New SP4- Clean Reinstall W10?

[Eric J F]

I'm ordering a new SP4 tomorrow (probably the m3) and was considering doing a clean Windows 10 reinstall from the MS website after I do a quick setup. Not only will I get the latest version, but I wonder if some of the bugs commonly reported might be avoided. Whenever there's an update to our Windows phones I always do a factory (hard) reset afterwards and I've never had any of the problems some people report.

Any pros or cons to this procedure for the SP4?

 

[poddie]

I'm really not sure why you would do that. You will likely get the same result. I would buy it and use it first... the only issues I've really been having are clearly video driver related.

 

[Ferdinand von den Eichen]

I'm in the same boat. It doesn't matter that the surface line has always been fairly bloatfree: A new, clean reinstall can't hurt and you'll be 100% sure that whatever's on there you put there yourself.

 

[GatsbyGlen]

I did do a clean install from a Win 10 ISO, but I found that I lost Drawboard PDF (not that I really use it much). I went back and did a reset from the factory image, and then applied all the updates starting from that point.

 

[poddie]

I think you guys are making this way too hard. The Surface default setup is great and bloat free. No need to reinstall it out of the box.

 

[zkyevolved]

Clean install from the Surface download page helped me. I did it to my 2 SP4s. It could have been a placebo effect, but, I feel like it ran better AFTER the (very long) fresh install vs how it came out of the box. A not so good point is that Candy Crush came installed, but that's OK! Right click, uninstall. Haha.

 

[boltman2013]

Clean install from the Surface download page helped me. I did it to my 2 SP4s. It could have been a placebo effect, but, I feel like it ran better AFTER the (very long) fresh install vs how it came out of the box. A not so good point is that Candy Crush came installed, but that's OK! Right click, uninstall. Haha.

Good call on self diagnosing your placebo effect

 

[zkyevolved]

Good call on self diagnosing your placebo effect

Hey, after waiting 3 hours to get it back up and running, of course it felt snappy! Haha. Would you think so too after seeing that stupid black screen for hours upon hours!?