I attempted to perform a factory reset on my Compaq Presario CQ56. The system got stuck on 15% for 6 hours. I shut the system down and turned it back on. All that appeared was this message. "AN OPERATING SYSTEM WASN'T FOUND. TRY DISCONNECTING ANY DRIVES THAT DON'T COINTAIN AN OPERATING SYSTEM. PRESS CTRL+ALT+DEL TO RESTART." OTHER THAN THAT I CAN ONLY ACCESS F1 SYSTEM INFORMATION. F2 SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS. F9 BOOT DEVICE OPTIONS. F10 BIOS SETUP. F11 SYSTEM RECOVERY. I INITIALLY HAD WINDOWS 7 OPERATING SYSTEM
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I've used it in the past to identify and fix everything from blue screens (BSOD's), ActiveX errors, corrupt files and processes, dll/exe/sys errors, recover lost memory, Windows update problems, defragging, malware removal etc.
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How did you start the factory reset ?
If you tap F11 just after switching on do you get a menu ?
Please use the methods here to find your model details and include the information in your next reply :-
https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c00033108
Getting an infinite loading sort of error where my comp goes to HP loading screen, blackscreen, turns off, and repeats. Very annoying and nothing I've seen so far is working. I don't have a disk or drive to use to reload Windows with, and I didn't set any system restore points like an idiot, so I'm stuck here. I'm not that great with computers so any help would be appreciated, thanks.
What is the full model number of the HP desktop?
Read other 3 answersBSOD Still crashes after a factory reset. Attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed.
I thought a clean factory reset will fix the issue. But it is still has the BSOD. I have uploaded the zip file that contains the dump as instructed.
Your display driver is outdated.
Update it by following these instructions.
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fffff880`046e0000 fffff880`04cf7000 atikmdag T (no symbols)
Loaded symbol image file: atikmdag.sys
Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\atikmdag.sys
Image name: atikmdag.sys
Timestamp: Thu Jul 02 18:45:07 2009 (4A4CF223)
CheckSum: 005C2509
ImageSize: 00617000
Translations: 0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
I got this today "Your device is at risk because it’s out of date and missing important security and quality updates. Let’s get you back on track so Windows can run more securely. Select this button to get going"
I ran several command prompts including chkdsk, got a repair utility to repair registery... etc, defragmented and everything I tried every solution found online and I still get this error when useing updates. I even updated my drivers. I tried everything, s I even uninstalled my antivirus and tried it again. I gave up and tried to do a reset and also tried to whipe everything and do a reset and can not. really odd.
Any insight will be appreciated.
Also on the microsoft website I saw a security update dated 09/25/2017 ( today) and when trying to manually update it said it did not apply to my pc. I own a Dell Desktop all in 1 64-bit operating system Product ID 00325-95873-11633-AAOEM touchscreen 24 inch all in one
This sounds like your system took a hit with phishing-ware or other malware.
Factory reset instructions:
www.dell.com/.../reset-or-reinstall-windows-10-on-your-dell-computer
Deal All,
I need your kind assistance, we have a RICOH MP 2501SP copier machine, but since yesterday it asks for the username and password (please check the attached photo), could someone please tell me how to factory reset it? we don't have the right username and password.
Note: the recommended username (admin) and password (Blank) is not working
Thanking you all in advance.
Can anyone help? I bought a laptop at a pawn shop and it still has an admin password on it and i dont have a reset disk. I want to factory reset it. Its a Compaq CQ57 running windows 7
I was having issues with my hp laptop, so I tried a few solutions, none worked , so I had to factory reset my laptop with the help hp tools , whist doing this however I got the message, "windows could not complete the installation. To install windows on this computer, restart the installation. But every time I restart it, it shows up again
Read other answersHi,I cannot log in on the Windows screen. I have a password for Bios. I just need to be able to get into this computer, I bought almost 2 years ago on eBay and have not been able to use it! Please help! I just want to reset this so I can use it.Thank you, Jessica
Read other answersAfter factory resetting my pc, it was installing windows and i accidentally turned it off. now everytime i turn it on it says i have to click ok to restart as it was turned off during windows installation when i do it just repeats the same time no matter how many times i click ok and it restarts. please help as my computer is not booting up
Read other answershi,i wanted to know if hard reset and factory reset are the same things?my laptop won't turn on and i found out that i can hard reset that, but i do not want any of my data on hard disk to be erased. is it possible?(i've shut it down before so there is no data on RAM)thanks in advance.
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Hi, No, factory reset will bring your machine back to facory status (the time opening the box) byt hard reset won't. Regards.
Read other 3 answersI can't access BIOS, ThinkVantage menu by pressing that button or login to Windows. Also, I can' get recovery tool by entering S/N of notebook from Lenovo page. Is there any solution to my problem?
