Re: ASUS Laptops - my experience Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim …user. I explained that this was not a factory reset, as a factory reset would not know my name. He said that…there. I explained that this is not a factory reset. A factory reset would boot from the recovery partition and wipe/restore… everything. When he tried the actual factory reset (shift/power) it failed to boot into the … Re: ASUS Laptops - my experience Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim …the hour. I was told that as per my instructions (reset to factory must work) they were doing a final test. At… So finally he did F12-power up which presented the reset-to-factory option. Once it cycled through and got to the… said "I didn't realize what you meant by factory reset". Sigh. So back home to finish the Windows setup… Re: ASUS Laptops - my experience Hardware and Software by toneewa …-902ebb04-daa3-4f90-579f-0fbf51f7dd5d). Accessing [Reset to factory](https://www.windowscentral.com/how-reset-windows-11-pc-factory-settings) is under Settings ->… your recovery partition or drive, system restore, system image, and factory reset, after they are all setup, to confirm they worked in… Re: ASUS Laptops - my experience Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim …. I asked why this should matter since I requested a reset to factory from the recovery partition. He said they couldn't… it. It also verifies that they didn't even try reset-to-factory or they would have noticed a problem. Also, by… Re: ASUS Laptops - my experience Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim Likewise... Whenever I reinstall Windows, other than the times I've reset to factory, when it gets to the "where do you want to install to" I always get the installer to delete, then recreate the partition. Re: ASUS Laptops - my experience Hardware and Software by Reverend Jim … when I got it back it had been wiped and reset. First thing I noticed was that the touchpad no longer… install the image. Next attempt was to try resetting to factory. I've done this before and while it is a… start from a known (to me) state. Trying to reset to factory failed and I could no longer boot into Windows. No… Factory Reset Windows 7 Asus Laptop Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by nadiam Hello. I need to do a factory reset on my lappy. Its an Asus A550C. I've tried … How do I save my files before a factory reset? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by iamwink do i copy and save the folders in the Program Files or the short cut on the desktop before do factory reset? Re: Factory Reset Windows 7 Asus Laptop Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by rproffitt This sounds as if the factory restore system is gone. I'm running into laptops that came with 8, someone installed 7 and left the now unsuspecting laptop owner with a time bomb. To recover you need recovery media you created when you got the laptop. If not, order them. Will HP factory reset delete user created partitions? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by ktsangop …, not the windows application) to revert my laptop to its factory state. The thing is that i have created a disk… Re: Will HP factory reset delete user created partitions? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by caperjack to the best of my knowledge it will not delete the partition ,just reinstall on C:\, but having said that nothing is positive with computer and windows ,so its always best to backup any personal data before trying something like this ,back up to a external drive or DVD is my suggestion to you Re: Will HP factory reset delete user created partitions? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by ktsangop Thanks mate.. Any other suggestions would be thankful! anyone ever tried it actually? Re: Will HP factory reset delete user created partitions? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by JorgeM The information you are looking for may be on HP's support website for that model. there is not standard for recovery disks, so it may or may not delete the existing partitions prior to reconfiguring new partitions on the hard drive. If it was my drive, I would back up the data prior to performing this operation just in case it wipes the … Re: Will HP factory reset delete user created partitions? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by ktsangop I 've searched on hp's support site but it's a bit blurry over there too... I would backup my data, if i had any free space.... :D but for the time being it's not an option. Neither is burning discs for 120GB. :S Thanks Re: Will HP factory reset delete user created partitions? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by JorgeM The backup solution that I would suggest is to copy data from one drive to another, or access to another computer. For example, if you can have both of these computers on the same network segment, you can backup over the network. Or plug in another hard drive to this computer using a USB adapter, or remove the drive from that computer, plug it … Re: Will HP factory reset delete user created partitions? