How to restore win10 computer to factory settings

Open the "Start Menu" in the lower left corner of Win10 and select [Computer Settings] as shown in the figure below.

After entering the computer settings, we click to enter the [Update and Restore] settings at the bottom of the left side, as shown in the figure below.

Then in the Win10 update and restore settings, select [Restore], as shown in the following interface figure.

Next, we click [Start] under "Delete everything and reinstall Windows", as shown below.

It should be noted here that the image file of win10 installed before is used, because the computer was installed with a USB flash drive, the image files are all in the USB flash drive, and win10 factory reset needs to use the files in the copy image, so it will prompt: "Some files are missing", as shown in the figure below.

After that, insert the USB flash drive that installed win10 into the computer, and restore the operation again, and then you can see the following "initialization" settings, and then we can click [Next], as shown in the figure below.

ps.If you have the previous win10 system image file in the computer, you don't need to insert the USB flash drive where win10 is installed.

Next, you will enter the "Your computer has multiple drives" setting option, there are two options: [Install window drives only] and [All drives], you can choose according to your own situation. Generally, we can select the first item [Install window driver only], as shown in the following figure.

There are some other options to choose from, and we can just follow the prompts to select them. Finally, we will enter the [Ready, you can initialize the computer] prompt, we can click [Initialize], as shown in the figure below.

Finally, the computer will automatically restart, and after restarting the computer, it will enter the "Resetting the computer (progress percentage prompt)" interface, which will take a long time, and will automatically restart 2 times during this period. If you're a laptop user, it's a good idea to make sure the battery is fully charged or connected to a power adapter. After waiting for a long period of time,win10 can be successfully restored to factory settings,Finally enter the system settings interface,Here is the same as the initial setting of the newly installed win01,You can enter the new win10 interface after the setting is completed。

Where is the win10 system factory reset?

1Tap the "Start" button in the bottom left corner.

2. Click "Settings" - "Update & Security" "- Recovery" - Reset this computer "- Start". (If you can't enter the system, you can also try to force shut down twice, and the third boot will automatically enter the Windows RE repair environment).

3. Choose the right option according to your personal needs. Keep My Files: Delete apps and settings, but keep your personal files.

Delete Everything: Delete all personal files, apps, and settings.

4. Select Keep My Files, and you will be prompted to delete the list of apps for later reinstallation.

If you have multiple partitions or drives, you can choose whether to reset only the drive where your Windows system is located or all of them. Choose whether to "delete my files only" or "delete files and clean drives" according to your needs