Booting from a USB device doesn’t refresh or reset your Surface. Instead, it lets you start your Surface using Windows or another operating system that’s on your USB device. For info about how to create a bootable USB drive for your Surface, see Creating and using a USB recovery drive for Surface.

This will prevent apps from accessing your file system on that device while you’re signed in to it. If other people share the same device, they can still turn on file system access when they’re signed in with their own accounts. Exceptions to the file system access privacy settings

If an offline system update doesn’t work, you can use the Xbox Startup Troubleshooter to completely restore your console to its factory settings. Warning Resetting your console to its factory defaults erases all accounts, saved games, settings, and home Xbox associations. Anything not synchronized with the Xbox network will be lost.

Determine whether the Windows.old folder is smaller than the free space that is available for Local Disk (C:) in step 1.2. Note If the Windows.old folder is two times as large as the free space that is available for the Local Disk (C:) entry, you may be unable to restore the previous Windows installation.. Step 2: Start the Windows Recovery Environment

To access the system settings, press the Xbox button on your controller to open the guide, and then select Profile & system > Settings > System. More about each system setting ... Select Back up my settings to back up and restore your console’s settings to your external storage device.

The only way to restore uninstalled drivers is by full system restore. Select Search on the taskbar, enter Device Manager , and select it from the results. Select the arrow next to Network adapters to expand the adapters list, and check to see if one of the following adapters is listed:

To change the default app, you can do either of the following: Set a default for a file type or link type In the search bar, enter the file type or link type you want, then select it from the list of results.

To open the Start menu—which contains all your apps, settings, and files—you can do any of the following: On the center or left end of the taskbar, select the Start icon.

You’ll see this message if your File History drive has been disconnected for too long. If you’re backing up to an external drive (like a USB drive), make sure it’s connected to your PC.

To avoid the error, do not specify multiple backup files in your restore operation. Resolution. The problem is frequently reported by customers who use third-party backup software tools to back up their SQL Server databases. These tools facilitate backup and restore operations across multiple files. Additional references: RESTORE Arguments