How To Restore A Windows 10 Computer

If y'all're having bug with your PC, the following table can help y'all make up one's mind which recovery pick to apply.

Trouble	See this department
Your PC isn't working well and yous recently installed an update	Remove an installed Windows update
Your PC isn't working well and it'south been a while since y'all installed an app or changed arrangement settings	Reset your PC
Your PC won't offset or is still loading	Apply the Startup Repair office
Your PC won't start, you haven't created a recovery drive, and resetting your PC didn't work	Employ installation media to reinstall Windows 11
Your PC won't start and yous haven't created a recovery drive	Use installation media to restore your PC
Your PC won't start and you've created a recovery bulldoze	Use a recovery drive to restore or recover your PC
Y'all want to reinstall your previous operating system	Go back to your previous version of Windows
Your PC isn't working well and you recently installed an app	Restore from a organisation restore point
Yous suspect your device has been infected	Apply installation media to reinstall Windows xi

Click one of the recovery options below and follow the steps to endeavour to get things working over again.

If yous've recently installed a Windows update, uninstall the update to try to resolve the outcome.

1. SelectStart >Settings >Windows Update >Update history >Uninstall updates .
   View update history

2. On the list that appears, select update you desire to remove, then selectUninstall.

Important:If you've encrypted your device, you'll demand your BitLocker primal to reset your PC If you don't know your BitLocker key, see Discover my BitLocker recovery key.

Resetting reinstalls Windows 11, but lets you lot cull whether to go on your files or remove them, so reinstalls Windows. Yous can reset your PC from Settings, the sign-in screen, or by using a recovery drive or installation media.

Reset your PC from Settings

1. Select Start >Settings > Organization > Recovery .
   Open Recovery settings

2. Next toReset this PC , select Reset PC. Then cull from the options and/or settings in the table below.

Pick	What it does
Keep my files > Change settings > Preinstalled apps On	Reinstalls Windows 11 and keeps your personal files. Removes apps you installed. Removes changes you made to settings. Restores any apps your PC manufacturer installed.
Go along my files > Alter settings > Preinstalled apps Off	Reinstalls Windows 11 and keeps your personal files. Removes apps yous installed. Removes changes you fabricated to settings. Removes whatsoever apps your PC manufacturer installed.
Remove everything	Reinstalls Windows 11 and removes your personal files. Removes apps yous installed. Removes changes yous fabricated to settings. Removes any apps your PC manufacturer installed. Note: Remove everything > Change settings gives yous two options. Information erasure On removes files and cleans the drive. If yous're planning to donate, recycle, or sell your PC, utilize this choice. This might have an 60 minutes or ii, only it makes it harder for other people to recover files you've removed. Data erasure Off just removes files. It takes less time, only is less secure.

Reset your PC from the sign-in screen

If you can't open Settings, you can reset your PC from the sign-in screen. Here's how:

1. Printing Windows logo key + L to get to the sign-in screen. Then restart your PC by pressing the Shift key while y'all select the Ability button > Restart .

2. Your PC will restart in the Windows Recovery Surroundings (WinRE) environment.

3. On theChoose an selection screen, select Troubleshoot > Reset this PC, then choose one of the options in the previous tabular array.

   

Startup Repair helps you fix common problems that can forestall Windows from starting up.

Note:If you've encrypted your device, you'll need your BitLocker primal to start in safe style.

Commencement, you demand to enter the Windows Recovery Environment (winRE). To exercise this, you lot will repeatedly turn your device off, so on:

1. Concur down the power push button for 10 seconds to plough off your device.

2. Press the power button again to plough on your device.

3. On the commencement sign that Windows has started (for example, some devices evidence the manufacturer's logo when restarting) concord downward the power button for 10 seconds to turn off your device.

