Cant reset windows

[xDylanio]

So after a long day i decided to reset my pc. But now that i try to reset i keep getting the same error for every reset option. From deleting my drive and installing windows, to just deleting my files. 

[limegorilla]

i had this on a computer i had to fix, has it been running slow for no apparent reason?

 

If not you can get the iso (free & legally) with mucrosofts official tool here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

[limegorilla]

flash that to a usb then choose the option to boot from that within the UFEI

[Stevoisboss]

I would get a 4Gb usbdirive and go to windowsmediacreationtool. Download the tool select your usb drive and you're good. Just plug it in and boot off of it. You can delete the partitions and everything when you reinstall. 

[xDylanio]

1 minute ago, liamdoyle27 said:

i had this on a computer i had to fix, has it been running slow for no apparent reason?

 

If not you can get the iso (free & legally) with mucrosofts official tool here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

no, my gaming pc was never slow,the only reason I'm resetting it is because my ssd is bombarded with games i installed but don't play

[Stevoisboss]

1 minute ago, xDylanio said:

no, my gaming pc was never slow,the only reason I'm resetting it is because my ssd is bombarded with games i installed but don't play

Why don't you try ccleaner? They have a tool for uninstalling anything basically. 

[xDylanio]

1 minute ago, Stevoisboss said:

I would get a 4Gb usbdirive and go to windowsmediacreationtool. Download the tool select your usb drive and you're good. Just plug it in and boot off of it. You can delete the partitions and everything when you reinstall. 

 

1 minute ago, liamdoyle27 said:

flash that to a usb then choose the option to boot from that within the UFEI

 

2 minutes ago, liamdoyle27 said:

flash that to a usb then choose the option to boot from that within the UFEI

I have the actual windows cd key, idk if it's better if i boot from that? 

[xDylanio]

1 minute ago, Stevoisboss said:

Why don't you try ccleaner? They have a tool for uninstalling anything basically. 

My Windows is installed on my ssd

[Stevoisboss]

1 minute ago, xDylanio said:

 

 

I have the actual windows cd key, idk if it's better if i boot from that? 

It remembers your key based on motherboard and components. You don't have to enter it.

[limegorilla]

2 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

 

 

I have the actual windows cd key, idk if it's better if i boot from that? 

on a usb/disk? if so then yes

[xDylanio]

2 minutes ago, liamdoyle27 said:

on a usb/disk? if so then yes

Its a disk. So I do boot from that?

[Stevoisboss]

4 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

My Windows is installed on my ssd

Well I mean you can uninstall the games seperatly with ccleaner. You can keep windows installed on it and it'll be fine. 

[limegorilla]

 

3 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

Its a disk. So I do boot from that?

 

2 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

Well I mean you can uninstall the games seperatly with ccleaner. You can keep windows installed on it and it'll be fine. 

 If it's the games you just want to get rid of, yeah Ccleaner. If you just want to start again - you'll loose all of your data, downloads, and all that other crap. but boot from the disk. remember to use the same microsoft account as otherwise transferring the producut key is impossible and you'll need a new one

[xDylanio]

4 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

Well I mean you can uninstall the games seperatly with ccleaner. You can keep windows installed on it and it'll be fine. 

At this point I think its better to delete everything off my drives and just install win 10 after

[xDylanio]

1 minute ago, liamdoyle27 said:

 

 

 If it's the games you just want to get rid of, yeah Ccleaner. If you just want to start again - you'll loose all of your data, downloads, and all that other crap. but boot from the disk. remember to use the same microsoft account as otherwise transferring the producut key is impossible and you'll need a new one

Okay but right now before I reset my pc where do I go to reset it. To the reset option on my pc that is running on my ssd where win 10 is installed. Or shutdown my pc, boot from win 10 and reset from there.

[Stevoisboss]

3 minutes ago, liamdoyle27 said:

 

 

 If it's the games you just want to get rid of, yeah Ccleaner. If you just want to start again - you'll loose all of your data, downloads, and all that other crap. but boot from the disk. remember to use the same microsoft account as otherwise transferring the producut key is impossible and you'll need a new one

Actually it will remember your system based on hardware. I reinstalled windows on my computer and I don't have a micro soft account and it still activated. 

[Stevoisboss]

3 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

Okay but right now before I reset my pc where do I go to reset it. To the reset option on my pc that is running on my ssd where win 10 is installed. Or shutdown my pc, boot from win 10 and reset from there.

https://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

[limegorilla]

2 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

Actually it will remember your system based on hardware. I reinstalled windows on my computer and I don't have a micro soft account and it still activated. 

did it? last time i tried that it was a laptop through... thanks for the heads up

[limegorilla]

2 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

https://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

yep, thats the best guide... unless linus has made one.

 

[xDylanio]

3 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

https://www.howtogeek.com/224342/how-to-clean-install-windows-10/

 

1 minute ago, liamdoyle27 said:

yep, thats the best guide... unless linus has made one.

 

It only tells me about the option i've already tried. The one thats tells me there's an error. And it tells me the one from usb. the thing is I already have it but from the disk microsoft sent me when I bought win 10. My question is do I just use the cd or do I make a usb one?

[limegorilla]

2 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

 

It only tells me about the option i've already tried. The one thats tells me there's an error. And it tells me the one from usb. the thing is I already have it but from the disk microsoft sent me when I bought win 10. My question is do I just use the cd or do I make a usb one?

i would make a usb. it will be the latest version of windows, whereas the disk will be a much older - or even release version. you will need a usb around 4GB through.

[xDylanio]

10 minutes ago, liamdoyle27 said:

i would make a usb. it will be the latest version of windows, whereas the disk will be a much older - or even release version. you will need a usb around 4GB through.

Could i have other files on that usb? Its Aight if not but just wondering

[limegorilla]

3 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

Could i have other files on that usb? Its Aight if not but just wondering

it will format the USB (deleting everything) but after, if there's still space for it, it can go back on and will not do a thing. i would put it in a folder through.

 

[xDylanio]

4 minutes ago, liamdoyle27 said:

it will format the USB (deleting everything) but after, if there's still space for it, it can go back on and will not do a thing. i would put it in a folder through.

 

Ehh, ill just put the files on my second usb. But does it normally take long for the windows 10 thing to get into the usb?

[Stevoisboss]

2 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

Ehh, ill just put the files on my second usb. But does it normally take long for the windows 10 thing to get into the usb?

depends usually no more than 5-10 mins