[FIXED] There was A Problem Resetting Your PC Windows 10 Error

Whenever there was a problem resetting your PC Windows 10, you can always fix it with the right methods we gather in this article. Just like any mobile devices, you can try to reset your PC to its default settings. Usually, Windows users tend to do this in case any errors occurring in the system. Since they cannot find a way to fix it, they consider resetting the Windows 10 PC as the last resort.

Resetting your Windows 10 PC can fix the errors in the system effectively, but you will lose every data in your system once you proceed with the resetting process. Since your Windows 10 PC will be reset back to the factory default configuration, there will be only the core services and programs left in the system. If you have nothing to salvage from the current data on your Windows system, then you can proceed with the resetting process at once.

rrors in resetting your Windows 10 PC, it will be difficult for you to reinstall the Windows system back again. In case you meet this type of problem while resetting your Windows 10 PC, you will find it difficult to boot your Windows system after you finish the resetting process. This can present another problem to the list of Windows errors you have just solved by resetting your Windows 10 PC.

Several factors can contribute to the resetting problem in your Windows 10 PC. Some of the errors revolve around the invalid installation of Windows 10. Others may come from the inner system of your PC itself. If you operate your PC with Windows 10 installation media, the problem of resetting may exist due to the invalidity of some installation discs.  To avoid this problem, you can download the real Windows 10 installer on the official Microsoft site. On the other hand, you will not find any resetting problem if your Windows 10 system is an upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

Errors in resetting Windows 10 PC usually comes from the manufacturer’s settings to enable the disk space compression. It is used to reduce the disk space which the system may use to store the preinstalled applications. Without knowing it, some Windows users may proceed to create the USB recovery drive using the “Create a recovery drive” feature in Windows 10. Then, they may boot their Windows PCs from the USB recovery drive and choose to troubleshoot the PC. Afterward, the system will reset the PC and remove everything in the system. Often, in those typical situations, the error named “There was a problem resetting your PC” occurs. In the end, you will not be able to boot back into the Windows system.

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Methods to Fix Windows 10 PC Resetting Problem

In order to fix the resetting problem on your Windows 10 PC, you can try to perform one of the methods we have curated below. See if one of the methods below can fix the resetting problem on your Windows 10 PC with no changes made for you.

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Performing Startup Repair or Automatic Repair

First, you must prepare the Windows 10 bootable installation disc and insert it on your Windows 10 PC.

Step 1: Afterward, you can proceed to restart your Windows 10 PC.

Step 2: Once the screen turns back on, you will be instructed to press any key to boot from the disc. Proceed to press any key to continue.

Step 3: Then, you can choose the language you prefer to use.

Step 4: Click on the “Next” button.

Step 5: Proceed to select the option “Repair your computer” in the bottom-left of the screen.

Step 6: Once you get to the “Option” screen, find the option “Troubleshoot” and click on it.

Step 7: You will be directed to the “Troubleshoot” screen at once. There, you can click on the option “Advanced option”.

Step 8: Find the option “Automatic Repair” or “Startup Repair” on the “Advanced option” screen.

Step 9: Afterward, Windows Automatic or Startup Repairs will start processing. Wait until the repairings finish their processes.

Step 10: At last, you can restart your Windows 10 PC once more. See if the resetting problem on your Windows 10 PC has been fixed with no changes made.

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Performing Windows 10 System Restore

Step: First, you must prepare the Windows 10 installation media or Recovery Drive disc. Alternatively, you can also insert the System Repair Disc into the Windows 10 PC.

Step 1: Afterward, you can choose the language you wish to use and click Next to continue.

Step 2: Then, you can click on the option “Repair your computer” at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3: Proceed to select the section “Troubleshoot” and head to the “Advanced Options”.

Step 4: At last, you can click on the option “System Restore”. Follow every instruction on the screen to proceed with the restoring process.

Step 5: At last, you can restart your Windows 10 PC and see if the resetting problem on your Windows 10 PC has been solved with no changes made.

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Fixing Boot Image And Rebuild BCD

Step 1: Head to the Windows’ Command Prompt by searching it on the Windows search box.