4. Press the power button again to turn on your device.

5. When Windows starts once more, hold down the power button for 10 seconds to turn off your device.

6. Printing the ability button over again to plough on your device.

7. This time, allow your device to fully showtime up.

8. Select Advanced options.
   

9. At present that y'all're in winRE, on the Choose an choice screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Repair > Restart.
   
   

Notation:If y'all doubtable that your device has been infected, brand sure that your antivirus software is up to date. You can too reinstall Windows completely by starting your device using the installation media and performing a clean installation of Windows.

To reinstall Windows xi while Windows is running:

1. Connect the installation media you created to your PC.

2. Open File Explorer  and select the drive with the installation media.

3. From the root directory of the drive, double-click setup.exe, and and then select Yes when asked if you'd like to allow the app to brand changes to your device.

4. Select Alter what to go along.

5. Select ane of the following options, and then select Side by side:

   • Go along personal files and apps – This will preserve your personal data, apps, and settings.

   • Proceed personal files only – This will preserve your personal data and settings, merely all your apps will exist removed.

   • Keep zilch – This will remove all personal data, settings, and apps.

   Warning:You cannot undo a reinstallation of Windows x. Be sure to back up your files kickoff if you cull the Go along nothingselection.

6. To terminate, select Install to start reinstalling Windows 11 on your PC.

Your PC will restart several times during the reinstallation.

To reinstall Windows 11 by starting your PC using installation media:

1. Connect the installation media you created to your PC.

2. Start your PC using the installation media.

   Note:Bank check with the PC manufacturer on how to start the PC using media.

3. When Windows Setup starts, select Next and then Install now.

4. If y'all have a Windows 11 product central, enter information technology when prompted. Otherwise, select I don't have a product central.

5. If prompted, select a Windows edition (e.1000. Home, Pro) to install and then selectNext.

6. When prompted to choose a type of installation, select Custom: Install Windows simply (advanced).

7. Select the disk or partition to which Windows 11 should be installed.

   Note:If you doubtable that your PC has been infected, consider deleting the existing partitions and reinstalling Windows eleven onto a clean disk. Your data on whatsoever deleted partitions volition be lost.

8. Select Next to start reinstalling Windows eleven on your PC.

Your PC will restart several times during the reinstallation.

Of import:If you lot've encrypted your device, you'll need your BitLocker key to use a recovery bulldoze to restore or reset your PC If you lot don't know your BitLocker key, see Find my BitLocker recovery cardinal.

If your PC won't kickoff and you lot haven't created a recovery drive, download installation media and apply it to restore from a organisation restore point or reset your PC.

1. On a working PC, go to the Microsoft software download website.

2. Download the Windows 11 media creation tool and and then run it.

3. Select Create installation media for another PC.

4. Cull a language, edition, and architecture (64-bit or 32-bit).

5. Follow the steps to create installation media, and so select End.

6. Connect the installation media you created to your nonfunctional PC, and then plough it on.

7. On the initial setup screen, enter your language and other preferences, so select Side by side. If you don't meet the setup screen, your PC might not be prepare to kick from a drive. Cheque your PC manufacturer's website for info on how to change your PC'southward kicking club, and and so endeavor again.

8. Select Repair your computer.

9. On the Choose an selection screen, select Troubleshoot. From at that place, you tin:

   • Restore from a arrangement restore betoken by selecting Advanced options > System Restore. This will remove recently installed apps, drivers, and updates that might exist causing your PC problems. Restoring from a restore point won't affect your personal files.

Important:If yous've encrypted your device, you'll need your BitLocker primal to utilise a recovery drive to restore or reset your PC If y'all don't know your BitLocker key, run across Observe my BitLocker recovery key.

If your PC won't start, you can use a recovery drive to restore from a system restore signal or recover your PC. For info on how to create a recovery drive on a working PC, run across Create a recovery drive.

To restore or recover using the recovery drive:

1. Connect the recovery drive and plough on your PC.

2. PressWindows logo key + 50 to get to the sign-in screen, and so restart your PC by pressing the Shift cardinal while you select the Power button > Restart .

