Windows 10: How to Factory Reset Drives?

Discus and support How to Factory Reset Drives? in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Greetings, I recently was having issues with my PC and decided to factory reset it from a USB drive. When it was finished resetting, I had 3 drives... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by jjod58, Sep 27, 2020.

  1. jjod58 Win User

    How to Factory Reset Drives?


    Greetings,


    I recently was having issues with my PC and decided to factory reset it from a USB drive. When it was finished resetting, I had 3 drives instead of my normal 2, so I deleted the extra one. I then factory reset it once more and when it was done I had Windows on my 1 TB drive D: instead of my 100 GB drive C:. My C: drive only has 500 MB available on it now and it says I have 111 GB of unallocated memory. How do I reset my drives back to factory settings? I have tried resetting my PC and it has only reset files but not the drives. Any suggestions?


    Thank you

    :)
     
    jjod58, Sep 27, 2020
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  2. swat354 Win User

    Windows 10 infinite restart black screen


    Thank you john for all of your help i decided to get the usb my computer came with and factory reset it i didnt have anything that personal or valueable so its ok thanks for the help though i appreciate it
     
    swat354, Sep 27, 2020
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  3. Reset to factory settings

    No I love Windows 10.....but my computer was acting strange so I thought I would do a factory reset and put Windows 10 back onto my computer.

    If I do create a bootable Windows 10 would I lose the recover drive information that comes with the computer?

    Could you give me the steps to create a bootable of Windows 10.....I asked HP if there was anyway I could get Windows 10 put on it while they had it and they said no.

    Thank you.
     
    jeanniespc, Sep 27, 2020
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  4. AndreePin Win User

    How to Factory Reset Drives?

    Windows 10 factory reset

    Hi Charlie,

    We can see here that you are having issues with doing a factory reset on your Windows 10. There are several factors
    why you get the said error and that's what we are going to figure out. To isolate this concern, may we know the following:

    • Any changes made on the computer prior to this concern?
    • What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?
    • May we know the reason why you want to perform a factory reset?
    • Did you experience any issues on the computer before you tried performing a factory reset?
     
    AndreePin, Sep 27, 2020
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