How to reset factory on Windows 10
It’s a pretty simple process to perform a factory reset on your Windows
10 computer. First, open up the Start Menu and choose the settings menu
(the cog icon). Select “Update & Security” from the pop-up screen
and then “Recovery.”
You’re then presented with three options - Reset this PC, Go back to an
earlier build and Advanced startup. If you choose Reset this PC,
everything will be wiped and you can start from a fresh install, while
Go back to an earlier build allows Windows Insiders testers to roll back
to a previous version of Windows. The third option, Advanced Startup,
provides the option to boot the PC from a recovery USB drive or disc.
After you’ve chosen “Reset this PC” - the option for reinstalling
Windows 10 on your computer, you can either choose to keep your files on
the machine or remove everything - the latter of which will do as the
name suggests - remove absolutely everything.
It’s important to note that whichever of these two options you choose,
all applications will be removed from the computer and everything else
will return to their defaults. Although if the first option is picked,
any data will stay on the machine, you may find you won’t be able to
open them if you don’t have the corresponding software installed.
If you chose to remove everything, you will be asked to “Just remove my
files" or "Remove files and clean the drive". The latter option will
take longer as the drive is properly erased. This is a good option if
you are giving the PC to someone else. If you are keeping the computer,
choose the former for speed.
The next window will warn you that you won’t be able to roll back to a
previous version of Windows. If you're happy with that, click 'next' to
proceed. Then click on the Reset button and Windows will then restart
and reset itself. This process will take several minutes. Lastly, click
on continue when prompted.
Once the PC is restarted, you can then reinstall your apps, and
configure settings. If the system still crashes, there may well be a
hardware problem, in which case a hardware engineer may need to inspect
the system for any issues the PC might have.
How to remove bloatware from Windows 10
It is a fact of life that most Windows PC come with a stunning array of
software that most users never wanted or will ever use. Luckily,
Microsoft has a tool that allows a user to install a clean version of
Windows without any OEM programs to clutter up your system.o
You can do this by clicking on Settings > Update & security >
Windows Update > Advanced options > Get Insider Preview builds
> Get started. The link above gives more details about this approach.