3. Your PC will restart in the Windows Recovery Surround (WinRE) environment.

4. On the Cull an option screen, select Troubleshoot, and so select one of the post-obit ii options. (If you don't see the Choose your pick screen, your PC might not be set up upwardly to kicking from a drive. Check your PC manufacturer's website for info on how to change your PC'south boot club.)

• To restore from a organization restore point, selectAvant-garde Options > System Restore. This won't bear on your personal files, but it will remove recently installed apps, drivers, and updates that might be causing your PC problems.

• To reinstall Windows 11, selectAvant-garde Options >Recover from a drive. This will remove your personal files, apps and drivers you installed, and changes you lot made to settings.

For a limited time after upgrading to Windows eleven, you lot'll exist able to become back to your previous version of Windows by selecting Starting time >Settings > Organisation > Recovery . Next to Go back , select Go back. This will go along your personal files, only it'll remove apps and drivers installed after the upgrade, as well as any changes you made to settings. In nearly cases, you'll have 10 days to go dorsum.
Open Recovery settings

To get dorsum, you'll need to:

• Proceed everything in the windows.onetime and $windows.~bt folders after the upgrade.

• Remove any user accounts you added afterward the upgrade.

• Have the USB drive you lot used to upgrade to Windows 11 (if you lot used 1).

Note:The choice in Settings to become back to your previous version of Windows is merely available for a limited time later on upgrading.

Info for Windows Insiders

If yous're an Insider and the current preview build isn't working for yous, select Start >Settings > System > Recovery . Next toBecome back , select Become back. This won't remove your personal files, but it'll remove recently installed apps and drivers, and change settings back to their defaults.

Going dorsum to an earlier build won't remove yous from the Insider Programme. When the next preview build is ready, it'll be installed on your PC.

This option takes your PC back to an before bespeak in time, chosen a system restore point. Restore points are generated when you install a new app or driver, and when you lot create a restore point manually. Restoring won't touch your personal files, but information technology volition remove apps, drivers, and updates installed subsequently the restore point was made.

1. In the search box on the taskbar, blazon control panel, and then choose it from the list of results

2. In the Command Panel search box, blazon recovery.

3. SelectRecovery>Open Organization Restore.

4. In the Restore system files and settings box, select Next.

5. Select the restore point that you desire to employ in the listing of results, and then select Scan for affected programs.

   Notes:

   • If you lot don't come across the restore point that y'all desire to use, select the Show more restore points bank check box to see more restore points.

   • If you're not seeing any restore points, it might be considering organisation protection isn't turned on. Here'south how to check:

     1. In the search box on the taskbar, type control panel, and and so cull information technology from the list of results.

     2. In the Command Panel search box, blazon recovery.

     3. Select Recovery > Configure System Restore > Configure and see if theTurn on organisation protection option is selected.

        • If the Turn on system protection choice is not selected, organisation protection isn't turned on and there aren't any restore points. In this scenario, y'all won't exist able to recovery your PC using a system restore betoken and will need to use one of the other recovery options listed on this page.

        • If the Turn on system protection option is selected, keep with step 6.

6. Y'all'll come across a listing of items that volition be deleted if you remove this restore point. If you're OK with the deletions, select Close> Side by side > Stop.

If y'all're having issues with your PC, the following table tin assistance yous make up one's mind which recovery option to use.

Trouble	See this section
Your PC isn't working well and y'all recently installed an update.	Remove an installed Windows update
Your PC isn't working well and it's been a while since you installed an app or inverse organization settings.	Reset your PC
Your PC won't start or is withal loading	Use the Startup Repair function
Your PC won't commencement, y'all haven't created a recovery bulldoze, and resetting your PC didn't piece of work.	Use installation media to reinstall Windows 10
Your PC won't start and yous haven't created a recovery drive.	Utilise installation media to restore your PC
Your PC won't offset and you lot've created a recovery bulldoze.	Use a recovery drive to restore or recover your PC
You want to reinstall your previous operating arrangement.	Go back to your previous version of Windows
Your PC isn't working well and yous recently installed an app.	Restore from a system restore point
Yous suspect your device has been infected.	Use installation media to reinstall Windows 10

Click one of the recovery options beneath and follow the steps to endeavor to go things working again.

