Since I was running out of ideas as to why my Windows 8.1 PC was running so slow, I decided to exercise the “restore” option.\u00a0 At least with the “restore” option, I could return everything to the original factory settings and configuration.\u00a0 This would give me a fresh start on my PC.\u00a0 But, before doing the restore, the PC asked my to make a back up disk.\u00a0 So, I did.<\/p>\n
Since I decided to burn DVDs for a backup, the PC told me that I would need 5 DVDs.\u00a0 No problem.\u00a0 I pulled out my stack of blanks and began.\u00a0 I inserted the first DVD and hit “begin”.\u00a0 Moments later, the PC began creating the backup DVD.\u00a0 But, after several hours, the first DVD was not finished,\u00a0 and since it was bed time, I decided to check it in the morning.<\/p>\n
When morning rolled around, the first DVD was still being created.\u00a0 So, I headed to work.\u00a0 When I returned from work, the first DVD was finished and I inserted the second blank DVD.\u00a0 And the second followed in the foot steps of the first.\u00a0 All and all, it took me five days to burn 5 DVDs.\u00a0 But, at least it was complete and time to run the restore feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Since I was running out of ideas as to why my Windows 8.1 PC was running so slow, I decided to exercise the “restore” option.\u00a0 At least with the “restore” option, I could return everything to the original factory settings … Continue reading