How do I restore my Windows 8.1 operating system?

To reset your computer

1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, then tap Change PC settings.
2. Tap or click Update & Recovery, and then tap or click Recovery.
3. Under Remove everything and reinstall Windows, tap or click Get Started.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Can you go back to Windows 8.1 from Windows 10?

Select the Start button > Settings > Update & Security > Recovery. Under Go back to the previous version of Windows 10, Go back to Windows 8.1, select Get started. If you follow the instructions, you'll keep your personal files, but delete any apps and drivers installed after the update, as well as any changes you've made to your settings.

How do I get Windows without a disk drive?

How to install Windows without a CD/DVD drive

1. Step 1: Install Windows from the ISO file to a bootable USB storage device. To begin with, to install Windows from any USB storage device, you need to create a bootable Windows operating system ISO file on that device.
2. Step 2: Install Windows with your bootable device.

Which is better NTFS or exFAT?

NTFS is ideal for internal drives, while exFAT is generally ideal for flash drives. However, you may sometimes need to format an external drive with FAT32 if exFAT is not supported by a device you need to use it with.

Which is better FAT32 or exFAT?

Generally speaking, exFAT drives are faster to write and read data than FAT32 drives. Other than writing large files to the USB drive, exFAT outperformed FAT32 in all tests. And in the large file test, it was almost the same. Note: All benchmarks show that NTFS is much faster than exFAT.

How can I bypass the 4GB limitation in FAT32?

Resize the FAT32 partition and make an exFAT (or other compatible file system) partition that is large enough to hold the file. If you ever need to access the large file on your USB drive, this is probably the best solution.

What are the limitations of exFAT?

exFAT supports larger file size and partition size limits than FAT 32. FAT 32 has a maximum file size of 4 GB and a maximum partition size of 8 TB, while you can store files larger than 4 GB each on a flash drive or SD card formatted with exFAT. The maximum file size limit for exFAT is 16 EiB (Exbibyte).