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Why do you need to reset to factory settings if you changed hardware?

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I need to set my PC back to factory settings because I made a few unknown errors while changing the motherboard and CPU? My question is will setting the PC to factory settings wipe everything from both my SSD and HDD?

Want kind of errors are you getting if I may ask?

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Have you reconfigured the drives to what they were in the BIOS?

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Not quite sure what you mean man, I'm in the BIOS right now if you think you can guide me. I'm using a asus z87 sabertooth so hopefully you're familiar with tha BIOS

Where your drives are you should be able to set them to AHCI or SATA.

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I need to set my PC back to factory settings because I made a few unknown errors while changing the motherboard and CPU? My question is will setting the PC to factory settings wipe everything from both my SSD and HDD?

wait wtf? ok if you changed your mobo out you will likely have different drivers and should uninstall the old and install the new, or what I'd do a clean install. If you just changes setttings in your bios than thats not necessary. You also can restore drives to factory defaults if your pc is modified (as it will just install old drivers) and defeat its own purpose but if you custom built your pc or someone else did than you don't even have the option.  You really need to give us more info. You bought a z87 sabertooth board and you don't even know how to reset the bios features?

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Omg can you say impulse buy or what. What is a computer, so as for your bios find the place where it says your drive order make sure the ssd is first, save and exit. Pullout out your windows 7 disc or thumb drive, turn it on, go to boot order on the splash screen and load that. Install windows. This isn't something I should explain you may want to ask for help from an adult or watch youtube videos, on your pc that wont boot into windows.

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If you reset your bios settings, it will not wipe your drives. Just make sure that the hard drives are set to the same sata mode before and after the bios reset.

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I can't fathom how you have close to 100 posts but are asking this. No offense or anything, I just find this thread absolutely bizarre. Changing boards you should probably do a clean reinstall anyway, salvage all your old data off another computer, do a clean reinstall, then import everything important back onto your SSD and HDD.

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Although I agree with this, please don't belittle the OP if you can avoid it.

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If you want go to a store buy a new SSD/HDD and launch the mobo off that, then plug your old HDD/SSD to the PC then transfer everything you want; (games, movies, etc.) from the old drive to the new one. Then Format the old drive with the windows utility. Then boot your PC with the wiped drive like the first time once you get into windows, I assume you are using windows, rewrite everything back from the new drive back to the recently bought one. return the old one and it should work. Though you may have to crack your OS or get a cracked version. You can try to redeem your OS by calling MS but you never know if they will do it for you. 

Worth a shot IMO. But you need to do this within a day and tell them that it didn't work. They won't care the day after. Keep all the packaging and make it look legitimate. 

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I need to set my PC back to factory settings because I made a few unknown errors while changing the motherboard and CPU? My question is will setting the PC to factory settings wipe everything from both my SSD and HDD?

 

A little more info would be helpful.  What type of system before and after.  If you don't have any data you want to save, then the wipe and reinstall is the simple way considering your situation, assuming you have the install media.

 

 

Computers aren't the same as phones and tablets, there is no "factory reset" option. Backup your data, clear the BIOS and re install your OS.

 

Yes there is, and windows 8 has that feature and it's call "refresh your pc" or something to that extent :rolleyes: .  Many pre-built systems from larger companies include a "factory reset" for ages, hp, dell, ibm.. even diy mobos at one time included a utility for making a "reset" partition.

 

 

I can't fathom how you have close to 100 posts but are asking this. No offense or anything, I just find this thread absolutely bizarre. Changing boards you should probably do a clean reinstall anyway, salvage all your old data off another computer, do a clean reinstall, then import everything important back onto your SSD and HDD.

 

"setting pc to factory default".. aka system restore, system recovery, pc recovery, etc...  it's not exactly the typical terminology for computer, but certainly not a bizarre or even uncommon request.

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Yes there is, and windows 8 has that feature and it's call "refresh your pc" or something to that extent :rolleyes: .  Many pre-built systems from larger companies include a "factory reset" for ages, hp, dell, ibm.. even diy mobos at one time included a utility for making a "reset" partition.

 

I haven't owned a factory PC or Windows 8 ever, so thanks for clarifying that. 

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