Reset your Windows 10 PC and make it like new again
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Is your computer running sluggishly and it seems to have lost its pep? Well, you have some options for ways to refresh and reset your Windows 10 PC to make it like new again. We walk you through the process.
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@michaeldev7561
3 жыл бұрын
No, my one was really loud and when i first got it, it was really quiet, I think its cuz i just download millions of random stuff
@dabbbles
3 жыл бұрын
Even I figured that out! Amputation with an axe works well!
@akashclash1141
3 жыл бұрын
3:48 after all this my pc says something went wrong.. please help
@Stulker1369
3 жыл бұрын
My pc is unprotected so bad hackers can take my pc easy and i need to restart it bad
@dabbbles
3 жыл бұрын
@@Stulker1369 Reset your computer. Anything you want to keep should first be downloaded to a USB ~ as a safeguard. Then download DuckDuckGo for your search engine and Firefox for your browser. Add Privacy Badger. These work well for me, judging from the amount of bitching I get from some websites trying to get in. There are some other additions you could try, but see how you go with those. They're free to download and install. All the best.
If I could sponsor you in any way, than I would, I have been tinkering for hours and you finally fixed it, thank you from the bottoms of my heart
Bro I didn’t know that people downloaded viruses on my pc that’s when I came here this time I am not letting no one touch my pc my cousuins so thanks man.
@xvaylertherion551
2 жыл бұрын
"Hey so uhh I have good and bad news. Good news is, you won a lottery. Bad news is, your computer is acting funny. I don't know what happened." I still die thinking back on it.
@wayne8100
2 жыл бұрын
Bro what did u choose? Delete everything or delete all but not files pls respond
@Dolthem
2 жыл бұрын
I backed up my files and deleted everything else
@wayne8100
2 жыл бұрын
@@Dolthem um, my pc is lagging every 10seconds even I'm just watching yt, my fps in csgo is 60+ but it drops every 10 seconds this is so annoying I would rather play on 20 fps stable. Pls help what should I do 🥺
@Dolthem
2 жыл бұрын
@@wayne8100 Delete Eveything but noyt your files you don't want to delete
These tutorials are life savers. Gone are the days that you have to commute or pay for gas to go the service center then pay a tech guy to reformat your PC. This is how computers should be. No one should need to leave their homes to fix their cpu. One needs to be able to fix his cpu at his own convenience.
@angel_withaflamethrower
Жыл бұрын
fix a cpu? In order to fix a cpu (central processing unit) you need to go to a professional
@AamirK11
Жыл бұрын
@@angel_withaflamethrower no
@DontMindRick
Жыл бұрын
yes
@AamirK11
Жыл бұрын
@@DontMindRick no
@DontMindRick
Жыл бұрын
@@AamirK11 yes you do
Thank you! I know these options but you clarified it to make it easier for me! I'm currently wiping off an old computer that has so much junk on it and a reset will totally help.
I didn't need this but after seeing the 5 minute length, I was intrigued. Well structured video in a short time!
@maryyoung4046
2 жыл бұрын
yes it was
Thank you for making this video short and straight to the point!
I have an old window PC. I let my brothers install one game they wanted and later they had done much more which caused a lot of viruses. And later they had installed many apps that each would ask me for an update evrry times I loged in. They wanted to make changes into my device, it was pretty annoying. My PC got extremely slow so I had to come here for help! This was very easy, shirt and fast video.. thank you very much!
Very informative and clear instructions given. This will hopefully guide me through seamless reset. Thanks for your tips.
Thanks! I've had my PC for around 5ish years by now, there are so many things my younger self or my parents downloaded that I have no idea what they do anymore and this thing really needs a clean slate lol
You, my friend are beyond the lifesaver. I accidentally deleted stuff on my PC that was necessary, and I thought it wasn't necessary. It's something I downloaded and was something else because I had to free up storage then I realized installers weren't working then I looked through countless of on countless videos you, my friend were the only helpful one.
@sevgiamikertash6823
3 ай бұрын
Omgsh lol , my same problem but yours is better since I missed up lots and I just installed new windows a month ago all of this just cause of annoying virus 😂
oh. my. days. thank you so so much, ive been trying to factory reset my pc for so long (over a year) and nothing has worked. i dont know why but this worked perfectly with 0 hassle so thank you so much.
Bro you just saved me so muchhh. One day I got a bunch of stuff installed on my laptop, like autoclickers and big games and upgrading to windows 11. Ever since it was so laggy and barely turned on. You saved me lots of money, ty
love that you showed the results of both options! great work!
