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
    2016-04-21T05:54:56+00:00

    Hello Alonda,

    Thank you for your response.

    I appreciate your time.

    Please refer suggestions from Bontpezaniy replied on June 1, 2013 and check.

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-update/windows-8-recovery-stuck-at-recovery-screen-and/173ccfb3-b287-4c98-b669-e00d5f46835a

    Note: All of your personal files will be deleted and your settings will be reset. All apps that you installed will be removed. Only apps that came with your PC will be reinstalled.

    Please keep us updated.

    Thank you

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-06-15T16:02:40+00:00

    When you start the reset the is asks you if you want to only delete AppStore the entire thing and start over. If you choose to keep files it will take about 30 min and if you choose to delete everything depending on how much of storage you have used the reset will differ , Windows claims that it will take 2 hours but so far my reset has been going on for 4 hours  and its 65% I used only about 23gigs out of 400 , so this will take long is nothing related to any sort of error so it's best to do it over night or when your not using your PC

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-06-16T01:17:15+00:00

    I gave up on mine after the third time it got stuck at 66% 3 days into it. It just seems the hard drive was unsalvageable but I haven't given up completely I purchased a 16 gigabyte thumb drive and plan to reinstall Windows 8 on a new hard drive and try to recover the data off my old hard drive it seems that is the only way it's possible since the old hard drive gets stuck and won't go any further than 66%. I will post later as to my success or failure.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-06-18T09:29:04+00:00

    When your changing your drive you have to make sure you have the same model cause if not not it can cause data corruption . My pc has successfully restarted and has reinstalled Windows 8 pro . If you any further problem you should scan your drive and check if it's working on a another pc and if you have a laptop you should visit the manufacturer and get the problem fixed. Let me know if the method has worked for you.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-06-19T07:28:56+00:00

    Hello Linda,

    Thank you for the reply.

    I appreciate your patience.

    Did you try using suggestions provided in my previous posts?

    Please reply with results.

    Thank you

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