Read other answersWould like to refresh my windows 8 laptop to factory settings, I have tried the "remove everything and reinstall windows 8" but an error message says that I am missing files. I would like a solution to this problem or another way to restore my laptop to factory settings.
You need to post the make and model of this computer.
Read other 1 answersProblem started a few months ago with message imminent Hard Drive failure.I have swapped out the factory installed Seagate 500GB Hd for a WD 1TB HD and also bought recovery discs from the link on the HP website.To date I am getting anything ranging from error code: 0xe0ef000e to hard drive of the computer is smaller than the original shipped HD. The recovery process cannot continue.Several times have got to a point where I seem to be making progress but then after numerous prompts to insert the recovery discs and supplementary discs it throws the disc out.All I'm trying to do is take the desktop back to square one with bigger storage space.please help
Read other answersI just bought this at a Pawn Shop, and the warranty has expired. I ned to reset the Factory settings. I want to play Farmville.
Read other answersHello, I have an older custom built PC from my father and it's starting to get a little buggy as of late, freezing and such, and honestly the hard drives are getting too full, I feel it'd be better to just wipe the thing clean and start over.
The downside is I have no CD with which to reset it, and I want to make sure I'm doing it completely right, IE I don't want to delete my OS with it or completely break my PC. Any info you need for this I can provide willingly, thank you!
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Hello, I have an older custom built PC from my father and it's starting to get a little buggy as of late, freezing and such, and honestly the hard drives are getting too full, I feel it'd be better to just wipe the thing clean and start over.
The downside is I have no CD with which to reset it, and I want to make sure I'm doing it completely right, IE I don't want to delete my OS with it or completely break my PC. Any info you need for this I can provide willingly, thank you!
Ask your father for the Windows 7 DVD's.
I just reset my Windows 7 Acer Aspire 5742Z laptop to factory reset which I have never tried before. Everything seem to go without a hitch, but when I looked to see if the Product Key was entered, as I was never ask about it during the factory reset. I noticed the product key that was installed was not the same as the product key printed on the bottom of the laptop. Could you please tell me if this is okay, that it will work alright? I tried to get information on YouTube (I?m a complete novice with computers) and I notice there was a lot of videos on how the change the product key, will I have to change the product key that was installed to the one stamped on the bottom of my laptop. And advice would be really appreciated.
Read other answershii have a dell laptop and it is full of stuff the kids have put on it theres only 1% disc space left it seems to be full of downloads music the music is duplicated on the desktop anyway and i dont want the downloads
Factory reset?
Are you wanting to do a factory recovery.....put the pc in same condition as when new?
Is it possible to factory reset my HP stream notebook from home? And if so, how would I go along by doing so?
Read other answersI have tried to factory reset through the recovery page and a windows installation disk not times it comes up with a error after it's done loading saying there was a error no changes were made
Hi everyone. I have had an Hp G60t-200 laptop for about 5 years and I want to do a factory reset. I have way too much stuff on it and would like to just start out with a clean slate again.
There is a problem. It orgionally came with windows vista pre-installed without the OS disks. I got the Windows 7 upgrade disks when windows 7 came out. I do not have the full version of Windows 7 OS nor do I have the Vista disks, which I don't think would be much help anyway.
My version of Windows is Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit Service Pack 1. I do have all the partitions in the recovery drive, but I'm not sure if they can help. Also I never made a system image at the time, because I was like 10. I do have a system recovery disk, but so far they have been no help. I do not want to keep any of the files and I have backed up all the important files, pictures, videos, etc...
Please help. None of the forums I have gone to had a solution. Thanks.
You can download the ISO of windows 7 OS - bit version you have and burn to a disc. Then do a clean install with that. Making sure to use current Product Key. If you can't find it, use Belarc to show you.
Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River ? My Digital Life
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
I am new to this forum and this is my first post... In light of recent events my computer has a ton of malware and spyware for the second time now... The first time I was able to go in and just go to control panel and factory reset it by clicking the option... now it no longer exists and It says I need a point to go back to... but I just want it clean and wiped, I went back to before I got the virus and it was still there after I restored it to that point so it was unsuccessful... How do I go about doing this with a complete system restore without using a point, I do NOT have an original disk with my OS because it came pre-installed with Home Premium... Any help would be appreciated!
Welcome to the Forum.
A restore point probably would not help because it is probably infected also.
We need some information to start off with.
What infections were found?
What programs did you run to remove the infections?
What anti virus programs do you use (Active)?
