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this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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Installing Windows is easy, but once something goes wrong, troubleshooting becomes more challenging. You have an error code? Yeah, well, try these 100+ things that are the same things you gotta try with every other error code out there. None of those things worked? Well, reinstall windows that should fix it.
Granted, I have plenty of experience with linux at this point to where I won't stress when something fucks up but ive dealt with my fair share of windows issues as well. The majority of the time, I end up reinstalling windows...
The only time I've ever had to reinstall Windows is many years of it being installed and the user has dicked around and installed shitty software.
Windows is not hard to troubleshoot. It's such a widely used OS that you can Google any error and find someone with the same issue.
Windows even created a factory reset option so you don't have to reinstall. I've never seen it used though as I have never seen Windows get to this state.
And twenty people talking bullshit out of their ass on what the reason for the issue is.