Windows 10: Factory reset taking 10+ hours.

Discus and support Factory reset taking 10+ hours. in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I decided to wipe my PC today at 12pm. It stayed sub 10% for 5 hours then quickly faster than what I was getting before shot to 21% in the last 3 hours... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by ALVARADOj, Jul 16, 2023.

  1. ALVARADOJ
    ALVARADOj Win User

    Factory reset taking 10+ hours.


    I decided to wipe my PC today at 12pm. It stayed sub 10% for 5 hours then quickly faster than what I was getting before shot to 21% in the last 3 hours and has stayed there for at least 2. Should I hard reboot my PC or should I just wait it out?

    :)
     
    ALVARADOj, Jul 16, 2023
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  2. IGGSTER
    IggSter Win User

    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".
     
    IggSter, Jul 16, 2023
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  3. CONORROSS112
    ConorRoss112 Win User
    Factory Reset stuck at 1% for hours


    Hi so I recently just wanted to completely factory reset my PC after upgrading to windows 10 (of course keeping win 10 after reset) and even hours after the reset beginning its still frozen at 1%.

    Anyone got any ideas what to do?
     
    ConorRoss112, Jul 16, 2023
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  4. ANDREEPIN
    AndreePin Win User

    Factory reset taking 10+ hours.

    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, Jul 16, 2023
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