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Nov 2025
18m 46s

Intermediate | Reinstalling Windows

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How long have you been using that installation of Windows? Two years? Consider yourself lucky. Reinstalling the operating system is a necessary nuisance in our modern lives. Add China's computer virus-rich environment into the equation, and you can bet you'll be reinstalling Windows fairly often. Learn the critical Chinese vocabulary in this lesson... before it's too late! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1491

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