Windows 8 PC Reset. Taking toooo long.

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Now I understand this will take a long time but I did NOT plan for it to take this long. When I upgraded Windows 7 to Windows 8 the format and upgrade only took 15 minutes. I was having some pc issues and said Hey! How about I use this new reset feature and start over again. WORST MISTAKE EVER! I have no clue what this is doing but this is taking forever. So far this thing moves up 6% every hour. It's been 3 hours now and it's still on 16% Can you all tell me what is this thing doing or is this some sort of error? My hard-drive size is 1TB clean and around 900gb when a OS is installed.

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2013-06-17T03:02:19+00:00

Nothing to do... Gotta wait for the process to finish, it's gonna take long if your hard drive isn't fast enough... I mean 7200 rpm or faster but yeah you have to sit tight and wait for it. Sad but true
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Anonymous

2013-06-08T05:38:03+00:00

Ridiculous. I'm at 66% after almost 7 hours on a "RESET"; not to be confused with a "REFRESH".

What is the deal here? Does it have to d/l the entire thing? I want to test to find out but I don't want to unplug the internet cable and fudge everything up (and have to start over).

Is everyone using the "disc-less" method? Or are people experiencing the same time with a disc in the tray?
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Anonymous

2013-05-10T02:33:45+00:00

I'm just learning about this crazy reset time.... Holy Cow! 6 - 9 hours seems to be the average? Thankfully I hit this on a client's PC resetting my Linux box takes 15 minutes and that includes drivers, and most of the software I use including an office suite and video codecs.
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Anonymous

2013-04-29T03:59:06+00:00

Not to worry. My laptop is so awesome, by Samsung, and runs i3, 500GB HDD, 3 hrs. later, a fair 59%.

Least your reinstalling of the OS is GOING SOMEWHERE. Worth the time.

Just don't worry about it. It's Microsoft's trick up its sleve being so laggy.
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Anonymous

2013-03-23T23:29:17+00:00

Shawna, I can sympathize with your frustration. My Sony VAIO has been resetting for four hours and it is only at 47%. So it's not HP or Sonys fault. It is Microsofts fault.
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