Reset the Dell Laptop From the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)
There are three different ways to activate the Windows Recovery Environment and use it to reset the PC.
Windows 10
Although Windows 10 looks a little different, the steps for resetting your PC are basically the same.
Automatic: Windows displays the Windows Recovery Environment as a troubleshooting step after the third boot failure. Push-Button Reset: From the sign-in screen, press Shift and select the Power button > Restart on the lower-right corner of the screen.Settings: Go to Settings > Update & Security > Recovery > Advanced startup. Select the Restart now button.
Windows boots into the Windows Recovery Environment and prepares for further choices from you. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the reset process. This takes some time, and your computer will restart.
What Is a Factory Reset?
Wiping a Dell laptop is the final troubleshooting solution when things go wrong with Windows. It’s also a recommended step when you want to give away your old laptop. A factory reset restores a PC to the same state it was in when it rolled out of the manufacturer’s assembly line. Almost all electronic devices have this capability, and you can’t undo it once you start. So, make sure to back up your files. A Windows factory reset will wipe your Dell laptop of all installed programs and files, so you don’t want to lose data. Windows will work like new once all the updates are in place. There are two points to consider:
A factory reset alone won’t solve performance issues since problems in the hardware can make your new OS installation error-prone too. A factory reset will wipe data from the hard drive, but this data may still be recoverable to specialized data recovery software used by professionals.
How Do I Delete Everything Off My Dell Laptop?
The above methods help you keep your operating system intact while giving you the choice of a clean Windows installation. There may be situations, however, where you would want to delete Windows. Maybe, there is sensitive data on your Dell PC, and you want to make it unrecoverable before you sell the laptop or scrap it. Also, wiping the hard drive clean might be one of the options to remove ransomware from your compromised PC. You can wipe your hard drive with the help of native and third-party specialized tools. This extreme step will delete everything from your laptop and make it impossible for any file recovery program to reconstruct the data. The formatting methods do not depend on the make or model of the Windows laptop you own.
