If your laptop freezes or slows down, the operating system is “cluttered” with unnecessary modules and applications, or is blocked, the easiest way out is to do a Hard Reset, reset to factory settings.
This article is dedicated to restoring factory settings on a laptop. We will tell you step by step how to do this, and in what situations Hard Reset is impossible.
But even if you call a professional computer technician to replace the software, 85% of the time the same situation will happen. Computer technicians and service workers delete the partition either out of ignorance or because of the belief that the pirated version of the operating system is better, and therefore there is no need to reset the settings to factory data.
If the OS was reinstalled on your laptop, you can look for a disk with an image of the partition that was deleted. Such a disc can most often be downloaded from pirated resources. There is also an official opportunity to buy a disk with reset settings; this can be done on the manufacturers’ websites. Another option is to install a clean operating system on your laptop.
If the OS was not reinstalled after purchasing the laptop, a Hard Reset is not so difficult to do, but only if you follow the instructions strictly. And you should know that the steps that will lead to a factory reset will differ for different models of portable personal computers.
You should be prepared for the following to happen after the reset procedure:
Step one The Boot Booster in the BIOS is enabled by default on this brand of laptop. To disable it, you need to go into the BIOS. Immediately after turning on the laptop, press “F2”. The BIOS settings will open. Using the arrows, click “Boot Booster” in the “Boot” tab and disable it. Now you need to save this by clicking the appropriate “Save changes and exit” item on the last tab. After saving the settings, the laptop will automatically restart. After rebooting, log out.
Step two Restoring a laptop from ASUSTeK Computer Inc. is preceded by pressing the “F9” button, after which you see the laptop booting.
Step Three The utility with which you perform a hard reset will need some time to prepare the files necessary for the Hard Reset. Then a warning will appear indicating that all information has been lost.
Step Four Immediately after this, the hardware reset and software reinstallation procedure starts.
Step Five While the procedure lasts, several system reboots will occur.
Step one Immediately after turning on, press the “F11” button, which launches the Recovery Manager. This is the software that comes with your Hewlett Packard home laptop. If the "F11" button does not bring up the Recovery Manager, launch it yourself (it can be found in installed applications).
Step two In this program, you need to click the “Recovery OS” button.
Step three Before performing a hard reset, the program will offer to copy the necessary files and information to external media.
Step four Hard Reset will automatically start. During the procedure, your HP laptop will reboot several times.
If you complete each step, the operating system will be reinstalled, new drivers necessary for the correct operation of all components, and proprietary applications from the developer will also be loaded.
There is another one that the factory program offers. It has an option to restore your computer.
Step one Click "Restore".
Step Two Click "Full Recovery"
Step three Click "Factory data reset".
Step Four The system will warn you about rebooting. Agree, and then follow the operating system commands.
The utility will automatically install drivers, settings and those programs that come with your Samsung laptop. But for all these settings and settings to take effect, you need to reboot again.
When the laptop starts to slow down terribly due to a bunch of installed and incorrectly removed programs, system garbage, a lot of temporary files and other unpleasant things, the most logical solution is to roll back the system to its original state. In this article we will figure out how to return a laptop to factory settings, using the example of all major manufacturers.
Many users will argue that it is easier to reinstall Windows. But it has the same consequences as reinstallation, but it is much faster and does not require a boot disk. In addition, users are freed from the need to search and install drivers - after returning to the original state, they only need to reinstall.
Each laptop manufacturer equips its devices with branded ones. However, working with them is carried out according to the same scheme and requires compliance with a number of rules:
So, if you want to get the system in the same condition as when you bought the laptop (without brakes, freezes, unnecessary programs and files), then choose a laptop from your manufacturer and follow the steps described.
Let's start with one of the most famous laptop manufacturers - Asus.
You don’t need to press or enter anything else - the recovery utility will figure out how to return your ASUS laptop to factory settings.
By the way, pressing the F 9 key when turning it on for the first time will not lead to anything, since by default the “Boot Booster” function is activated in ASUS laptops. It needs to be disabled in Bios. To do this, in the “Boot” item, move the parameter value to the “Disabled” position.
Let's continue our study of the topic with a story about how to return an Acer laptop to factory settings. You can perform this procedure from a running Windows (the utility is called "Acer Recovery Management") or through recovery tools.
On Windows 8.1, the recovery utility interface changes. Here you will have to select the item in the “Diagnostics” section "Return to original state". The rollback procedure is not much different, and all the steps are described in detail in Russian, so you will quickly figure out how to return an Acer laptop to factory settings.
To understand how to return a Lenovo laptop to factory settings, you first need to find a small “OneKey Rescue” button on the laptop case, which is responsible for launching the recovery utility.
Wait until the rollback procedure is completed and be sure to restart your computer for the new configuration to take effect. The answer to the question of how to return a Lenovo laptop to factory settings has been received, but there are still other manufacturers, so let's move on.
It’s the turn of the South Korean manufacturer to answer the question of how to return a Samsung laptop to factory settings.
You figured out how to return a Samsung laptop to factory settings, so you can forget about the need to reinstall the system.
It's the turn of the next manufacturer: let's see how to return an HP laptop to factory settings.
Now you know how to reset your HP laptop to factory settings. All that's left to do is wait until the factory reset procedure is completed, and start working with the laptop again.