Step 2: Alternatively, you can go to the Command Prompt window from the “Advanced option” screen.

Step 3: Once the Command Prompt window appears, you can type the following commands and press Enter after each one.

bootrec.exe /FixMbr
bootrec.exe /FixBoot
bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd

Step 4: Alternatively, you can type the command below if the previous commands do not work.

bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup
c:
cd boot
attrib bcd -s -h -r
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old
bootrec /RebuildBcd

Step 5: Wait until the commands processings finish and close the Command Prompt window.

Step 6: At last, you can restart your Windows 10 PC. See if the resetting problem on your Windows 10 PC has been solved with no changes made.

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Running System File Checker (SFC) and Check Disk (CHKDSK)

Step 1: Proceed to head to the Command Prompt window once more from the Windows installation disk.

Step 2: Then, you can type the command below and press Enter after each one.

sfc /scannow /offbootdir=c:\ /offwindir=c:\windows
chkdsk C: /f /r /x

Each letter there corresponds to certain commands which are required to fix the errors in the resetting process of your Windows 10 PC. Make sure to type them all orderly, or else the system will not recognize the command you enter.

Step 3: Wait until the commands above finish processing and close the Command Prompt once they finish.

Step 4: At last, you can restart your Windows 10 PC to save and apply the changes.

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Changing the Name of the System and Software Registry Hives

Step 1: Head to the Command Prompt from the “Advanced Options” screen using the Windows 10 installation media,

Step 2: Afterward, you can type the command below and press Enter.

cd %windir%\system32\config

ren system system.001

ren software software.001

Step 3: Wait until the commands processings finish and close the Command Prompt window.

Step 4: Afterward, you will be taken to the “Windows Recovery Environment” window.

Step 5: Proceed to select the “Continue” option in order to boot to your Windows 10 PC.

Step 6: Once the rebooting process finishes, you can check whether or not the resetting error on your Windows 10 PC still exists.

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Recovering from Drive

Consider performing this method when every method above does not work since this method will delete all of your personal data. If you have taken that into consideration, you can see the steps below.

Step 1: First, you must insert the USB recovery drive to the Windows 10 PC.

Step 2: Afterward, you can restart your Windows 10 PC from there.

Step 3: If you are instructed to press any key to boot from the recovery media, then you can press any key nearest to you.

Step 4:Then, you can choose the language you wish to use and click on the option “Next”.

Step 5: Proceed to select the option “Repair your computer” at the bottom-left of the screen.

Step 6: Once you get to the “Option” screen, proceed to click on the option “Troubleshoot”.

Step 7: Then, you can click on the option “Advanced option”.

Step 8: Proceed to choose the option “Recover from drive” or “System Image Recovery” on the “Advanced option” screen.

Step 9: Afterward, you can follow the instructions to finish the repairing process.

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Recovering Windows PC with A Recovery USB

Step 1: First, you must insert the USB recovery drive to your Windows 10 PC.

Step 2: Proceed to open the Command Prompt window from the “Advanced Options” screen.

Step 3: Then, you can type “notepad” in the Command Prompt window and press Enter.

Step 4: Once you get into the Notepad screen, you can click on the option “File” and choose the option “Open”.

Step 5: Proceed to choose “All Files” besides the “File Name”.

Step 6: Afterward, you can find the USB drive letter with the installation media disc attached to your Windows 10 PC.

Step 7: After you get the drive letter, you can type it on the Command Prompt window and press Enter.

Step 8:Then, you can type “Setup” on the cmd and press Enter.

Step 9: You will be directed to the Windows Installation setup at once.

Proceed to follow the on-screen instructions until the end to reinstall or install Windows 10 once more.

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Running Repair Install on Windows 10

When all else fails, you can try to run a Repair Install on your Windows 10 PC to fix the resetting error. At this point, the HDD on your Windows 10 PC is working finely, yet the “there was a problem resetting your PC” error still exists due to the removal of the operating system or the BCD information on the HDD. In case this happens to you, proceed to perform a Repair install on your Windows 10 PC. Alternatively, you can also try to Clean Install Windows 10 PC again to make sure the resetting Windows 10 PC problem does not get in the way ever again.