Windows 8 PC Reset. Taking toooo long.

Anonymous
2012-10-28T21:09:54+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2013-01-28T18:41:57+00:00

    Mine was really slow until 30% or so. It took about 5 or 5 1/2 hours. Then it spead up. Total reset took 6.5 hours. Just let it go, it sucks but it will do it's own thing and it will do it right.

    tnx lol your post makes me feel better. i thought there was something wrong with my pc its been 4 hours and 32%. this is crazy though

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-01-26T06:38:22+00:00

    Are you sure you're not confusing refresh and reset? I did a refresh recently, all programs were deleted but my files were retained. Didn't take long at all. I did a reset before selling my laptop, took about 8 hours! Everything wiped.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-01-22T19:11:04+00:00

    This is how it is.  I used it after deleting a file that I should have left and it did 6% the first two hours, 10% the next few, and was done after six-and-a-half hours.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-01-22T17:37:25+00:00

    I also dont see an answer here.  Microsoft says that refresh takes 30 minutes - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/01/04/refresh-and-reset-your-pc.aspx

    But my started with 19% - now 3 hours passed and I am ta 23%.

    I payed for the product and feature that is not working and taking all my time. How long I have to wait. Another big problem, that Micosoft never answers questions.

    Microsoft is the most horrible company ever.

    Its not the first time I AM ASKING SMTH ON mICROSOFT FORUMS, BUT i NEVER GET AN ANSWER

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-01-17T22:58:20+00:00

    Me too got the same problem, but mine arose from me installing 32 bit onto my computer as was not too sure which disc to use, so I followed the install instructions by using 32 bit disc first as it says it would let me know if I needed to use 64 bit first, BIG MISTAKE!!!!!!

    After installing 32 bit and everything working fine I then found out my laptop can take 64 bit so was advised to install that, did that and the apps would then not work and computer ran so slow so currently trying the reset option and now at 56% after 4 hours!!!!

    Why do MS say put 32 bit disc in first as it will tell you if you need to change it when it does not do what it says on the tin!!, upgrading to windows 8 has currently wasted 3 day of my life with installing and updates, hope this reset to 64 bit works or its going out the window and gonna dust off my XP discs as never had problems with that OS, Good luck to everyone in same position as me, its like watching paint dry, Woo-hoo!! now on 57%

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