Wondering how to reset an MSI laptop to factory settings?
That's all you need to know about how to factory reset an MSI laptop.
Now let's figure out how to return a Toshiba laptop to factory settings. In the latest models, launching the recovery utility is quite simple.
A program to restore settings to factory state will appear on the screen - you need to follow all the instructions of the recovery wizard.
But how to return a Toshiba laptop to factory settings if you have an old model? Here you will have to use the “Troubleshooting” section, which can be selected in the menu of additional boot options (F 8 key when turning on the computer).
After a short wait you will see the system again in original factory condition.
If you are looking for how to reset your Dell laptop to factory settings, you can follow the instructions above (via Troubleshooting).
The recovery program is completely Russified, so you can easily figure out what to do. By following the step-by-step instructions above, you will probably positively resolve the issue of how to return your Dell laptop to factory settings.
In this article, we examined the topic of restoring a laptop to factory settings from all the most famous laptop manufacturers.
The method is suitable if the system is stable starts And included the function of creating points without user intervention or there is a backup collected by the system itself.
To start the process, you need to open a special software utility. To run it, use the instructions:
In the window that opens select drive protected against data loss. Usually the volume on which the OS is directly installed is selected.
Afterwards, you need to press the button "Recovery…"
A program will open to restore the previous state of the OS. Click the button " Further" and we see a menu that requires select a point recovery. The menu presents those that were created by the operating system itself.
To see all available rollback points, check the box " Show other restore points»
We follow further instructions and agree with reboot system and the fact that it will be impossible to cancel the restoration in the future. System will reboot and there will be a rollback.
It should be remembered that after the rollback the password, which was in use at the time. To avoid problems with logging in, make sure you have utility password reset. When will it happen return OS to the previous state, the previous points will disappear, but a new one will appear, created immediately before the reset attempt.
If items recovery are missing, or returning to previous states did not help, then you should try returning the PC to factory condition.
Often, most Windows laptops have this option, regardless of the version; instructions can be found from the manufacturer.
If you are the owner stationary PC with Windows 7 installed, then the method is unlikely to work, since usually in this case the OS requires a disk.
For the newest Windows starting from the eighth version, you can use the following algorithm:
Open the menu " Options" - Go to the section " Update and Security» — « Restore your computer to its original state» → Button « Begin» 
This option is suitable if the operating system categorically refuses to start. The disk can be almost any external data storage device, even a USB flash drive. 
For creation recovery media you will need to go to control Panel and in the category " system and safety» select the item « Backing up computer data". After that, click on the inscription “ Create a recovery disk". In the new window, select the drive you want to use, then click " Create disk».
Now you will always have the opportunity to fix a system problem without resorting to a complete reinstallation.
This method is also suitable for those who have lost the ability to start the OS, important honors this option from the previous one is that using full image disk, absolutely all user settings, files and applications are restored. Recommended make an image at a time when the PC has all the basic drivers and programs, but no unnecessary software. 
To create an image, follow the same instructions as described in the previous method. Only at the last stage should you follow the link “ Creating a system image«.
In the window that opens offered select a location to save the image. The typical save location is DVD, as it can be used if the hard drive is damaged, which is quite convenient. The best way is to write to network storage, it would be better to use this particular point, since in this case, the probability of losing the image will be reduced to zero. 
The recovery itself begins in the following way when the computer is rebooted: “ Diagnostics» — « Extra options» — « Restoring a system image».
Factory settings on a laptop may be required in a variety of cases. For example, your computer is very clogged with various programs, or errors often occur, the computer slows down a lot and nothing helps. Also, using a reset, you can get rid of the Windows locked problem.
All these problems can be solved by resetting the laptop to factory settings. Let's get started.
By the way, I would like to say that there are times when it is not possible to return to the factory settings. The fact is that some users who bought a laptop immediately, or after some time, reinstalled Windows, which came with the laptop. Often the hidden partition is deleted to allow recovery on the hard drive.
It also happens that after calling a computer technician, he reinstalls Windows, then, most often, the same thing happens - the recovery partition is deleted. So, it’s better to do it all yourself.
If this happens, you will most likely have to look for a data recovery disk; you can try downloading the image online. The best option, of course, would be to reinstall the system.
We will move on to those cases when it is possible to restore a laptop to factory condition.
But this will delete all data from drive C, Windows will be reinstalled and you will not need to enter the key. After reinstalling and starting the system, the installation of drivers and other components will begin.
So, to carry out this operation on an HP laptop, you need:
To do this on an Acer laptop, you need to do the following:
By the way, you can return to factory settings in the Windows operating system itself. To do this, you need to find the eRecovery Management utility on your computer, go to the Recovery tab and reset the settings.
In order to restore this laptop to its factory state, you need to use the Recovery Solution utility located in Windows itself. If this utility is not available, then restart the computer and press F4 to launch the recovery utility.
After completing the work, you will need to restart the laptop again to activate the recovery made by the program.
To restore a laptop, you will have to carry out the following manipulations:
The second login option on this laptop, if the first one didn’t work out:
The recovery utility will launch, just follow its instructions, it’s not that difficult.
I hope this article helped you in solving your problems; if you have any questions, ask them in the comments.
