When Windows 10 recovery comes all the time Will be restarted?
I started restoring Windows 10 at noon Sunday.
I want to completely flatten the laptop and make it new. But unfortunately comes for over 24h the message: "Will be restarted". My question: Is that normal that takes so long? Did I do anything wrong?
I hope someone can help me!
Kind regards
Here is a picture of the problem
Since the plate anyway want to make flat, why do you make a restoration?
Just slide in the installation medium and make the plate flat.
Do not understand what you are aiming for?
It should not take that long, but of course that depends on your hardware. If the memory does not last and he calculates on the hard drive, the duration can be hundreds to thousands of times.
But as Ben said, do not restore anything. Google for "Media Creation Tool", so make you a Win10 installation USB stick and install the computer completely new.
You say you want to format the disk (flatten). So you can just do it with an installation medium. Otherwise you can't do that anyway… (Exception: live operating systems)
Well on your statement:
I started restoring Windows 10 at noon Sunday.
You should not use any recovery functionality as they try to rebuild your old window, but completely reinstall Win10.
That means now, just wait?
No, that means now, turn off the computer, go to a working computer, there as described above create an installation stick, boot from this and co-installs Win10 reinstalled.
If you can't do that, you need help from someone who knows.
Well, but actually I do not want to reinstall Windows 10 at all. I just want to reset to factory settings.
Obviously, you have no idea what that means. You can tell by how you deal with the terms. That's why nothing can come out if you try it alone. Get help.
Did I exaggerate with my instructions? XD
Can I also use an external hard drive?
No Please not
Should go, yes. At least as long as it is recognized by the computer when booting easily.
What now. Yes or no?
Technically it would certainly work. I'm not sure if the Media Creation Tool supports a hard disk as an installation disk. Definitely you can make a USB stick to the installation medium, if it is big enough. That is the easiest way.
In my memory, you can also use it to burn an installation DVD, if you have a suitable calculator.
Okay, then I will get me a USB stick and reinstall Windows.
If the installation dialog asks you to take over / fix / whatever the existing installation, be sure to decline it. Optimally, you delete all existing partitions in the installation dialog, otherwise it may be that Windows develops a certain life of its own and yet again incorporates something from the forfeited installation.