If you've recently installed a Windows update, uninstall the update to attempt to resolve the issue.

1. Select theStart  button, then selectSettings>Update & Security >Windows Update > View your update history> Uninstall updates.
   View update history settings

2. Right-click the update y'all desire to remove, and then selectUninstall.

Important:If you've encrypted your device, you'll demand your BitLocker key to reset your PC If yous don't know your BitLocker key, encounter Discover my BitLocker recovery primal.

Resetting reinstalls Windows 10, but lets you choose whether to proceed your files or remove them, and then reinstalls Windows. You can reset your PC from Settings, the sign-in screen, or by using a recovery drive or installation media.

Reset your PC from Settings

1. Select the Start  button, then select Settings > Update & Security > Recovery .
   Open Recovery settings

2. Under Reset this PC,select Go started and then choose from the options and/or settings in the tabular array beneath.

Selection	What it does
Keep my files > Modify settings > Preinstalled apps On	Reinstalls Windows 10 and keeps your personal files. Removes apps you installed. Removes changes you made to settings. Restores any apps your PC manufacturer installed.
Keep my files > Alter settings > Preinstalled apps Off	Reinstalls Windows 10 and keeps your personal files. Removes apps y'all installed. Removes changes you fabricated to settings. Removes any apps your PC manufacturer installed.
Remove everything	Reinstalls Windows 10 and removes your personal files. Removes apps you installed. Removes changes you made to settings. Removes any apps your PC manufacturer installed. Notation: Remove everything > Alter settings gives yous two options. Data erasure On removes files and cleans the drive. If yous're planning to donate, recycle, or sell your PC, use this option. This might take an hour or two, but it makes it harder for other people to recover files you've removed. Data erasure Off but removes files. It takes less time, but is less secure.

Reset your PC from the sign-in screen

If you can't open Settings, you can reset your PC from the sign-in screen. Here's how:

1. Printing Windows logo key + L to become to the sign-in screen, and so restart your PC by pressing the Shift key while you select the Power  button > Restart in the lower-right corner of the screen.

2. Your PC volition restart in the Windows Recovery Surround (WinRE) surroundings.

3. On theChoose an option screen, select Troubleshoot > Reset this PC, and then cull one of the options in the previous table.

   

Startup Repair helps you fix common problems that tin can prevent Windows from starting upwardly.

Note:If you lot've encrypted your device, yous'll need your BitLocker key to starting time in safe mode.

Start, you need to enter the Windows Recovery Surroundings (winRE). To do this, you will repeatedly plow your device off, then on:

1. Concord down the power button for 10 seconds to turn off your device.

2. Printing the power push once again to turn on your device.

3. On the first sign that Windows has started (for example, some devices testify the manufacturer'south logo when restarting) hold downward the power button for 10 seconds to plough off your device.

4. Press the power button again to turn on your device.

5. When Windows starts again, hold down the power push for 10 seconds to turn off your device.

6. Press the power button over again to turn on your device.

7. This time, allow your device to fully start up.

8. Select Advanced options.
   

9. Now that you're in winRE, on the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Repair > Restart.
   
   

Notation:If y'all suspect that your device has been infected, make sure that your antivirus software is up to appointment. Y'all tin too reinstall Windows completely by starting your device using the installation media and performing a make clean installation of Windows.

To reinstall Windows 10 while Windows is running:

1. Connect the installation media you created to your PC.

2. Open File Explorer  and select the drive with the installation media.

3. From the root directory of the drive, double-click setup.exe, and and so select Yes when asked if y'all'd like to allow the app to make changes to your device.

