Windows 10: Reset This PC doesnt clean install windows 10

I read that Reset This PC does a clean install of windows. I waited hours, and when it completed, I had the same loadout as before, with all the Asus bloatware.

So, I read Windows 10 doesn't need a recovery partition anymore. I figured since I had one, Reset This PC loaded from there.

I deleted the recovery partition, ran Reset This PC again, and I got the following error:

"Could not find the recovery environment"

So, I can never use reset this pc again? How can I make a new recovery partition, after I spend days manually researching whats needed and removing all the bloatware?

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How to: Perform a clean install using Reset this PC in Windows 10

I am planning to donate my laptop but need to factory reset it before I do. When I bought it, it had Windows 7, which I eventually updated to Windows 10. I have gone through all the steps mentioned above, opting to removed all the files on the PC. However,
I keep getting an error (after a couple hours of resetting action) that it was unable to reset my computer. I have done this 3 times. Is there something I might be doing wrong, or another way to do this?

 

How to: Perform a clean install using Reset this PC in Windows 10

This was useful information, and I would like to know a little more.

My PC has been very unstable and I have failed to identify the cause. Currently I am getting 13 critical events and 90 other "Errors" in 24 hours. I decided it was time to reinstall Windows 10. Or maybe use the reset described above. But will either of these
really give me a clean start with Windows 10, or will I be in the same state I'm in today?

I first installed Windows 10 during the period for free upgrades from Windows 7.

 

Recovery Partition - Create - Windows 7 Help Forums

Should work the same for Windows 10

 

I don't have a recovery CD.

Why didn't Reset this PC put Windows 10 back to its "pristine" state?

 

If your PC is already activated you can do a clean install and nuke your current partitions(WinPE will create new ones for you).
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2...dows-10-a.html
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html

 

The only way to clean install is with a USB drive?

 

Or a DVD. Read the tutorial thoroughly thru and don't just scan(you could otherwise miss something important). Once you have an install media created, If can also be used for Repair Installs, running DISM through it, moving your user profile to a second internal disk if you have two and one is an SSD, and a few other things.

 

Also good reading about the Reset option:
How to Reset Windows 10
Make use of How System Restore & Factory Reset Work in Windows 10

 

Why would deleting the recovering partition break Reset this PC? I thought Windows 10 had no need for a recovery partition.

 

There's a difference between a "recovery partition" and a "recovery image partition".