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Sources and how we cite them

Last updated 10 November 2026 · 22 first-party sources

Every factual claim on ReinstallOS is checked against the vendor's own documentation. This page lists those documents, the rules for how they are used, and the things this site deliberately does not claim.

Where the facts come from

Every factual claim on this site is checked against the operating-system vendor's own documentation, or against the publisher of a tool we mention. That means Microsoft's support and specification pages, Apple's support articles and user guides, and the project sites of the open-source USB writers. We read those pages for the exact wording of a menu item, a requirement or a procedure, and then write our own explanation of the decision a reader has to make.

What we add ourselves

The judgements are ours: which operation fits which symptom, what to check before an irreversible step, and what to do when the obvious fix does not work. A vendor page explains how a tool behaves; it does not tell you whether you should be using it at all. That decision layer, the mistakes lists and the short pre-flight checklists are the original work here.

What we do not do

We do not reproduce review prose, star ratings, score tables or charts. We do not claim a benchmark, a measured figure, a test date, a screenshot or a version number we have not checked. We do not present an opinion as though a vendor endorsed it. Where a widely copied instruction is wrong — disabling Secure Boot, using a 16 GB stick for a macOS installer, saying a macOS reinstall wipes data — we say so visibly rather than silently correcting it, because a reader may already have seen the wrong version.

Why there is no mirror list

A modified installation image defeats the purpose of a reinstall. Every download link on this site resolves to the vendor's own domain, and the third-party tools we link to are writers for an image you already obtained from the vendor, not sources of one. There are no affiliate parameters, no redirect layer and no sponsored placement.

Corrections

Documentation changes and we make mistakes. If a screen label, a requirement or a procedure here no longer matches what the vendor publishes, write to the address on the contact page with the page URL and the vendor's wording. Corrections are made to the source modules and rebuilt across the site, so a fix cannot leave an older copy behind.

How to verify a link yourself

Hover any download link on this site and read the hostname in the status bar. It should be the vendor's own domain. There is no shortener, no redirect layer and no affiliate parameter on this site, and no binary is hosted here.

The 22 sources used on this site

Questions and corrections

If a screen label or a requirement here no longer matches the vendor's current wording, please use the contact page and include the page URL. The site's editorial method is described on the about page.