4. Select Modify what to keep.

5. Select one of the following options, and and then select Next:

   • Proceed personal files and apps – This will preserve your personal data, apps, and settings.

   • Continue personal files only – This volition preserve your personal data and settings, just all your apps will be removed.

   • Proceed nothing – This volition remove all personal data, settings, and apps.

   Warning:You cannot disengage a reinstallation of Windows ten. Be sure to back up your files starting time if you choose the Continue zippo option.

6. To end, select Install to start reinstalling Windows x on your PC.

Your PC will restart several times during the reinstallation.

To reinstall Windows 10 by starting your PC using installation media:

1. Connect the installation media you created to your PC.

2. Start your PC using the installation media.

   Note:Cheque with the PC manufacturer on how to commencement the PC using media.

3. When Windows Setup starts, select Next and then Install now.

4. If you take a Windows 10 production key, enter it when prompted. Otherwise, select I don't have a product key.

5. If prompted, select a Windows edition (due east.grand. Abode, Pro) to install and so selectNext.

6. When prompted to choose a type of installation, select Custom: Install Windows but (avant-garde).

7. Select the disk or segmentation to which Windows 10 should be installed.

   Note:If you lot doubtable that your PC has been infected, consider deleting the existing partitions and reinstalling Windows 10 onto a clean disk. Your data on whatsoever deleted partitions will be lost.

8. Select Next to start reinstalling Windows 10 on your PC.

Your PC will restart several times during the reinstallation.

Important:If you've encrypted your device, you'll need your BitLocker fundamental to use a recovery drive to restore or reset your PC If you don't know your BitLocker fundamental, run into Discover my BitLocker recovery key.

If your PC won't commencement and you haven't created a recovery bulldoze, download installation media and use it to restore from a organisation restore bespeak or reset your PC.

1. On a working PC, go to the Microsoft software download website.

2. Download the Windows 10 media creation tool and then run it.

3. Select Create installation media for some other PC.

4. Choose a linguistic communication, edition, and architecture (64-bit or 32-bit).

5. Follow the steps to create installation media, and then select End.

6. Connect the installation media yous created to your nonfunctional PC, and and so plough it on.

7. On the initial setup screen, enter your language and other preferences, and then select Next. If you lot don't see the setup screen, your PC might not exist fix to kick from a drive. Check your PC manufacturer's website for info on how to modify your PC'south boot order, and then endeavor once more.

8. Select Repair your figurer.

9. On the Choose an choice screen, select Troubleshoot. From at that place, you tin:

   • Restore from a system restore bespeak by selecting Advanced options > Organization Restore. This will remove recently installed apps, drivers, and updates that might be causing your PC problems. Restoring from a restore point won't bear upon your personal files.

Important:If you've encrypted your device, you'll demand your BitLocker key to use a recovery bulldoze to restore or reset your PC If you lot don't know your BitLocker key, come across Find my BitLocker recovery central.

If your PC won't offset, you tin use a recovery bulldoze to restore from a system restore betoken or recover your PC. For info on how to create a recovery drive on a working PC, run across Create a recovery drive.

To restore or recover using the recovery drive:

1. Connect the recovery drive and turn on your PC.

2. PressWindows logo cardinal + 50 to get to the sign-in screen, and then restart your PC by pressing the Shift key while you select the Power push> Restart in the lower-right corner of the screen.

3. Your PC will restart in the Windows Recovery Surround (WinRE) surround.

4. On the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot, and then select 1 of the following ii options. (If you don't see the Choose your choice screen, your PC might not be ready to boot from a drive. Check your PC manufacturer's website for info on how to change your PC's kick lodge.)

• To restore from a system restore point, selectAvant-garde Options > Arrangement Restore. This won't touch your personal files, but it will remove recently installed apps, drivers, and updates that might be causing your PC problems.

