By Michael | Last Updated
At times, your HP laptop operating system would break down or infects virus. More than that, hard disk may be damaged as well so that you can only factory reset HP laptop from startup in Windows 10.
As we all know, system recovery feature can fix some problems as well. Nonetheless, what's the difference between factory reset, system recovery, and system reinstall? Which is better to choose?
Factory reset: In general, when we reset an HP laptop to factory settings, everything of this machine includes data saved on hard disk and even system operating would restore to the original state. That is to say, as to programs that don't exist in the first place will be deleted.
System recovery: It will create a restore point to recover program or system back to normal.
System reinstallation: Before you are reinstalling Windows system operation, it is necessary to backup all files.
Suggestion: If you can still access your HP laptop, it's easier and less data loss to recover system. When HP laptop is inaccessible, factory reset is better than reinstall system, especially a newbie. Reinstalling a system is a complicated thing for users to accomplish, and the potential risk is that you will encounter some error during the installation. However, whichever you want to use, don't forget to backup all files to other places.
When your HP laptop is un-accessible, you can walk through the tutorial below to factory reset it from startup in three steps.
Unplug all external device like printers, USB flash, and faxes; but not include power cable, mouse, and keyboard.
Step 1: Start or restart HP laptop. When the HP logo shows on the screen, keep pressing F11 or ESC + F11 to get into the Choose an option Window and select Troubleshoot.
NOTE: If you have an installation disc, you can set HP laptop boot from USB in BIOS settings to access the screen below as well.
Step 2: Tap on Recovery Manager.
Step 3: Click on Factory Reset to continue.
NOTE: After finishing factory reset, you have to update Windows operating system to the latest version.
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