Windows 10: Windows 8.1 & windows 10 : fail to factory reset and stuck in restart

You can do either a clean install of windows 8.1 or windows 10

 

Since you can't access anything or do a system restore or reset/refresh your computer I would advise getting a new hardrive because. most likely the files are corrupted or damaged so i would get a new hardrive.

 

Welcome to Ten Forums. This is an old thread by the way. Also unless the hard drive is physically damaged, you don't need to replace it. If its just file corruption, all you need to do is delete the partitions, then repartition and reformat it. That can be done while installing Windows with advanced install options.

 

I went through the same struggle discussed in the thread but this thread is from august 2015 and today its May 2016.
I purchased hp laptop with windows 7 a couple years back and put off the window ten upgrade for quite a while and finally went forward with it. I really didn't have any problems with it other than being slower than my windows 7 was but I was ok with it. I recently had my email breached and changed passwords only through computer and still had the issues so I imagine something got into the computer so I backed up all photos and documents and used windows 10 restore feature.
Started it last night at 8pm, around midnight it was at 17% and still froze at 17% this morning.
I was trying to find solutions online but ended up just booting from partition hard drive that contains the operation system. (Pressing F11 right when the computer is booting FYI)
Has windows came up with any solutions for this issue yet? I am going to stay with my windows 7 until they get that figured out.
Instructions booting and restoring from hard drive for HP
Start computer
Press F11 at black screen and it will say loading windows
Decide if you want to backup, or completely restore to factory *Smile