Click on the search icon in your task bar and type reset, which will bring up Reset this PC as the best match.If Windows 11 is working - or even if it’s mostly working - it’s simple to do a reset.
There is also a different method of reinstalling Windows called “Fresh start” (formerly “Refresh”).
You can do it from the Windows interface or, if you’re in trouble, from the more basic Safe Mode. There are several ways to initiate a reset in Windows 11 depending on what you need to do. But before you get the no-longer-needed computer out of your house, you’re going to want to wipe all your data off the hard drive first. Resets are also useful if you’ve just bought a spanking new system, loaded all your data onto it, and now want to sell / trade in / give away / discard your old system. (By the way, you have backed up your computer, right?) In both cases, I was able to save an otherwise unusable PC by doing a reset, which removes all (or most) of the files and apps on the hard drive and reinstalls Windows. (It would stop responding to input one minute after it booted.)
#How to wipe a laptop clean to install windows 10 update#
Another time, a Windows 10 system decided that it didn’t like the latest update and began misbehaving. The battery ran out in the middle of the update and voila! I was stuck with what I was sure was now a very expensive brick. A couple of years ago, I made the mistake of not checking to make sure my laptop was securely plugged in while Windows was undergoing a major update. When you’re running a Windows system, sometimes things just go wrong.
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