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I'm trying g to factory reset my HP laptop and it not let me do it can some one tell me how to do it
Shipman,Without describing your product details: model name, product number, pre installed operating system, no one can help you.http://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c00033108Tap f11 as soon as you power on laptop and it'll let you enter Recovery partition in hard drive. Do a factory reset from there.If you've upgraded OS or if your hard drive failed/recovery partition is corrupt, recovery partition won't work.You might need to boot from recovery discs/USB to factory reset in this case (assuming you already created recovery media after first setup of this laptop).Else, you've to order recovery USB for your model from HP in your region.RegardsVisruth
Read other 3 answersMy Toshiba laptop is currently screwed up, and right now, so I decided to try and factory restore it. Normally when I try to start it up, it brings me to the "Windows Error Recovery" screen. I do the "hold 0" thing and I get brought to the screen to choose an operating system, but when I do it just brings me to the "Windows Error Recovery" screen, rather than a warning screen, which is what I'm told should appear.
iv just got a new laptop and my quistion is as follows if i run a factory reset on my new hp laptop is there risks with this ?thankyou kindly
If everthing is working, then first make the Recovery disk set from the Recovery Manager. That way if anything goes wrong, it can return the PC to factory settings install. Once that is done, the entering the factory reset with F11 at start should not cause any trouble, but why would you want to do that if everything is working?
Read other 1 answersI need to do a factory reset without using a cd (as that drive has also gone down the tube for the moment). I have Windows XP Home Edition on a Dell Inspiron 530 and I've been trying to use Ctrl + F11 at the splash screen to access the PC Restore function but it's not happening. I don't know if my timing is off or what, but any suggestions would be fantastic.
I have a Dell laptop with windows 10 on it and I recently got a virus. Last night I was on it and I notoced something wrong abot an hour later the virus must of cut off my internet use as my laptop is telling me there is nothing in my laptop to recieve wifi and almost nothing works on it and the virus protector that isnt actually set up keeps getting attacked. not a big deal I have never used that one and dont know if t actually works. I wanted to buy norton but by the time I was about to the internet was innaccessable and now I figured I have nothing on my laptop really that I could just factory reset the laptop... well that wont work it says Unable to remove personal documents. Or something alone those lines. So now I dont know what my next step is... please help
What's the model name and model number of your Dell, and what's the 7-character "service tag/serial" number on it?
Using a third-party antivirus app (Norton, McAfee, AVG, etc.) in Windows 10 can cause problems, especially when trying to install an upgrade/update.
My advice is to stick with its built-in antivirus app, Windows Defender.
I'm not qualified to help you in the "Virus & Other Malware Removal" section with infection issues, so be patient until one of the specialists here replies.
This section is very busy, so you may not get a reply for 24 - 48 hours.
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I'm having issues with a MSI CR 600 with windows 7, I saved all my photos and files that I wanted to keep. I then proceeded to do a factory reset and the counter is still counting at just over 600 minutes. I don't have a boot disk for it, I'm just wondering if it normally takes this long or longer? Any help would be appreciated.
Read other answersup graded from windows 7 to windows 10. notebook was updating window 10 and during the update restarted and never came back on. tried to recover from the f11 key and got nothing what can i do. how can i obtain a recovery disk for this notebook. been to the websight but was never able to get the help i needed. any information or tip would be deeply apprecaited. system didn't come with a recovery disk respectfully,
Well, the system did come with a Recovery option, but since the Windows 10 up grade it probably will not longer function with the F11 key. The one option is to do a Windows 10 reset or a clean reinstall using the Windows 10 Download tool
Read other 1 answerssorry i want to recovey to win 7 and recovey my programes from hp like hp support assistanahmed000 wrote:i format my laptop and install win 10can i recovey my laptop to first time i open
Read other 4 answersI still cannot get into my computer. Only Bios. I am trying to reset this computer to factory default. I cannot log into Windows. I bought this on eBay about a year or two ago and it was supposed to come reset. I have contacted the seller on nimerou occasions and never responded with the password etc. it's just sitting next here collecting dust, please help! I can get into Bios.
Try the procedure here:http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Mini-110-PC-series/4004509/model/4041533/document/c01867418#A...
Read other 1 answersHey everyone. Just need to know how to reset my lenovo 100s ideapad. Brand new and decided to not take the password I put in initially. I've tried control alt delete. Holding down the power button. Can't figure it out and everyone wants $100 to tell me...
What's the complete model number of that laptop?
What's the exact serial number on it?
What country was it purchased in?
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/
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Hello. I recently bought a used computer for my sons. I need to do a factory reset in order for it to be back at "out of the box" settings. I would really appreciate any and all help.
The computer is an HP Pavilion PC and Monitor in one.
1.5 GHz AMD Athlon Dual-Core Processor
2GB (2x1GB) RAM
320GB SATA Hard Drive
SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
18.5" LCD Display
Integrated WebCam and Microphone
802.11b/g Wi-Fi
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
THANK YOU!!!!
I did an F8 to do a factory reset. There is no Factory Reset Option available.