Hey Man, Thanks for the video. 🙏 You really explained all the steps in easy manner and I followed the same. Before doing this reset it was taking around 10-15 mins to start the laptop and now it looks like the new laptop...❤️
@NinjaSushi2
Жыл бұрын
Dang nice. That would have been horrible.
Thank you for this tutorial my drivers are all messed up and my pc is a bit slow it’s good to know I get to keep my files though, I have way too much that I can’t get rid of
thanks!!! now I'll have more storage space to download things I actually want. Edit: Btw if you have a problem where you can't find updates and security just go onto windows update then advanced options then open up recovery and click on reset pc and it will come up with the same two options in the video.
Me- why does it take so much time in simply deleting my files *Microsoft- because it takes time to save all your information in our database
@chrisarji3313
2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@joejackson9312
2 жыл бұрын
so true.. win11 cloud install will be checking if you like biden or trump and doing some shady stuff to your pc from now on too.
@aaroncamren691
2 жыл бұрын
@@joejackson9312 You joke but....
@nquantum
2 жыл бұрын
you need to enumerate through all the files lmoa
Resetting now. This will be like my third time since I’ve gotten my computer but I feel like I haven’t done it fully because I can never get my PC to run quite as good as it did when I got it. Hope this time fixes everything
@rmrmrtnz
2 жыл бұрын
any updates?
@ritchos1788
2 жыл бұрын
make sure you ram is running at its intended mhz and not 2133. this was my problem for long time. bios reset and was running stock 2133 instead of 3600mhz. to check your current running memory speed open task manager > click performance > click on memory, then on the bottom right should say your running speed.
@okaycope
2 жыл бұрын
@@ritchos1788 hey, i just checked mine and its running at 2133, how do i change it the intended mhz
@ritchos1788
2 жыл бұрын
@@okaycope go into your bios upon boot up. look for something called XMP profile and enable it to auto 1
@okaycope
2 жыл бұрын
@@ritchos1788 thank you bro, i just did it not long ago
My brother is moving out soon and leaving me our old PC, keeping this bookmarked, thank you!
I accidentally deleted everything from my pc 😅 and I didn't know what to do but then I came across this video and it helped so much Thank you!!💗
tysm! I was giving my pc to my brother and needed to clear my storage, this helped allot!
Things just keep getting easier. This is way too convenient compared to the old method.
@elielsolares8695
2 жыл бұрын
What was the old?
@balintbalogh688
2 жыл бұрын
@@elielsolares8695 probably buying a new pc :P
@adamfuller855
2 жыл бұрын
@@elielsolares8695 idk, but maybe it's having a flash driver or cd with Windows and installing it through that, which is still a thing nowadays
@Diegoshadow85
2 жыл бұрын
@@balintbalogh688 Comparing to manually wiping disks and installing windows.
@Magician12345
Жыл бұрын
Bak in like 2014ish I had to do this on my old pc. Was similar but did it in safe mode
This saves me from losing money I can use for my family's food, thank you so much! 💖
Doing this now. Great advice and easy to follow your instructions, thanks!
@eylon85
Жыл бұрын
how did it go?
@dbk78
Жыл бұрын
@@eylon85 it went great, thanks
@plutotism
Жыл бұрын
just asking but does it remove admin controls too? because im not the admin lol and i'd really want to disable it.
I did the 'Reset my PC' last night after having my computer BSOD loop after the last 21H1 update. Took about 90 minutes on a NVME M.2 C:\ drive on a PC connected to a 1gb Fiber connection to get it back to working condition again. And I definitely turned on the Restore Point feature after this reset.
@aaroncamren691
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! This is what I was looking for! I'm on fiber with an Intel m.2 nvme.
@TheIllusiveSloth
2 жыл бұрын
@@aaroncamren691 SAMEEEEEE
@christinenicolecerdan1588
2 жыл бұрын
Did it work well and never had problems ever? My pc did this a while ago and now I'm resetting it
@chachaslide-np4vm
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah Like DAMN! I did some slim shady type registry stuff and im now gonna have to reset lool
@aaroncamren691
2 жыл бұрын
@@christinenicolecerdan1588 yeah, fixed my issue, only took about an hour or so to be completely up and running.
Thank you very much for this helpful video😊 Trying this out now❤
We’re starting school again and I don’t want to buy a tablet which will be expensive. Thank you for this, I can finally use my laptop again!