• To reinstall Windows 10, selectAdvanced Options >Recover from a bulldoze. This volition remove your personal files, apps and drivers you lot installed, and changes you made to settings.

For a limited time later on upgrading to Windows 10, you lot'll be able to get back to your previous version of Windows by selecting the Beginning  push, then selectSettings > Update & Security  > Recovery and then selecting Get startedunder Go back to the previous version of Windows 10. This volition keep your personal files, simply information technology'll remove apps and drivers installed after the upgrade, equally well equally any changes y'all made to settings. In most cases, you'll have x days to go back.
Open Recovery settings

To go back, you'll need to:

• Keep everything in the windows.quondam and $windows.~bt folders subsequently the upgrade.

• Remove any user accounts you added after the upgrade.

• Know the countersign you used to sign in to Windows 7 or Windows 8.one (if you used one).

• Have the USB drive yous used to upgrade to Windows 10 (if y'all used i).

Note:If you go back to Windows 8.i, some apps that came with Windows, like Mail and People, might non work anymore. To set the apps, reinstall them from the Microsoft Store.

Note:The option in Settings to become back to your previous version of Windows is just available for a limited time subsequently upgrading.

Info for Windows Insiders

If yous're an Insider and the electric current preview build isn't working for you, select the Starting time  button, then selectSettings > Update & Security  > Recovery . NetherGet back to the previous version of Windows x, select Become Started. This won't remove your personal files, merely it'll remove recently installed apps and drivers, and change settings back to their defaults.

Going back to an earlier build won't remove y'all from the Insider Program. When the next preview build is ready, information technology'll be installed on your PC.

This choice takes your PC back to an earlier betoken in fourth dimension, called a system restore indicate. Restore points are generated when you install a new app or driver, and when y'all create a restore point manually. Restoring won't touch on your personal files, but it will remove apps, drivers, and updates installed subsequently the restore point was fabricated.

1. In the search box on the taskbar, type command panel, so cull it from the listing of results

2. In the Command Panel search box, type recovery.

3. SelectRecovery >Open System Restore.

4. In the Restore system files and setting box, select Side by side.

5. Select the restore point that y'all want to utilize in the listing of results, and then select Scan for affected programs.

   Notes:

   • If you don't run across the restore betoken that you want to apply, select the Show more restore points check box to see more than restore points.

   • If you're not seeing any restore points, it might be because system protection isn't turned on. Here'southward how to check:

     1. In the search box on the taskbar, type command panel, and so cull it from the list of results.

     2. In the Control Console search box, type recovery.

     3. Select Recovery > Configure System Restore > Configure and see if theTurn on system protection option is selected.

        • If the Turn on system protection selection is not selected, arrangement protection isn't turned on and there aren't any restore points. In this scenario, yous won't be able to recovery your PC using a organisation restore point and will demand to use one of the other recovery options listed on this page.

        • If the Turn on organization protection option is selected, continue with step 6.

6. You'll see a list of items that will be deleted if you remove this restore bespeak. If you're OK with the deletions, select Close> Next > Finish.

If you're having bug with your PC, you can:

• Refresh your PC to reinstall Windows and keep your personal files and settings. Refresh too keeps the apps that came with your PC and the apps you installed from the Microsoft Shop.

• Reset your PC to reinstall Windows just delete your files, settings, and apps—except for the apps that came with your PC.

• Restore your PC to undo contempo system changes you've made.

If you're having trouble starting (booting) your PC, run across Windows Startup Settings (including safe mode), and go to the "Get to Windows Startup Settings in the Windows Recovery Environment" section. You can refresh, reset, or restore your PC from the Windows Recovery Environment.

If you desire to support and restore your personal files using File History, come across Set up a drive for File History.

Before y'all start to refresh or reset your PC

In nigh cases, once you showtime to refresh or reset your PC, information technology'll stop on its own. Notwithstanding, if Windows needs missing files, you'll be asked to insert recovery media, which is typically on a DVD disc or thumb drive. If that happens, what you'll need depends on your PC.

