How to stop ‘Reset this PC’?

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There's usually a couple of extra prompts before it starts (to avoid "accidentally" selecting it).

If it hasn't started; ie the screen isn;t blue with a message to the effect of "we're resetting this PC", chances are, you haven't confirmed the action - and nothing is happening.

As for stopping it... if it truly has started the process, there is no stopping it. If you cut the power etc, you'll likely corrupt any data present, so nothing is recoverable at that point anyway.

If the process has started, but there's critical documents/files you simply cannot afford to lose - cutting the power will likely be your only option.
BUT, the drive/data likely won't be recoverable by a home user - and would need professional recovery methods...

Barty1884

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There's usually a couple of extra prompts before it starts (to avoid "accidentally" selecting it).

If it hasn't started; ie the screen isn;t blue with a message to the effect of "we're resetting this PC", chances are, you haven't confirmed the action - and nothing is happening.

As for stopping it... if it truly has started the process, there is no stopping it. If you cut the power etc, you'll likely corrupt any data present, so nothing is recoverable at that point anyway.

If the process has started, but there's critical documents/files you simply cannot afford to lose - cutting the power will likely be your only option.
BUT, the drive/data likely won't be recoverable by a home user - and would need professional recovery methods.
 
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