Windows 10: how to factory reset my pc before selling

How to factory reset my pc before selling

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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".

 

Resetting a PC to sell on


Am thinking of selling on my laptop - what is the best approach to getting it ready for that - should I reset the PC under the settings / options? Obviously I will not keep to choose any personal files and I will make sure our office 365 currently installed on it is uninstalled and removed before selling on. Presumably that option to 'reset this pc' will return it to how it was when I turned it on the first time having been delivered from the manufacturer?

Once reset, what happens to the laptop which is listed under 'Devices' if I view my Microsoft account in a browser. At the moment I see my current desktop and this laptop listed under devices. Will it automatically dis-associate itself from my account and disappear from this list or will I need to remove it? We have a family account setup, so the laptop also currently shows under 'devices' my wife's account and my son's child account. Will these also disappear? Basically once sold I do not want any trace of the laptop on our Microsoft accounts. Presumably there will be no unforeseen knock on effect for our MS accounts on our desktop which will be keeping.

Thanks,
Wayne

 

Unable to reset my PC so I can sell it.

With all due respect, I think you're going about this the wrong way.

There is a fast and easy way to reset your PC to exactly the way it was when it left the factory. No surprise that this method is called a 'factory reset.'

The instructions for a factory reset are on the PC manufacturer's website, where you will find detailed, step-by-step directions. Microsoft is not able to do this for you, since Microsoft doesn't know how the manufacturer setup your PC at their factory and
what other software was included in addition to Windows.

Personally, I would pay more for a PC that sets up exactly as if it was brand new, and had all the extra software and drivers that came with the PC when new, without any need to re-install or reconfigure anything. And since the factory reset was designed
for your computer and tested by the manufacturer, you can have confidence that it will succeed.