Windows 10 EXTREMELY Slow. Help!

[Therim]

So today, I was casually streaming vids from youtube, then I think a buffer hit it and video stopped working. Then I pressed esc to exit the fullscreen , then chrome completely stopped working and made pc work slower, so I did a casual "hold the power button" trick

 

The thing is, now when I start the PC, applications dont open. Only steam opened a "updating" bar 1 hour later I turned the PC on. I tried to go to the settings to do a factory reset but even I click the windows button, it either doesn't open or types a letter of reset every 20 mins. I also tried to do ctrl+alt+delete, to check task manager, taks manager opened half an hour later and there was nothing out of ordinary.

 

So I think the best solution is to factory reset the pc but I can't access it. Oh by the way pc's completely fine at the login section. So is there any way to factory reset without needing to login to the pc? And if it includes a bios thing, I can't do it because I'm using a laptop. Or is there any other ways to solve this. Please let me know

[ShadySocks]

Open CMD, type in shutdown/r /o /t 0, then find Reset this PC(I think it is under recovery or something).

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

does your pc have a spinning hdd? how old is it? specs?

[Shiv78]

What PC? laptop, or if custom what specs??

[Therim]

1 hour ago, firelighter487 said:

does your pc have a spinning hdd? how old is it? specs?

Yes it does have a HDD, its one and a half years old, it has a Intel I5 4200u and a GTX 840m

[Therim]

1 hour ago, Shiv78 said:

What PC? laptop, or if custom what specs??

Its HP pavilion series, dont remember the exact model number but it's one and a half years old

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

Just now, deniz.erim said:

Yes it does have a HDD, its one and a half years old, it has a Intel I5 4200u and a GTX 840m

it's a laptop then yes? 

 

if so, did you drop it, or hit ti against something? or put your bag down a little to hard recently? if so, your hdd could be damaged.

[Therim]

8 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

it's a laptop then yes? 

 

if so, did you drop it, or hit ti against something? or put your bag down a little to hard recently? if so, your hdd could be damaged.

Again I was casually watching vids, then google chrome froze and I did a casual turn off and on, sonce then its in this shape

 

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

2 minutes ago, deniz.erim said:

Again I was casually watching vids, then google chrome froze and I did a casual turn off and on, sonce then its in this shape

 

yes, but if your hdd was already slightly damaged, the stress on the drive from use (windows installing updates and crap) for example, could push it over the edge and make it break...

[Shiv78]

do you have any spare 2.5" HDDs or SSDs you could try? Otherwise try installing windows or linux onto an external drive using another PC and see if the laptop works off the USB... if it does then the HDD is likely bad