Windows 10: Is it safe to hard reset my school laptop?

I want to hard reset my laptop because it's becoming a bit slow but I don't know if I should do it. Would this remove school restrictions? I don't want to reset settings managed by my school.

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Contest! Win Hard Reset!

Bump

No one wants Hard Reset? I'm open to other suggestions for contest ideas.

maybe i got this in the wrong section... could a mod move it to the FS/FT/WTB/Giveaway section?

 

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".

 

How to Factory Reset an old school laptop

Okay so a bit of back story: I used to go to this one school where they wanted us to bring our own laptops from home so that they can put their system on it. I gave them my Dell Windows laptop and they reset it to be a school laptop. It has blocked websites, admin passwords that I don't know, random school apps, etc. I've graduated and I still have the laptop but they didn't remove their system from my laptop. I tried doing the normal factory reset where you hold down the shift key then restart and then troubleshoot then factory reset....etc. but that didn't remove the school system from my laptop. it's still there. How can I factory reset it all the way to make the school system get off of my laptop and make it my personal laptop?

I know you've gotta clear the drive and reinstall the O/S but I don't know how to do that without an admin password. I don't know the admin password.