If your PC came with Windows 8.ane or Windows RT 8.one, yous'll demand the discs or thumb drive that came with your PC. Check the info that came with your PC to see if your PC manufacturer provided these discs or media. In some cases, you might accept created them when you first set upward your PC.

If you lot don't have either of those, you can brand them if y'all have a USB thumb drive of 16 GB or larger. Having a recovery drive tin can help you troubleshoot and set problems with your PC, even if it won't kickoff. For more info, run across Create a USB recovery drive.

If you lot upgraded your PC to Windows eight.1 or Windows RT 8.1 with a DVD, use that disc. If y'all don't have Windows 8.one or Windows RT viii.1 media, contact Microsoft Back up.

Refresh, reset, or restore

Select any of the following for more detailed info.

If your PC isn't performing as well as it once did, and you don't know why, y'all can refresh your PC without deleting any of your personal files or irresolute your settings.

Notation:If you upgraded your PC from Windows 8 to Windows viii.1 and your PC has a Windows 8 recovery partition, refreshing your PC will restore Windows viii. You'll need to upgrade to Windows 8.1 later on the refresh has finished.

Alert:Apps you installed from websites and DVDs volition be removed. Apps that came with your PC and apps y'all installed from Microsoft Store will be reinstalled. Windows puts a listing of removed apps on your desktop after refreshing your PC.

To refresh your PC

1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and so tap Change PC settings.
   (If y'all're using a mouse, signal to the upper-correct corner of the screen, motion the mouse arrow downwards, selectSettings, and and then select Alter PC settings.)

2. Tap or select Update and recovery, and so tap or select Recovery.

3. Under Refresh your PC without affecting your files, tap or select Get started.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen.

If you want to recycle your PC, give it abroad, or offset over with it, you can reset it completely. This removes everything and reinstalls Windows.

Annotation:If yous upgraded your PC from Windows 8 to Windows eight.ane and your PC has a Windows 8 recovery partition, resetting your PC will restore Windows 8. You'll demand to upgrade to Windows 8.1 after the reset has finished.

Warning:All of your personal files will exist deleted and your settings will be reset. All apps that you installed will be removed. Merely apps that came with your PC volition be reinstalled.

To reset your PC

1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and and then tap Change PC settings.
   (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, movement the mouse arrow downwards, select Settings, and so select Change PC settings.)

2. Tap or select Update and recovery, and and then tap or select Recovery.

3. Under Remove everything and reinstall Windows, tap or select Get started.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Note:You'll be asked to cull whether you want to erase data rapidly or thoroughly. If you choose to erase data quickly, some information might exist recoverable using special software. If you cull to erase data thoroughly, this will take longer just it makes recovering data less likely.

If you think an app or driver that you recently installed caused problems with your PC, y'all can restore Windows dorsum to an earlier point in time, called a restore point. System Restore doesn't modify your personal files, but it might remove recently installed apps and drivers.

Notes:

• Arrangement Restore isn't available for Windows RT 8.1.

• Windows automatically creates a restore point when you install desktop apps and new Windows updates, if the last restore point is older than 7 days. You can also create a restore point manually at whatever fourth dimension.

To restore your PC to an earlier point in fourth dimension

1. Swipe in from the correct edge of the screen, and then tap Search.
   (If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer downwards, and and then select Search.)

2. Enter Command Console in the search box, and tap or select Control Panel.

3. Enter Recovery in the Control Panel search box, and so tap or select Recovery.

4. Tap or select Open Organization Restore and then follow the instructions.

If yous need boosted help refreshing, resetting, or restoring your PC, cheque out the Repair and Recovery community pages in the Windows forum for solutions that other people have establish for issues they've experienced.

How To Restore A Windows 10 Computer,

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/recovery-options-in-windows-31ce2444-7de3-818c-d626-e3b5a3024da5

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