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Recovering from a failed Win10 Reset

Posted on November 22, 2020 at 21:10 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

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By Fred Langa

Win10’s cloud-based Resets are usually the fastest and easiest way to return a PC to a known-good, baseline state.

Major Reset failures are rare, but the worst-case scenarios can leave a PC completely unbootable. Here’s what to do when a reset misadventure strikes.

Plus: What’s with those weird two-headed USB connectors?

Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.46.0 (2020-11-23).

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