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by ktsangop In the end i was too bored to backup my files, so i did this: Installed Windows 7 from dvd, and chose to format only C: partition so that the other ones where left un-touched. I don't know if the restore partition can be used now but at least i skipped the boring backup process... :) Thanks for the answers! Re: Will HP factory reset delete user created partitions? Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by TAMILSELVANBABU I PUT MY HP LAPTOP ON FACETORY SETTINGS THAT TIME MY ALL PARTITION AND MY ALL DATA IS GONE.HOW TO RETRIEVE MY ALL DATA.PLS HELP ME Re: Retrieve user name and password after reset Hardware and Software Networking by rubberman Hit the factory reset button (or whatever is appropriate for your phone), and re-initialize everything. Do be aware that you will lose all data on the phone. Tecra M4 Hangs at POST (startup) screen, no beeps...Suggestions? Hardware and Software Hardware by Fiterfly …have tried the following: 1) This laptop has a factory reset option where it copies an image from a hidden partition…Once I got lucky and it actually went into the factory reset screen. I took the opportunity to wipe the hard…problem remains. I have not gotten lucky at activating the factory reset screen again since. 2) I opened the laptop and… Re: Tecra M4 Hangs at POST (startup) screen, no beeps...Suggestions? Hardware and Software Hardware by hughv …have tried the following: 1) This laptop has a factory reset option where it copies an image from a hidden partition…Once I got lucky and it actually went into the factory reset screen. I took the opportunity to wipe the hard…problem remains. I have not gotten lucky at activating the factory reset screen again since. 2) I opened the laptop and… Can't get computer to reset to factory settings Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by eventhorizon … installed it. Every time I open it and choose Factory System Recovery it prompts me to restart the computer. …my computer" which eventually can lead you to reset to factory settings, however that option is not listed. Only the…takes me to windows. How can I get it to reset to factory settings? help please. ps. Someone suggested already a … "Unfortunately, the android.process.media process has stopped."" Hardware and Software by Xetwnk …help. The last thing they recommended was to do a factory reset -- but won't that erase all my stored data… way to back up these things too, across a factory reset. Chrome is supposed to sync bookmarks across devices, but… bookmarks. This stuff needs to be preserved across a factory reset, before I will even consider doing one. It seems… Re: Can't get computer to reset to factory settings Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Rik_ See if this helps - [url]http://en.kioskea.net/faq/6809-gateway-computers-how-to-reset-to-factory-settings[/url] Virus at Hidden Partition Hardware and Software Information Security by cguan_77 … resides on the hidden partition. because i did a system factory reset, when i boot the laptop. There's already a word… empty because it's a system factory reset. any tricks to remove the malware from the factory hidden partition? it's a lenovo… Re: Can't get computer to reset to factory settings Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by JOSheaIV … pretty much ignored it and I had to restore to factory settings again to fix it (after I remeoved it)) Also… before you do this, it should be there after the factory restore (talking from expeerence again) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALSO found this link to… Re: Can't get computer to reset to factory settings Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by eventhorizon … pretty much ignored it and I had to restore to factory settings again to fix it (after I remeoved it)) Also… before you do this, it should be there after the factory restore (talking from expeerence again) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALSO found this link to… Install N900XXUDNA6 4.4.2 KitKat Update Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900 Official Firm Hardware and Software by sahed111 … that the ‘Phone Bootloader Update’, ‘AUTO-REBOOT’ and ‘F.RESET TIME’ checkboxes must be checked. Only the ‘RE-PARTITION’ is…gt;About Phone>Firmware info. You can also do factory reset by dialing *2767*3855#. Possible errors that you may …Home key to select the option 3. Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset using the Home button. 4. Next select the Wipe… GT_I9000 Phone Memory crash ? Hardware and Software Hardware Mobile and Wearables by phoenix254 … sync account neither remove gmail account. i factory reset my phone didnt heppen nohting. I factory reset my phone from recovery... nothing happen app…... i did a lot of things but i couldn't reset my phone. is there any another way to set my… Re: Can't get computer to reset to factory settings Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by JOSheaIV … device to you CD drive instead of your harddrive, then reset the system and make sure the reovery disk is in… Re: Can't get computer to reset to factory settings Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by eventhorizon … device to you CD drive instead of your harddrive, then reset the system and make sure the reovery disk is in…