but I don't want to start
totally from scratch. And I don't want to run malware scans forever because
I've been there and done that and you just get too much useless data. I'm
sure the malware is in there buried in th data but it's buried in the data.

Without scanning forever for malware, and without tons of effort.
What is the easiest method to wipe out and reinstall windows 10?

Louis Fabron wrote in
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Is there an easy way to reinstall Win10 without screwing up the
programs?

My desktop is getting slow but I can't find out why.
It's only about six months old but its noticeably slower.

For example, I right click to creat a new folder and it takes five
seconds for the first and second, and maybe third, but then the next
few come right away.

Likewise, when I choose a file in a dialog box, maybe the first and
third take five seconds while the second and fourth are normal.

I don't know if something is "malware" or not on my system, so all I
want to really do, rather than run scans that I won't know how to
interpret is to just re-install windows 10 the easiest way possible
without screwing up the programs or data.

I know I can put a new disk in and do it that way but I don't want to
start totally from scratch. And I don't want to run malware scans
forever because I've been there and done that and you just get too
much useless data. I'm sure the malware is in there buried in th data
but it's buried in the data.

Without scanning forever for malware, and without tons of effort.
What is the easiest method to wipe out and reinstall windows 10?

Before going that far get on of the system info programs and check your
hard drive statistics. I have a Raid 1 setup on my D: drive, and
currently they are having a problem staying synced. So the first time I
try to do something that involves that drive after it has been idle for a
while there is a slight pause, then everything works up to speed until
the drive is idle for a while. If you are experiencing drive read and/or
write problems that could explain some of the delays you are seeing.

You have to do an In-Place Repair Upgrade of Windows, see instructions
below.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade | Windows 10 Tutorials
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...e-upgrade.html

Yousuf Khan

On 8/25/2018 1:38 PM, Louis Fabron wrote:
Is there an easy way to reinstall Win10 without screwing up the programs?

My desktop is getting slow but I can't find out why.
It's only about six months old but its noticeably slower.

For example, I right click to creat a new folder and it takes five seconds
for the first and second, and maybe third, but then the next few come right
away.

Likewise, when I choose a file in a dialog box, maybe the first and third
take five seconds while the second and fourth are normal.

I don't know if something is "malware" or not on my system, so all I want
to really do, rather than run scans that I won't know how to interpret is
to just re-install windows 10 the easiest way possible without screwing up
the programs or data.

I know I can put a new disk in and do it that way but I don't want to start
totally from scratch. And I don't want to run malware scans forever because
I've been there and done that and you just get too much useless data. I'm
sure the malware is in there buried in th data but it's buried in the data.

Without scanning forever for malware, and without tons of effort.
What is the easiest method to wipe out and reinstall windows 10?

Louis Fabron wrote:

Is there an easy way to reinstall Win10 without screwing up the
programs?

My desktop is getting slow but I can't find out why.
It's only about six months old but its noticeably slower.

Without scanning forever for malware, and without tons of effort.
What is the easiest method to wipe out and reinstall windows 10?

What you want probably won't work, if you re-install everything just as
it is, such as restoring an image, you'll probably re-install whatever
is the problem now.

Learn how to run and interpret a malware scan, it very likely is the
only option other than to format the disk, re-install Windows and then
re-install all your programs from scratch which is exactly what you're
trying to avoid.

Sorry, with I had your answer but I don't.


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On Sat, 25 Aug 2018 17:38:39 +0000 (UTC), Louis Fabron
wrote:

Is there an easy way to reinstall Win10 without screwing up the programs?

My desktop is getting slow but I can't find out why.
It's only about six months old but its noticeably slower.

For example, I right click to creat a new folder and it takes five seconds
for the first and second, and maybe third, but then the next few come right
away.

Likewise, when I choose a file in a dialog box, maybe the first and third
take five seconds while the second and fourth are normal.

I don't know if something is "malware" or not on my system, so all I want
to really do, rather than run scans that I won't know how to interpret is
to just re-install windows 10 the easiest way possible without screwing up
the programs or data.

I know I can put a new disk in and do it that way but I don't want to start
totally from scratch. And I don't want to run malware scans forever because
I've been there and done that and you just get too much useless data. I'm
sure the malware is in there buried in th data but it's buried in the data.

Without scanning forever for malware, and without tons of effort.
What is the easiest method to wipe out and reinstall windows 10?

Do a full reinstall now but then "Reflect" on it.

On Sun, 26 Aug 2018 01:42:54 -0400, Yousuf Khan
wrote:

You have to do an In-Place Repair Upgrade of Windows, see instructions
below.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade | Windows 10 Tutorials
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...e-upgrade.html

Yousuf Khan

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On 8/25/2018 1:38 PM, Louis Fabron wrote:
Is there an easy way to reinstall Win10 without screwing up the programs?

My desktop is getting slow but I can't find out why.
It's only about six months old but its noticeably slower.

For example, I right click to creat a new folder and it takes five seconds
for the first and second, and maybe third, but then the next few come right
away.

Likewise, when I choose a file in a dialog box, maybe the first and third
take five seconds while the second and fourth are normal.

I don't know if something is "malware" or not on my system, so all I want
to really do, rather than run scans that I won't know how to interpret is
to just re-install windows 10 the easiest way possible without screwing up
the programs or data.

I know I can put a new disk in and do it that way but I don't want to start
totally from scratch. And I don't want to run malware scans forever because
I've been there and done that and you just get too much useless data. I'm
sure the malware is in there buried in th data but it's buried in the data.

Without scanning forever for malware, and without tons of effort.
What is the easiest method to wipe out and reinstall windows 10?