Thank you for taking the time to make this video.
Thank you. My win 10 is ridiculously slow and needs this reset urgently. I was going to erase the disk completely but this looks like the way to go.
@cnethowto
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely the way to go.
@carlosmarcial6144
2 жыл бұрын
Why is it after i reformatted or resetted my pc there is no audio? CAn you help me ? Pls
@ZiyiGamin
2 жыл бұрын
@@carlosmarcial6144 Hi I think you have already fixed your problem but probably you need to reinstall all of your driver's
@IamYamiiii
2 жыл бұрын
Did this help your pc run faster?
@Shubhampalzy
2 жыл бұрын
@@IamYamiiii yes it will . IF your PC is 1 year or older ,it will definitely make it much faster
Thank you so much for this video. It really helped.
BRO THANK YOU YOU SAVED MY TIME I HAVE A 8GB INTEL i3 prosser my is very slow but after watching this video my pc got 101% performance boost
Thanks man for your help I didn't know how to reset faster without deleting certain applications
Very brief, but covers all the relevant options and their details! 👍🙂
Straight forward to the point.
Thank you. My pc is debloadet and its completly f****d up and your tutorials are life savers bro
Thanks a lot, i needed this to reset my c drive. No matter how much i try to delete data from c drive, i need permission for every thing!
Thank you so much for this
Thanks! I wanted to give my laptop to a sister and hard clean it, making it brand new. Again, Thanks!
@jjgameing9398
2 жыл бұрын
lol
@3rebella
2 жыл бұрын
Aw thats so sweet
@ordenwills8442
2 жыл бұрын
Did u have to reactivate the windows?
@sogbekaba9528
2 жыл бұрын
@@ordenwills8442 yes I did
@tiltednite2366
Жыл бұрын
I have an asus laptop wihr pre downloaded software form factory if I reset it will it keep this software?
Man, you are a life saver! Definitely gonna keep watching your videos
this video was so good and helpful, I did it all just looking at the thumbnail
Great and detailed and helpful thanks
Thank you sir ❤ Love from India 🇮🇳
thanks man its just the video i needed
My old Dell desktop was running very slow. I thought there was molasses in my hard drive. Rebooting would not do it. I went through this process and my Dell seems magically renewed. It is about a 2 hour process followed by reestablishing most of the old favorites and settings.
Perfect!! Thank you for explaining the entire process within 5min.
@gibraltar6904
10 ай бұрын
hi do i still need a windows installer for this to happen?
Him: make sure your pc is plugged in Me with a desktop: I’m already 10 perillel universes ahead of you
@fullchargefightgear
2 жыл бұрын
Parallel numbnuts
@timothyjn100
2 жыл бұрын
Me with a 30 series RTX gpu, 32 gigs of ram, and Ryzen cpu: Yes, mines plugged in. Same universe, and not all that crazy to have a desktop computer. It’s 2021 not 1994
@adityajoshi4802
2 жыл бұрын
@@mehmilky lol
@manthanpandya8345
2 жыл бұрын
And then imagine power cut-off 🤭
@rhowan9782
2 жыл бұрын
It's a meme ffs.
This saved me! For a while my pc hasn't been able to update for months so I tried this and it works again! It was due to "Automatic Repair Couldn't Repair Your PC"
This is very helpful thank you SOO much!!! Now my computer is clean again!! 😎😎 i had to restart my computer because it was very slow I think I downloaded to many apps and files! 😅
If your system files are corrupted, then the cloud reset would be better. But since you have no way of knowing that your system files are corrupted, you should always use the cloud reset. I mean, of course there are possibilities, but we're talking about the normal user here, not someone who enters commands in cmd just to check whether they can do local or not.
@MO_8
Жыл бұрын
I checked and I've some corrupted files, and I want to reset my pc without losing any personal files, would using cloud reset delete any of my files?
@katersaid11
Жыл бұрын
@@MO_8 Yes. Cloud and local will reset everything. You need to store all your important files on a USB stick, external hard drive or via a cloud provider such as OneDrive, Google Drive or Dropbox. If you do not store your data somewhere separate from your computer, you risk permanently losing all your data at any time.
@MO_8
Жыл бұрын
@@katersaid11 no problem I've a 1T external hard drive, and my files are less than that. Do you know a way import all the files at once; because I'm afraid that I'm going to forget something.
@katersaid11
Жыл бұрын
@@MO_8 Not really. But if in doubt, you can make a backup of unnecessary folders and files.
