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Copper Contributor

Apr 27, 2020

Factory Reset Windows 10 without user intervention

I've looked for this answer online and have come across the "systemreset -factoryreset" command which works, but it comes up with the prompt asking if I want to keep my files or remove everything, I ...

ArkadiiCho

Copper Contributor

Feb 16, 2022

Hi there,

Recently cloud download option became available for factory reset and I'm wondering if it's possible to use DoWipeProtectedMethod and download OS image from the cloud. As I understood with provided PS script, factory reset uses local files for OS reinstallation?

Thank you!

dretzer

red-four-nine-park

Copper Contributor

Feb 17, 2022

I think the cloud option is only present in Windows RE?

I know that if you enter Windows RE by repeatedly hard powering off during boot, you can then reset using cloud download.

Does anyone know a way to access it through PowerShell?