I'm trying to reset one of my old pcs so I can sell it but for some reason, every time I click reset this pc it gets to like 30-40-50-60% done and then just says "undoing changes" resets and then says "there was a problem resetting this pc" and reboots up to the normal desktop. I even tried just reinstalling windows using the installer and it says "windows failed to install" and returns me to the desktop as well. I tried all the CMD commands from yt videos and none of them work. Anyone know why this is happening?
Question Reset This PC/ reinstalling windows fails everytime
- Thread starter ju1c3
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- Oct 7, 2009
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Since you're trying to reset and it doesn't work for you, why not recreate your bootable USB installer and reinstall the OS? That way you get the latest version of the OS on the platform.
I even tried just reinstalling windows using the installer and it says "windows failed to install" and returns me to the desktop as well.
Where did you source the installer for the OS?
I even tried just reinstalling windows using the installer and it says "windows failed to install" and returns me to the desktop as well.
Where did you source the installer for the OS?
- Nov 19, 2010
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Is that any different from using the installer? I got the installer from the microsoft website "Windows 11 Installation Assistant"
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If you're doing a full fresh install properly, as you should be on any PC you're selling, the drive would be wiped before the install starts and there wouldn't be any OS on the drive *to* load.
Oh I forgot to mention, I'm trying to reset it because I have files from my old drive and I want to COMPLETELY remove everything. Freshly installing windows won't do that correct?
While we're on the topic, on my main PC I upgraded my motherboard and was advised on here to do a fresh install of windows. I used the same installer I stated above to reinstall it. Is that not the correct way to do it? I haven't run it any problems YET, but I'm curious if I need to be worried now or not.
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If the install fails and it boots into working Windows, the drive wasn't properly wiped. If the drive was wiped, there wouldn't be a working Windows *to* go back to until the new install was completed properly.
How To - Windows 11 clean install tutorial
Windows 11 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows 11, version 23H2 or newer but can be equally applied to earlier versions which may have some basic differences in the screens you see but will largely remain similar in...
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hmm. Now I seem to be getting the error right after the installation from the USB finishes stating "Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of installation. To install Windows, restart the installation." What does this mean? In the mean time I'm just gonna try againIf the install fails and it boots into working Windows, the drive wasn't properly wiped. If the drive was wiped, there wouldn't be a working Windows *to* go back to until the new install was completed properly.
How To - Windows 11 clean install tutorial
Windows 11 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows 11, version 23H2 or newer but can be equally applied to earlier versions which may have some basic differences in the screens you see but will largely remain similar in...
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If that is an old pc, why are you trying to install windows 11 onto it?
Windows 11 has specific hardware requirements. Old pc will not be compatible.
What are full specs of your pc?
Install windows 10 instead.
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I got it working from the fresh USB install. I simply followed this which cleaned the drive of everything and then the install worked. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...r/40eed5a2-757f-4283-ae46-ea5d6c8098cb?page=1
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