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Windows 11 reset stuck

Anonymous
2023-01-25T23:25:17+00:00

I have reset windows 11, choosing not to keep anything, clean the disk, and reinstall from the cloud. I know this takes a while but it has been around 3 hours and I am still at the screen "HP Resetting this PC", it has taken 2 hrs to go from 1% to 2%.

Can I safely interrupt this process to restart it?

What do I do?

Wait it out? At 1% per hour I'm looking at a 4-5 day long reset, doesn't seem quite right.

Follow up, will I be able to go back to windows 10 with this reset? I'm really not loving 11

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup

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  1. Ivan B 114.8K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2023-01-26T00:01:27+00:00

    Hi, Tom.

    I am Ivan, I will help you with this.

    You can cancel the process and use the ISO installation to install Windows 10.

    Using microsoft media creation tools and select create media installation then ISO file.

    Link Media creation tools: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209

    After downloading, find the Windows 10 ISO file on your PC, right-click and select “Mount”. If the option is not available, select “Open With” and “Windows Explorer”

    1. Run the “Setup” application, present inside the Windows 10 ISO, to start the installation on the PC.
    2. With the ISO files folder open, click on the “Setup” executable to continue installing Windows 10.
    3. After that, a Get Important Updates window will appear along with the two options Select: Not now
    4. Uncheck the box I want to help improve your Windows installation to skip sending unknown data to Microsoft about the installation process Next
    5. After that, a License Terms window will pop up, here you have to click on the Accept button.

    6.Now another “Choose what to keep” window or “Ready to install” window will pop up.

    At this point, you need to change some settings. Click the “Change what to keep” link

    1. You can now see the “Choose what to keep” window along with the three options given below:

    Select Nothing

    Then click on the Next button.

    Finally, the Ready to Install window will appear along with the Install button.

    In this step, you have to click on the Install button to start reinstalling Windows 10. During this process, your computer or laptop may restart sometimes.

    And just wait for the clean and fully automatic installation procedure.

    Independent Advisor - Community

    Thanks

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