No OS disk provided to me by Dell.
My warranty has expired.
Dell said they can do the factory reset and no longer provides disks, if I bought a one year warranty for $250.
Is there any way to do this using MS Dos?
I see my system showing there is a recovery section.
Thanks.
So I was given a hp stream from a family member and went to factory reset and all goes well until about the 50 percent mark, it then tells me a error has occurred.I have tried doing this several times and still says the same thing, please Help!!
Hi: The only suggestion I can offer would be to make your own plain W10 installation media and use that to clean install W10. Use the Media Creation Tool from the link below. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Then install the drivers and available software from your notebook's support and driver page. https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Stream-11-y000-Laptop-PC/12499227/model/12716818
Read other 1 answersHi all! My son has a HP G72 Notebook PC
Windows 7 Home Premium (Service Pack 1)
Processor: Intel Core i3
Installed memory: 4.00 GB with 3.8 usable
System type: 64-bit
He is asking for this to be restored to "right out of the box" condition. Is this possible? Can someone please walk me through the steps?
Thank you in advance!
~Karol
I am gonna cut to the chase:
i have clean installed windows 7, updated Bios, my bios boot configuration are reset, i have asus k55a and an OEM recover parition and after the clean install i can`t use f9 (as it shown in this site ) and i can`t use my oem parition i am sure it`s there as show in the screenshot so can anyone help me? i need factory reset because my warranty has expired lol
Thanks in advance
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i need factory reset because my warranty has expired lol
If warranty is already expired, why do you need a factory recovery ? ( when everybody usually want a clean install ). I am at a loss here.
In a MBR partitioned disk, giving OEM Recovery partition the "Active" mark can be used to kick start the recovery process. However GPT partition scheme changes everything and this old trick won't work anymore. If the installation image inside the "Recovery" partition is in "WIM" format, you may be able to manually restore the OS from it.
I'm looking to sell my computer as I've just bought a new one. I'm trying to clear all the data off, is there any way I can do a factory reset to make sure everything is wiped off.
Read other answersI accidentally did a factory reset, thinking it was a restore point. Is there a way to undo this? Ive lost all pictures and music. Any help would be appreciated
Hi all,
Please i need help to recover apps that came with G50-45 laptop.
My system was running so slow so i decided to set to factory without knowing i would lose apps that came with it when i bought it.
is there anyway i can get those back, especially evernote and onekey recovery?
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Hi azanene ,
Welcome to the Community Forums.
How did you perform the factory reset?
About OKR (page 26), usually turning off the machine and pressing the Novo Button (item 2 page 9) to turn on.
OKR menu would offer System Recovery from initial backup that would restore also same preloaded factory application similarly installed using a factory imager.
About one note , it is installed on Windows as feature when you log in your microsoft account .
Microsoft store would likewise offer same Lenovo apps using the keyword lenovo.
Hope this help answer your query.
Update us how things go.
Regards
HP has informed me I need to do a factory reset of my HP Pavilion LK8JHHPQ laptop. I've never done one before. Could someone provide the instructions for such an operation? If I'm not mistaken all the applications and programs that came with the system will be restored, is that right? I would only have to install any programs I've loaded myself, such as Word. I should save all the files I need before running the factory reset, is that right? Thanks
Read other answersHello Everyone:I recently bought a laptop and decided to get my friend to set it up because I was to busy to do it my self. When I got it back I found that he had installed Windows 7 instead and partitioned the hard drive. I did the free upgrade to Windows 10 but now I am wondering if there is anyway to do reset it to factory defaults (with all the preloaded software and such)
Since you did the free upgrade to Win 10 the computer would have been registed with Microsoft, hence just download the OS from Microsoft and the it should activate automatically.Alternatly:Since the computer is loaded with Win 7 which was not shipped with the computer, you need to get a Recovery Disc from HP and run Recovery.:http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/bph07143
Read other 1 answersi want to make a factory reset to my laptop, it is a Pavilion g6 model A1Z92UA#ABC, so I made a partition to the hard disk I know I can make a factory reset. how I could resolve that problem?
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have been trying to factory reset a dell xps210
with vista as op sys
when get to final stage and authorise it say
Access to \tools\dp.sc was denied
any help to get reset grateully accepted
If you bought the computer with Vista and upgraded to Windows 7, that restore partition may be history.
Read other 2 answersHow do you factory reset a MT42 thin client laptop? Any help will be much appreciated, thanks in advance!
Read other answersI was Givin a 2002 Dell inspiron 6000 Microsoft Windows XP tonight from a friend and I need to factory reset it but no matter what I have done, tryed, or looked up on the Internet I can't find anythin helpful.... PLEASE HELP
What is the model number and the service tag number on your Dell Inspiron.
Does it has already Windows XP in it that you want to reset.