@nico-broo
Жыл бұрын
Might be too late now but my pc is stuck at 64% and keeps rebooting.. any tips?
Thanks. I did this two times after some years. See everyone in the other side, hope this works.
@elisamivillefogliani2181
Жыл бұрын
Did it? :) is it better ?
@ChesterManfred
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, it didn't even load. But now it is better. Thanks for asking
Thanks for this video. So useful 🎉
thanks dude my pc was glitching soo much and i thought i had to buy a new one but i saw ur vid :D
Thank you very much sir, was very helpful for me, god bless you.
@jjgameing9398
2 жыл бұрын
lol
@Ghxstbedoingrandomcontent
2 жыл бұрын
Me to I love this mans
@Ghxstbedoingrandomcontent
2 жыл бұрын
No homo
@user-jg1yn9lm2g
2 жыл бұрын
Aameen
@Mikeyy7_
2 жыл бұрын
@@user-jg1yn9lm2g malayali
Making a home server out of an old PC. Thanks for the quick and easy tutorial!
@phsycing
Жыл бұрын
Hey there if your making a home server out of an old pc i would recommend getting lunix as its easier to install and its really light so the old hardware wil have no problem on it and you can create a hss server to remote access it with simple commands that take maybe an hour to learn!
thanks alot! informative and to the point. thanks pal!
I lost the option to use my PC password and I tried everything but nothing worked. After I came across a video before this, and this video. Now I know how to reset my pc and I can finally log back in!! This Pc was bought used a couple weeks ago so I didn't have informasjon that I needed!! :)
Thank you for this. There was just one issue. There are no shortcuts on my Desktop and I know there should be. It's not a major problem, it just takes a little longer to find something.
@petermetcalfe6722
2 жыл бұрын
@@svilenivanov4696 I'll try that, thank you.
@MultiColouredVagina
2 жыл бұрын
The shortcuts are only there if you place them there
@petermetcalfe6722
2 жыл бұрын
@@MultiColouredVagina I know. I tried but they still don't show.
Fun fact:this is how you remove virus that you accidentaly install from google chrome
Thank you. This took about 6 hours but thanks for your help :)
@reshmimanoj7424
Жыл бұрын
wait the resetting process took 6 hours?????
@Coolasticgameryt
Жыл бұрын
@@reshmimanoj7424 For me. Yes. For others it takes even longer depending how good pc is
I must say this was really helpful thanks a lot......
I’ve had to do this 3 times in the past 5 months. I’ve had so many problems with my PC that seem unfixable. It’s so annoying. But resetting it fixes just about everything. So every new problem I get and I can’t fix it I just reset it and boom. Fixed. Advanced Technology!!
@sihimoge
2 жыл бұрын
Bubbalubbadubba!
@dark_inferno6940
2 жыл бұрын
Same..
@stevenjam7119
2 жыл бұрын
Might need a new hard drive
@sheepleslayer586
2 жыл бұрын
How long was the reset time?
@Bigbitsuni
Жыл бұрын
Stop watching that smut and you’ll be aiight 😂
I'm following this guy. Thanks for explaining it clearly man.
Thank you so much for this bro I’ve been wanted to reset my laptop
Thanks for the tutorial. Do you need to remember or re-renter the Windows 10 product key/code after the reset?
my laptop is primarly for gaming and i want to reset it to see if that helps with performice as ive noticed a decrease. I dont think i have any important files but what would be considered "important" if that makes sense
Very easy explained..Great help,,,,,Thank you!
i was mega laggy this helped alot you deserve a subcribe and like
How did i survive so long without this channel
Thank you so much for this!
@cutekawaii6374
2 жыл бұрын
Can you download your stuff back
@username630
2 жыл бұрын
@@cutekawaii6374 duh
Thanks, this helped!
@cnethowto
2 жыл бұрын
Good to hear
I have a trojan in my pc and i really needed this thank you!!
Thanks for making this video! I am wondering how long will it take to reset?
Thank you so much for this. My laptop has been driving me crazy but I wasnt sure resetting it completely was gonna be a good idea
@EthanC_0
2 жыл бұрын
Does it keep windows?
