Factory Reset Windows 10 without user intervention

Question

Hi

I've looked for this answer online and have come across the "systemreset -factoryreset" command which works, but it comes up with the prompt asking if I want to keep my files or remove everything, I want to remove everything but without the prompt. 

We are trying to accomplish this remotely as our users are all at home, so I need to automate it and have no user involvement in the process, I just want it to factory reset, and bring the laptop up to the off-the-shelf state configuration.

Does anyone know if this is possible?

Thanks

Answer 1

Your question is out of scope in these consumer-oriented forums. You should find better asnwers in the Windows 10 IT Pro forums in Technet or TechCommunity.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-...

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-...

Answer 2

Thanks, but that requires the use of USB flash drive, which isn't possible as i'm not with the laptops so i'm limited to deploying powershell scripts and commands to the laptops.

The only part i want to automate is selecting "remove everything" which comes up right after running the "systemreset -factoryreset" command. I then want the laptop to continue with the reset and then allow the user to complete the start up configuration themselves.

We are not doing this from any pre-exiting images, and our laptops are running the pre-loaded Windows 10 Pro install, we are just using the in-built Windows 10 "reset this PC" feature as we have no MDM configured. We just want the laptops to be totally reset so they don't contain any company information, so we're not bothered about completing the OOBE for them.

Thanks

Answer 3

you must know the windows deployment methods for all process , visit microsoft website

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/sysprep--system-preparation--overview

Answer 4

Hi,

  This can be done through the use of the unattended file. Theres a good guide on this here:

https://superuser.com/questions/1333178/automat...