Windows 10: Windows 10 Factory Reset Stuck At 5%

Hey all,



I made the mistake of doing a full factory reset of my Windows 10 desktop and for the past 3 hours, it has been stuck at 5%. I started the reset around 3.5 hours ago so I find it strange that it hit 5% and is suddenly not wanting to budge.



All of the research I've done has more or less been "Either turn it off and hope it's not fried, or wait it out."



It should also be noted that I would prefer not to have to buy Windows all over again to fresh install on the PC. I'm just not sure if something is actually wrong or if I should just wait it out overnight.



Any information or advise is greatly appreciated.

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How to factory reset Cisco 1700 Router

Hopefully I can help you here....its a very common thing to happen.


First, I take it you dont know the passwords for console access or telnet/ssh?

I will assume that these devices belong to you.

step 1. Plug a cisco console cable into a serial port on your pc
step 2. Plug other end into Cisco console port
step 3. Using hyperterm or putty or similar connect to the serial port
step 4. boot router, and make sure you clearly can see the output (this confirms you have good serial comms)
step 5. if this fails, adjust the comm port settings (9600, 8,1,n are the default)
step 6. now you have to do the only hard part...send the break command:

Break command list: Break Commands

Go down the list and match your OS and SW and try the sequence suggested.

If this fails several times do what I do: Install putty (free) and then to send a break so you can get into rommom just hit "ctrl-a b".

 

Stuck during factory reset.


So the Factory reset has been stuck at 2% for the last 8 hours.

 

Windows 8.1 & windows 10 : fail to factory reset and stuck in restart

Ztruker's post will get you to Win10, but if I understand the issue you wanted to fix a non-working Asus Win8.1 Factory Reset by upgrading to Win10.

My question is what OS do you want on your system, Win8.1 or Win10.
There might be a way to access the Asus recovery partition and do a reset from there - I think that can be done, but I would have to research the exact process to provide step-by-step instructions.

If you want to get to Win10 - then I mis-interpreted your post.

There seems to be an underlying issue on your system as far as the Asus Win8.1 Factory Reset issue is concerned.

The question might be moot if you've already started the Win10 Clean install.
Getting to Win10 is easy, getting back to Win8.1 after a Clean install requires a bit more work (windows.old and possibly the Asus Recovery partition are no longer available).