Windows 8 PC Reset. Taking toooo long.

taking too long mine is doing 6% a hour. i think the os is corrupted. i have set up problems also. 

Just hang in there. Mine took 11 hours ... before I even saw 12% I left it overnight. Everything was done around 11 am ... the next morning

Some have spent 48 hours ... don't be alarmed.. it is normal but nail-biting; unfortunately. 

Nothing will happen to your pc. Do not power off or try to restart. Leave it alone

.... stop starring at it .... LOL ... -:)

go about your business ... it will be OK .. it happened to all of us on this thread.

Worst case scenario ... 48 hours ...  And hey, resetting was a good idea ... it  gives you; technically, a brand new pc.

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%

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

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.

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.