Reset Windows 10 to the State It Was in When It Was First Installed

This guide provides a practical overview of Reset Windows 10 to the State It Was in When It Was First Installed, including its main features, benefits, limitations, and important considerations.

Note : Resetting Windows 10 will lose all data in drive C (Windows installation drive) even data you leave on the desktop will also be lost, so before resetting you should transfer all important data to Other storage drive.

Here are the steps to reset Windows 10:

Step 1 : Open the Start Menu and select Setting .

Step 2 : In the Settings window, select Update & Security

Step 3 : In the next window, select Recovery, then select Get started in the Reset this PC section

Step 4 : A small window appears, you have 2 options: Keep my files and Remove everything . Here I will select Remove everything to clean the computer and return to the state as newly installed.

Step 5 : In this step we have 2 options where to delete data:

Only the drive where Windows is installesd: Only delete the drive where Windows is installed .

All drives : Delete all data drives in the computer.

Here you should not select All drives because all the data in your computer will be erased even in the drive does not install windows. You should only select All drives when you want to sell computers to others. So we will select Only the drive where Windows is installesd.

Step 6 : In this step we continue to have 2 options:

Just remove my file: This option helps you delete quickly, meaning that after you delete it, you can still use data recovery software to restore it.

Remove files and clean the drive : Wipe the data and it is difficult to recover the data, the disadvantage of this option is that the deletion time will be quite long.

Depending on your needs, choose one of the two options, here I will select Just remove my file to make the Reset process faster.

Step 7: After you have selected the above steps, click Reset to start the recovery process.

Now your job is to wait for the recovery process to complete, which may take 15-20 minutes:

Step 8: After the Reset windows process is completed, your computer has returned to the new state. We will proceed to set some settings for windows. Please follow the steps below.

Note : Depending on the different versions of windows 10, the setup steps will be a little different.

Step 9 : We are individual users here, so choose Set up for personal use.

Step 10 : In this step, if you have a Microsoft account, enter it in the box to log in. If not, then select Offline account ( in older versions of Windows 10 it will be Skip this step ).

Step 11 : Next we will name the computer and set a password. If you do not want to set a computer password, you can leave it blank and click Next .

After completing the steps on the computer will boot to the Desktop, so our computer has become like new:

Above Thuthuatphanmem. vn has guided you step by step to restore the Windows 10 computer to its new state without reinstalling Windows. Hope you will find the article useful. Good luck!