Hello everybody!
Watch this video to find out how to recover data after resetting a Windows 11 computer
to factory defaults, and How to reset Windows 111 to factory settings
without losing data.
Sometimes, when your computer is plagued by frequent errors and freezes, you have no other
options left but to reset it to factory defaults.
Reinstalling or resetting the computer's operating system can fix many different bugs and glitches,
but it also means that all computer settings are restored to their default – or factory
– values.
What is worse, it can also remove important files and even all your data.
Within a few minutes, I'll show you how to reset a Windows 11 computer safely and without
risking your precious personal files.
And even if worse comes to worst, you'll know how to recover data lost after an unsuccessful
attempt at resetting or reinstalling an operating system or formatting a hard disk.
How to factory reset Windows 11 Just as any other operating system, Windows
11 may sometimes have issues, especially if you’re using a test build, so I’m sure
you’re interested to see how to fix them quickly.
The most general and quick solution to most problems you may encounter while using your
operating system is to reset it.
This action will restore factory settings, rebuild damaged system files and bring your
computer back to normal.
This is how it’s done: Click on the Start menu and open Settings,
or press the key shortcut Win+I.
Open the Update and Security category.
In the left panel, select “Recovery” and then look to the right to find “Reset this
PC” – “Restart PC.”
To save your files from removal, choose the option "Keep my files."
But if you want a brand new start - hit "Remove everything."
Now choose how the system should be reset - select “Local reinstall” and click “Next.”
You will see a warning saying your computer is ready for resetting and explaining the
consequences of doing that.
Click "Reset" to confirm your decision.
The resetting process will begin; the computer will restart several times, so just wait a
little until everything is over.
How to recover data after resetting went wrong If you face a problem with damaged system
files, a blue screen of death, or the reset process was interrupted and the computer can't
boot anymore, use Hetman Partition Recovery – a specialized tool for recovering data.
When you choose to reset your computer and keep your files, they are not moved anywhere
and the chances of their being damaged are very little, even if the resetting or reinstalling
process was interrupted or halted because of an error: the files are still there, on
your hard disk.
This is how you can recover them safely: Connect the hard disk containing your files
to a properly working Windows computer.
Start the program and scan the disk.
If your choice when resetting the computer was to keep personal files, you will find
all your data on the hard disk, inside the same folders where you used to store them.
To have your files back, select the ones you need and click “Recovery,” choose where
to save them and click “Recovery” again.
When the entire process is over, you will find the recovered files in the folder you
have chosen.
How to recover lost data after resetting with the option “Remove everything”
If you accidentally chose the wrong reset option and all your data was removed, don’t
give up: even if the files are gone after resetting the computer, they can still be
recovered.
Provided you haven’t written too much stuff to this hard disk after the reset operation,
the files may be still intact.
In fact, erasing a file takes much longer than most people tend to believe, and that
is why file recovery operations become possible.
When you restart Windows during the reset operation, the system says files are removed
from the hard disk; they are no longer displayed on the disk as the system marks that disk
space as good for writing new data, but the deleted files are still available for recovery.
You can bring them back with the help of specialized data recovery software.
On the other hand, if the old data has been overwritten, you have very little chance to
recover it so easily.
That's why we recommend beginning data recovery as soon as possible after you're finished
with the reset operations.
To make sure the file recovery is successful and your data is not going to be erased in
the process, you’ve got to choose a reliable tool for the job.
Hetman Partition Recovery knows how to recover files after various scenarios such as factory
reset, formatting, system errors, virus attacks and partition issues.
With this tool, you’ll be able to recover large amounts of data in various formats:
documents, images, videos, audio files and archives.
In addition to the high rate of successful recovery and speed of operation, this tool
is also 100% safe and will never overwrite your data while trying to recover it.
The program has a preview feature to make things easier when you want to find and recover
specific files.
To start recovering your stuff, right-click on the disk and choose “Open,” select
the scan type.
After the Fast scan, the program displays the disk contents, and deleted files are marked
with a red cross.
If you're not happy with the Fast scan result, run Full analysis, which is longer but gives
you the chance to find all the information remaining on the disk.
Select the files you want to recover, click "Recovery," select where you want to save
them and click "Recovery" again.
We don’t recommend saving the data to the same disk you are trying to recover it from
as it can erase the files; if possible, save the information to another disk.
When the entire process is over, you will find the recovered files in the folder you
have chosen.
I'd like to remind you, though, that the best method to prevent data loss is to back up
all important information before a system reset or any other action involving the risk
of file removal.
That is all for now!
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