[dba-Tech] ultimate win 8 nightmare

Times like this remind me that I'm glad I've got my butt covered by timemachine. Too bad there is no free equivalent on windows.

Best regards,
Hans-Christian Andersen


> On 9 Oct 2013, at 01:32, Tydda Jon - Lonza Slough <jon.tydda at lonza.com> wrote:
> 
> Maybe you need to enable System Restore? Then when it offers the option, the user will restore to the last point, rather than refresh?
> 
> 
> Jon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 9:07 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] ultimate win 8 nightmare
> 
> Hi Peter
> 
> Not nice. I haven't ever had this need so I'm not familiar with the behavior of the process, but I can see that the message screen is very "Windows 8 centric" and should be taken very literally:
> 
> - Your files and personalization settings won't change.
> That probably excludes everything outside the Users folder. Thus, files elsewhere may be expected to be removed.
> Problem is the understanding of "yours" which clearly is different from that of a normal user.
> - Your PC settings will be changed back to their defaults.
> - Apps from Windows Store will be kept.
> - Apps you installed from discs or websites will be removed.
> This is quite clear but it is bad communication to put this important statement right after a positive statement without emphasis.
> - A list of removed apps will be saved on your desktop.
> Did you find such list? Not that it will help a lot but it will confirm the happenings.
> 
> Refresh should be different from Reset, which is a factory reset, by leaving Users and Apps from Windows Store.
> 
> You could try one of the tools for recovering files to unerase the data files.
> The "Apps you installed from discs or websites" I'm sure you will have to reinstall.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Peter Brawley
> Sendt: 8. oktober 2013 18:13
> Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Emne: [dba-Tech] ultimate win 8 nightmare
> 
> Trying to fix a connection glitch on her Win 8 laptop, my wife followed connection troubleshooting to a "Refresh" option. That sounded good to her, so she did it. The result is a machine reset to factory settings.
> Six months' installations and data lost.
> 
> She's not the only one:
> http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-system/can-i-undo
> -a-refresh-on-windows-8-i-have-no/1fa9d583-b73b-47a5-b2f2-3e6b6dbe1062
> 
> Anybody know a fix that works?
> 
> PB
> 
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