What Is Pbr Image Windows 10
What Is Pbr Image Windows 10
Pbr image (y) showed up one disc drie w/red line. Dell core i3 but upgraded to windows 8 or 10. Just - Answered by a verified Software technician. The PBR image partition is likely the original Dell image if you've saved it elsewhere you don't need it there. Probably also the case with Diags but it can be convenient when needed. Since you have an image backup with Acronis (assuming it's good) you can wipe all partition and do a clean install of Windows using a Media Creation Tool created.
Tip
If you're a user who wants to reset a computer that runs Windows 10, see Recovery options in Windows 10.
This topic is intended for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) who want to add push-button reset features to their Windows 10 desktop computer manufacturing processes.
Push-button reset is a recovery tool that repairs the OS while preserving data and important customizations. It reduces the need for custom recovery applications by providing users with more recovery options and the ability to fix their own PCs with confidence.
Push-button reset is included in Windows 10 for desktop editions (Home, Pro, Enterprise, and Education), and was introduced in Windows 8.
What's new for Windows 10
In Windows 10, version 2004, Push-button reset has been updated to include the following change:
- Cloud download is a new option for users to download Windows instead of using the existing installation to perform the reset. This can decrease the overall time it takes to reset if using high speed internet.
In Windows 10, version 1903, Push-button reset has been updated to include the following change:
- Preinstalled apps is a new option under Keep my files which does not apply any customizations from the PC manufacturer. This includes auto-apply folders, applications, and extensibility points.
Previous versions of Windows 10 provided the following improvements to push-button reset:
- Auto-apply folders make Push-button reset customization easier. Placing customizations and their related asset files in predetermined folders ensures they are restored when a device is reset. This method of configuring Push-button reset can be used instead of the legacy method that used custom scripts and extensibility points.
- Preinstalled apps get restored to an updated state. If a preinstalled app has been updated after installation, it will be restored in its updated state.
- Use default config files when using ScanState to capture customizations: Starting with Windows 10 Version 1703, you have to use the
/configoption with ScanState when capturing customizations. Use only one of the default configuration files included with the Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK). These files are:Config_AppsAndSettings.xml – Use this configuration file to specify that both desktop applications and OS settings should be captured by the ScanState tool.
Config_AppsOnly.xml – Use this configuration file to specify that only desktop applications should be captured by the ScanState tool. Since desktop applications are not always well-defined, this configuration file does not guarantee that all setting related to desktop applications are captured.
Config_SettingsOnly.xml – Use this configuration file to specify that only OS settings should be captured by the ScanState tool.
You can modify these configuration files by setting the migrate attribute for specific components to no, but components that are already excluded from capture/migration in the default configuration files must remain excluded.
- Improved reliability: When you start push-button reset features from the Settings app, Windows scans the system files in the Windows Component Store for corruptions. If it finds corrupt files and can download replacements through Windows Update, it fixes the problem automatically. Although this increases the overall recovery time, it improves the reliability of the PC.
- Recover from failed resets: In Windows 10, versions 1507 and 1511, failures that occur during Reset this PC almost always rendered the PC unbootable/unrecoverable. This feature has been redesigned in the Anniversary Update to support limited rollback if a problem occurs while the PC is in Windows RE.
- Recovery options when booted from recovery media: When the PC is booted from recovery media, the Keep my files and Remove everything features are no longer supported. The only Push-button reset feature available when booted from media is bare metal recovery (i.e. Recover from a drive).
- Image-less recovery: Push-button reset no longer require or support a separate recovery image on a local partition or on media. This significantly reduces the disk space needed to support the features, and makes recovery possible even on devices with limited storage capacity.
- Recovers to an updated state: Push-button reset features now recover the Operating System (OS) and drivers (including device applets that are installed as part of INF-based driver packages) to an updated state. This reduces the amount of time users have to spend reinstalling the OS updates and drivers after performing a recovery.
The Push-button reset user experience continues to offer customization opportunities. Manufacturers use Auto-apply folder; or insert custom scripts, install applications or preserve additional data at available extensibility points.
The following Push-button reset features are available to users with Windows 10 PCs and devices:
- Keep my files Fixes software problems by reinstalling the OS while preserving the user data, user accounts, and important settings. All other preinstalled customizations are restored to their factory state. In Windows 10, this feature no longer preserves user-acquired Windows apps.
- Remove everything Prepares the PC for recycling or for transfer of ownership by reinstalling the OS, removing all user accounts and contents (e.g. data, Windows desktop applications, and Universal Windows apps), and restoring preinstalled customizations to their factory state.
- Bare metal recovery Restores the default or preconfigured partition layout on the system disk, and reinstalls the OS and preinstalled customizations from external media.
Dell Pbr Image Partition
| Content type | References |
|---|---|
Overview | How push-button reset features work Recovery strategy for common customizations Siloed provisoning packages |
Hard drive setup | Hard Drives and Partitions UEFI/GPT-based hard drive partitions BIOS/MBR-based hard drive partitions |
Operations | Deploy push-button reset features using ScanState Deploy push-button reset features using Auto-Apply folders Add extensibility scripts to push-button reset Create a provisioning package with Windows desktop applications Validation scenarios |
Bare metal reset/recovery | How bare metal reset/recovery works Enable your users to create recovery media Create recovery media while deploying new devices |
Configuration files | |
Technologies used by push-button reset | Windows Recovery Environment Windows PE (WinPE) ScanState |
What Is Pbr Image Windows 10