to reimage
- verb
- /ˌriːˈɪmɪdʒ/
- Specialized
- To fix the issues with my laptop, I had to reimage the operating system using a recovery disk.
Examples
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Greenbrier hires a certain number of these students to work during the summer to reimage, repair, and set up computers in all 14 county schools under the direction of adults trained by county personnel.
Academic text (2007) -
I did take one and reimage it with the exact same image, and now it works fine.
Blog text (24) -
Reimaging commencing.
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After the software update failed, the technician advised me to reimage the device to restore its original settings.
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If your tablet is running slowly, you might need to reimage it to improve its performance.
Synonyms
Return something like a painting or building to its original working condition
To put a program or device back so it works after you remove it for repair
Set a device or program back to its original settings
Put a device or program back to its original factory settings
Make something like it was before or better
Antonyms
How Restored
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reimage combines re- 'again' and image meaning 'a full copy or picture of a computer system'. So to reimage a computer is to put that clean 'picture' back on it to fix problems or update it.