How to Reset Toshiba Laptop: Complete Guide

Windows 8

Key Details About Toshiba Laptops

Back up all personal data to a USB drive or cloud storage service before resetting your Toshiba laptop. The reset process will erase all personal data on the computer.

Power off the laptop and disconnect all peripheral devices such as mouse and USB.

Connect the Toshiba laptop to the power source.

Turn on the laptop and continuously press the F12 key until the Boot Menu screen appears.

Use the arrow keys to navigate to 'HDD Recovery'.

Press the 'Enter' key. The Advanced Startup menu will appear on the screen.

Click 'Troubleshoot' then select 'Reset '. The reset process will last from 15 minutes to 2 hours. When completed, the laptop will reboot and display the initial welcome screen.

Windows 7 / Windows Vista / Windows XP

Power off the laptop and disconnect all peripheral devices such as mouse, additional monitor, USB.

At the same time, hold down the '0' key and the laptop's power button.

Release the '0' key when the recovery warning appears on the screen.

Select the operating system applicable to Toshiba laptops. For example, if the laptop runs the Windows 7 operating system, select 'Windows 7'.

Click 'Yes' to confirm that you understand this process will erase all data. The Toshiba Recovery Wizard will appear on the screen.

Click 'Recovery of Factory Software' then select 'Next '.

Follow the remaining instructions that appear on the screen to complete the laptop reset process. The reset process can take from 15 minutes to 2 hours. When completed, the laptop will reboot and display the initial welcome screen.