@Quackdarlens-zl7rt
2 жыл бұрын
@@EthanC_0 yes
@night1196
2 жыл бұрын
@@EthanC_0 no but it like deletes all ur windows files and stuff it deletes every file if you press delete everything it just reinstalls all windows non critical and critical files
Every time I try to restart it it says there was a problem resetting your pc no changes were made
saved my life just now! thank you
I watched the video but I’m still a little unsure and having issues. I’m selling my gaming pc but want to remove my user and keep preinstalled software and apps that the PC first had when I received it such as AMD software, Audio driver, graphics driver, Microsoft visuals, etc. So that way the person I sell to doesn’t have to go through the hassle of reinstalling everything. However, Is resetting then reinstalling everything all over again the only way of doing this? I don’t really have anything important in my files by the way so I don’t care for backing up anything.
September 2, 2022, this method works! My concern was for some reason i cant manually delete those very big compressed files on my drive d.. I wanna start everything fresh. Like its new. And im okay with that. I wanna delete those unnecessary files esp in drive d.. I proceeded to delete everything. Clean slate... Just one reminder. On my end, it mentioned about TPS or TPM i think. Just dont change it press ESC as it shows on the screen. U will do some microsoft setup once it restarted. Like your microsoft account password setup., etc., Then... Wallaaa... Once inside windows i checked my storage. All is clean slate. That felt good. Bec for years those big files on my drive d, i dont even know what they are🤣... So yeah, what a relief. Done. Ty
@carenthusiasm345
Жыл бұрын
Does it removed files from other drives?
BRO THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE MY LAPTOP WAS SO LAGGY THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
Thanks! I chose wipe it all! I want that brand new pc feeling again.
Imagine having 10000 files open could never be me
Do i need to manually create a system image file? Or is it made by the computer automatically? Im leaning on the local reset but not sure if i need the file
Incredible tutorial
Thanks bro I really need to do this because my mom got it from work and she gave it to me she said I can do whatever I want it but super glitchy
@cnethowto
2 жыл бұрын
Good luck. 🍀
Me who cant even open settings cuz of the lag:
@Inept1gaming
8 ай бұрын
Same😂
@sajnazmohd9057
2 ай бұрын
Same
does this allow you to boot windows from the usb bootable drive like you did when you first built it?
Thanks for the vid!
Thanks bro my games now play on 240 fps again
@animaxaxa1339
8 ай бұрын
Damn
I Can Finally Play Pc Games Without People Thinking I Live In a McDonalds
I got one too many “cool backgrounds” and “driver updates” so this definitely helps.
Thanks for the video. Which option is recommended after a motherboard change? I would like to keep files if that's possible. Thanks
Excellent!!!
Just bought a laptop that I need to return. Can I reset it and then leave it so I don't have to go through the start up settings/prompts again? Thanks.
@Solidcancer07
3 жыл бұрын
At the "Set Up Windows" wizard screen press Shift + F10. When the Command Prompt window opens type shutdown /s /t 1 and hit Enter
@vrgolfpro
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. I did the same thing recently.
@aimee5552
2 жыл бұрын
@@Solidcancer07 hello I have a question, my sister gave me her laptop leaving all the files and apps she used when she was still using that laptop. What I want to do is delete all of those since I have my own files and apps I want to download, and for It to be less laggy also. What is the best way to do? Should I restart it?
Thankyou I needed this
This is a great channel and it was very helpful I just subscribe to your channel.
I don't know why but everytime I try to do this it always says there was a problem resetting your PC
@ashlevine345
2 жыл бұрын
Same here
@sm1th360
2 жыл бұрын
Same
@martimoliveira9509
2 жыл бұрын
Any solution? Trying here
@mixialuce
2 жыл бұрын
@@martimoliveira9509 Get a USB. Boot into BIOS. Check if your OS is fried or not. If it is (fried means system files have been compromised or broken) search up how to install windows 10 from a separate device. (ex: booting into windows xp or vista on a old laptop and doing a new installation of windows 10.) But I don't know, if that doesn't work punch it a couple times and pray that you didn't break something.
@quodcaptiosus9741
2 жыл бұрын
Same thing happened to me, I ended up downloading from the cloud
I felt like taking my bat and hit my laptop 😂
@sahilchopra4260
25 күн бұрын
😂
Hi, @How To Do it All! I have a quesiton: Will enabling 'data erasure' remove the way my secondary HDD's are set up? So, does cleaning the drives completly changes their set up?
Thanks for the amazing video bro
This was really helpful thank you. The only important thing I need in my computer before it was word and because of that I just really downloaded a bunch of random stuff without actually paying attention and I needed to clean my computer.
@Suckurmommmaaa
2 жыл бұрын
Same haha