HELP MY PC IS STUCK AT 34%

[RacistGaming]

So I was having issues with my pc so I did a factory reset but it’s stuck at 34% and I don’t wanna power it down because idk what will happen, can someone help me out? I have a Inspirion 15 7000 gaming

[Omega]

Give it 30 minutes and if nothing changes pull the plug.

If nothing changes get on a working PC and download the Media Creation Tool from the Microsoft website. Then use that tool to make a bootable Windows 10 installation flash drive.

[_I_]

what kind of issues?

many a bad hdd can caues issues and factory reset to hang

[RacistGaming]

It’s been 3 hours and it’s still stuck, I might have to send her back to dell

[Omega]

Originally posted by Dong Kong:

It’s been 3 hours and it’s still stuck, I might have to send her back to dell

You don't have to. You should never reset Windows for various reasons, this being one of them.

You can always reinstall Windows.

[_I_]

better off doing a rma from the hdd from its mfg

[Omega]

I would only RMA after reinstalling the OS and there is clearly something wrong with the machine. This is something anyone could easily fix at home.

[RacistGaming]

Ok it reset it was just stuck

[_I_]

if the os reinstall was successful, check with hdtune or crystaldisk
http://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/

if it has any bad/pending sectors, get the windows key and rma the drive

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Just reinstall the whole OS via your own created Win10 media, usb stick and the iso from Microsoft... your old os and files will be moved to "c:/windows.old"

[RacistGaming]

OK thanks

[upcoast]

Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by Dong Kong:

It’s been 3 hours and it’s still stuck, I might have to send her back to dell

You don't have to. You should never reset Windows for various reasons, this being one of them.

You can always reinstall Windows.

Faulty hardware can just as easily wreck an iso installation, I personally have had no issues with win 10 reset.

[Omega]

Originally posted by upcoast:

Originally posted by Omega:

You don't have to. You should never reset Windows for various reasons, this being one of them.

You can always reinstall Windows.

Faulty hardware can just as easily wreck an iso installation, I personally have had no issues with win 10 reset.

The Windows 10 reset quite often does not fix an issue.

I see this a lot, for example the task bar doesn't work and a user tries the Windows reset to fix the issue. After the Windows reset the task bar still doesn't work. I dunno what this reset thing does exactly but it clearly does not do a propper reinstallation of the OS.

And if you have a prebuild desktop or laptop all the bloardware will be loaded on to your machine again. That is another reason not to use it.

Of course a bricked HDD or whatever can mess up your Windows installation. Reinstalling Windows is a simple and quick way of checking if it is a software or hardware issue without having to spend half a day running Memtest and a disk check. And 9/10 times it is a software issue anyway.

[upcoast]

If you use RESET as it supposed to be used as in do not save any crap or settings it is about as close to being a reinstall that I've seen, I have used Reset a fair amount and it did give me a clean slate the same as a reinstall.


It's another feature that does work but there's always a margin of error once you throw the human element into the mix.