Windows 10 offers to reinstall or reset Windows 10 using the recovery method directly from the operating system. It does not need to download any form of ISO, and it works well. The Windows team takes a long time by offering the same functionality that can not be launched from the cloud. The process downloads a new image from the cloud instead of using the existing Windows 10 file store on the machine. In this post, we will show you how reinstall or reset Windows 10 through the cloud. This feature will be available from Windows 10 starting in 1909.
One of the major drawbacks of recovering or resetting without ISO is that the installation is in a deplorable or overly corrupt state. The process will ask you for an ISO if it finds something beyond repair or usable. This is where this last download option in the Cloud of Reset this PC can help you.
Said Microsoft, The download option in the cloud reinstalls the same version, version, and edition that is currently installed on your device. This new cloud download option is available for all Windows 10 devices and differs from the “Recover from the cloud” feature available on some older Windows 10 devices.
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How to reinstall or reset Windows 10 through the cloud
Microsoft has deployed this feature when there have been many reports of unsuccessful attempts to use the Reset this PC feature. To make the process more reliable and faster, this feature is being introduced. Here is how it works. There are three phases of this process:
- Launch Cloud Reinstall / Reset
- Preparation
- Offline.
With the help of reinstallation in the cloud, Windows Team saves you from having to download ISO. Many have complained of difficulties in downloading ISO from the Internet or creating the bootable device. Now, Microsoft Cloud Reset will do this job for you.
1) Start Windows 10 Cloud Reinstall / Reset
- Open Settings
- Move towards Update and security
- Click on Recovery
- To select To start under Reset this PC
- You will see two options Cloud download And Local resettlement
- To select Cloud download proceed
- Once you are sure, click on the button reset button.
Windows 10 will now start downloading cloud files to perform a reboot or reinstallation. The download option in the cloud will connect to Windows Update via your current network connection. If you have a broadband Internet connection, it will be much faster.
You can also access this feature through advanced startup options. After you select the Troubleshoot> Reset Computer option, you’ll see two options: Cloud Download and Local Resettlement.
2) preparation phase
As soon as you click the download in the cloud, the reset process begins working in the background. It checks the following to make sure that the download works as expected.
- Make sure the device is not powered by the battery
- Check if the Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) is present and enabled
- Scans to find a list of optional features and languages are installed
- Verifies connectivity with Windows Update and determines the size of the download.
When you are done with your options in the front-end and click the Reset button, the download begins. Once the download is complete, the process will go offline by restarting the computer under Windows RE.
3) offline phase
The steps involved are:
- Start Windows RE
- Apply an image from the downloaded load
- Gather the user profile of the previous operating system and apply it to the new operating system
- It brings pilots together
- Optional features and languages of the previous installation, and use it for the new one.
- Switch the root folder of the previous operating system to the new operating system
- Delete downloaded load
- Reboot into the new operating system and apply the drivers, OEM customization, preinstalled applications.
- Restart on the out-of-box experience (OOBE)
- (Keep my files) Skip OOBE and go to the login screen
This will complete the resetting or reinstalling of Cloud in Windows 10.
Troubleshooting in case of failure to reinstall in the cloud
If your computer fails to start on Windows, you can reset it with the help of the download option in the Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) cloud. When Windows fails to start after two consecutive unsuccessful attempts, the device must automatically start in Windows RE.
If you have already connected via WiFi, it will still work but will depend on the drivers loaded by the PC manufacturer. We always suggest using an Ethernet port, if any.
Is Windows 10 Cloud Download correct?
There is still a few things missing in the cloud download. In case of failure of the connection, does he download the full ISO again? This is the main reason why many prefer to download the ISO and create bootable devices. Is it canceled when there are several failures? Does this allow you to use Windows during the download? It is important for those who do not have very high speed internet access and downloading an ISO file can take about 40 minutes.