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
    2016-06-19T15:49:01+00:00

    i purchased the HDD with equal specifications as the one installed i worked dell tech commercial end for laptops so i am not novice with computers repairs. I do however take issue with embedding the product id . I own an acer aspire and have read numerous issues with recovery and restore when the hdd corrupts after windows 10 updates. It did update to windows 10 back in February and I restored it back to windows 8. I had it tweaked and running the way I wanted and then again windows 10 did its update and it blue screened.

     I have not been able to recover or restore since this happened in march. I have disabled the windows 10 update on this computer since I found there are many bugs that need addressing before I will ever consider using windows 10.

    back to my acer hdd. purchased a new one and it remains unrecognized when connected to the acer laptop. old one has major corruption. although testing claims that the recovery partition is still excellent condition.. the remainder has overlapping partitions and in very bad condition..

    I will most likely have to pay to get a recovery program as I do not have time to recall dos command prompts  since i haven't used them for 10 years I am getting too old to take a refresher course with all that life throws at me ..

    regarding windows 8.1 and windows 8 pro are you stating that if i am to install windows I should be using windows 8 pro. and will the product key allow me to install it  and or do i need the product key.i did manage to retrieve the product key off the hdd ..  i am not well versed on the newer end of technology seems it advanced and I was sleeping..  so i am not as advanced on current tech.. 

     thanks LAD

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-06-20T05:51:33+00:00

    Hello Linda,

    Thank you for responding.

    What was the error message or code when Blue screen appeared?

    It is good to know that you managed to retrieve Windows product key.

    Please keep us posted.

    Thank you

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-06-20T12:14:05+00:00

    well i have managed to install windows 8.1 on a new hard drive i purchased 2 months ago.. still having issues recovering data off old drive.. gonna purchase recuva and see where that gets me

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-06-21T06:09:29+00:00

    Hello Linda,

    Thank you for the update.

    It is good to know that you managed to install Windows 8.1.

    However, for data recovery, you may refer this article:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/835840

    Note: Modifying BIOS/ complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) settings incorrectly can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the configuring of BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Modifications of the settings are at your own risk.

    Please keep us posted.

    Thank you

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-06-25T18:37:53+00:00

    Hi, i just bought my pc today, and it takes so long to respond even just to oprn the windows explorer, so i decided to reset it. I chose to keep the file, since i haven't save or really download many app yet, but it still takes a long time. It' been over 2 hours and i'm stuck at 25%. Is it normal?

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