Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Here are the usual folders you should see for each
Windows user account.
Also browse through your main hard drive (typically
the C drive) to see if youve saved any personal
files or documents in unusual places.
Prep programs for reinstall
Consider making a list of all the installed programs
you want to reinstall later on the clean Windows
installation. To refresh your memory on what
programs you have currently installed on your PC,
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A product key sticker on a Windows 7 PC.
Make sure you have a valid product key for the
particular Windows version and edition youre
clean installing in order to activate Windows
afterwards. For Windows 7 computers, look for the
Windows product key on a label physically
somewhere on the computer. If you cant find the
sticker, the product key recovery tools discussed
earlier can also retrieve the Windows product key
stored on your computer.
Starting with Windows 8, product key stickers
arent placed on the computers. For Windows 8 and