Summary of some simple ways to Reset Windows 10

If your Windows 10 computer is having some problems you can choose Refresh, Reset or Restore to restore the problem. If you select Reset Windows 10 computer, all user accounts will be deleted, the settings will be restored to their original state .

Part 1. What happens after resetting a Windows 10 computer?

After Resetting your Windows 10 computer:

- After resetting the Windows 10 computer, the files will be erased or will be retained, depending on your requirements.

- All personal applications will be removed.

- All user accounts will be deleted.

- All settings on your Windows 10 computer will revert to the original default installation state.

- If you have more than 1 drive (region) on Windows disk, you can choose to delete all files only on Windows drive or all Disk drives.

- All applications, programs and drivers you install will be removed.

Resetting a Windows 10 computer is also quite simple, but the process takes about 1 to 2 hours.

Part 2: Reset the Windows 10 computer

1. Reset your Windows 10 computer by keeping your personal files

Apply this way if you want to reinstall Windows 10 without losing the files.

Step 1:

First open the Settings app by clicking on the Settings icon in the left pane of Start Menu, or pressing the Windows + I.

Step 2:

On the Settings window, find and click Update & security.

Step 3:

Next, click on the Recovery icon to see the Reset this PC option.

Step 4:

In Reset this PC, click on the Get started button to open the Choose an option window.

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Step 5:

On the Choose an option window, you will see two options:

Keep my files
Remove everything

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If you do not want to delete all personal files such as documents and images, click on the option named Keep my files .

Step 6:

Next you will see a list of applications that will be removed during the process of resetting the operating system on the computer. Click Next to continue.

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Step 7:

At this time, a warning window will appear. Click Next to proceed to the next step.

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Step 8:

Finally on the screen Ready to reset this PC, click Reset to restart the computer and start the reset process. The process takes about 20 minutes to 1 hour.

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Step 9:

After the reset process ends, you will see the Lock Screen lock screen displayed on the screen. Click on the Lock Screen screen then enter the username and password to access your Windows 10 Desktop computer screen.

2. Reset Windows 10 computer by clearing everything

Step 1:

First open the Settings application, then navigate to Update & security => Recovery.

Step 2:

In Reset this PC, click Get Started.

Step 3:

On the Choose an option screen, click Remove everything.

Step 4:

If your computer has more than 2 drives, you will see on the screen that Your PC has more than one drive with 2 options:

Chỉ làm việc khi Windows được cài đặt
All drives

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The advice is to click the option Only the drive where Windows is installed . If you select the All drives option, you should back up all data on all drives so that you don't lose important data.

Click the Show me option list of drives that will be affected to see the list of drives that will be "affected" if you click the All drives option.

After selecting the option Only the drive where Windows is installed to continue the steps.

Step 5:

Next on the screen Do you want to clean the drives, too ?. Here, click Just remove my files if you want to quickly reset Windows 10 by deleting the files.

Select the option Removes files and clean the drive if you want to delete safe files.

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Step 6:

At this time, the warning window is displayed. Click Next to continue.

Step 7:

Finally on the screen Ready to reset this PC, click Reset to restart the computer and start the process of resetting your Windows 10 computer.

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Depending on the options you have selected and the data size, the process takes about 20 to 120 minutes.

Step 8:

3. Reset Windows 10 from Boot

1. Boot into the Advanced Startup option, then click on Troubleshoot.

2. Click Reset your PC.

3. Next click Remove everything.

4. If the Insert Media message appears, you must insert Windows 10 Installation media or Recovery drive to continue.

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5. If notified, click on the Windows 10 installation you want to Reset.

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6. If your Windows 10 computer has more than 1 drive (partition), the next step is to choose to delete all files from the Windows drive or from all drives.

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7. Click Just remove my files or Fully clean the drive to delete the drive you want to delete.

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Note:

- Options Just remove my files : Format speed is faster and does not take much time. Your files can be restored with other users.

- Fully clean the drive option : Completely erase your drive by overwriting files, so it is difficult to recover files. This process lasts an hour.

8. Next, click Reset to begin the process of resetting your computer.

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9. Wait until the process is finished, your computer will have to restart several times during the process.

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10. After the process has finished, select your country of residence, App language, Keyboard layout, and time zone, then click Next .

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11. Click Accept.

12. If you use a wireless network card, you must set up and connect to the wireless network by selecting any wireless network, then enter the password and then click Next .

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13. Next, click Use express setting or Customize settings to continue the installation.

If you select the Customize settings option:

14. Next you can set whether to turn on Personalization and Location if you want, and then click Next.

15. Setup turns off or opens the Connectivity and error reporting , then click Next .

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If you choose the Use Express settings option:

16. You can set whether to enable or disable Browser, protection, and update if you want, then click Next.

17. Windows will now check your Internet connection.

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If you have an Internet connection: go to step 18.

Without Internet connection: you follow step 20B.

18. Select the username, then click Next.

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Note:

On the Windows 10 Home version you do not see this setting.

With Windows 10 Pro:

- My organization = Domain.

- I own it = Local home PC.

With Windows 10 Enterprise:

- Join Azure AD: Select this option if you use Office 365 or service businesses from Microsoft.

- Join a domain: This option allows you to set up Windows using a Local account. After the process has finished, you can join a domain (domain) or switch to a Microsoft account.

19. If you sign in with your Microsoft account, follow the steps below:

20. Set up Windows with a Microsoft account:

Note: Microsoft account:

- You use your email address and password to log in to Windows.

- When you log in with your Microsoft account, your computer will connect to the cloud (cloud service).

- Your friends contact and status information will automatically update on Hotmail, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other accounts.

- You can access and share photos, documents and other files on OneDrive, Facebook, Flickr and other accounts without having to log in to these applications.

- Your personal settings are synchronized with any computer running Windows 8 and Windows 10 operating systems you log in, including themes, languages, favorite browsers and applications.

- You can access and download applications on Windows Store and use these applications on computers running Windows 8 and Windows 10 that you log in.

- You can automatically log in to applications and services that use Windows Live ID for authentication.

A, Enter your email address and Microsoft account password, then click Sign in .

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B, If you have to verify 2 steps to open a Microsoft account, select the method you want to receive the code, then click Next .

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C, Enter the code you received, then click Next .

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D, If you want to use a PIN code with a Microsoft account on Windows 10, click PIN me . Or if you don't want to, click the link Skip this step .

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You can then add, change or delete the PIN.

E, If you want to use OneDrive with Microsoft account, click Next . If you do not want to, you click on the link Save new files only to this PC bằng mặc định . Then you can still set up or turn off OneDrive.

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F, If you want to use Cortana with a Microsoft account on Windows 10, click Next . If you don't want to, click the Not now link. You can set up or turn off Cortana if you want.

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Follow next step 22.

21. Set up Windows using Local account:

Note: Local Account:

- You use the username and password to login to Windows 10 just like you sign in on Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
- Local account only allows you to access your computer.

- All settings are not synchronized with other computers you use.

A, Click the link to select t Skip this step.

B, Enter the username, password and password of the Local account hint, then click Next and proceed to step 25.

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22. After the installation process finishes, the Windows 10 interface will appear.

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23. Click Yes or No to open Network Discovery.

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24. Make sure you set the correct time zone, date and time.

25. Install any driver on your device.

Refer to some of the following articles:

How to fix the screen error of Windows 7/8 / 8.1 / 10 is black

4 ways to Reset Windows to its original state

Using Password Reset Disk creates a new Windows login password

Good luck!

Kareem Winters

Update 26 May 2019

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