

From factory this (and many) laptop was installed with 8 aswell as a recovery partition with 8 on it aswell obviously as it was pre-8.1. Step 2. Open Command Prompt through Windows Repair.Issue: This is an issue across many laptops that are sold with windows 8 pre-installed. You may use this both on Windows 8 and 10. Step 1. This solution will require a bootable external storage media such as a DVD or USB. Step 8. Type another Exit to close Command Prompt, then Turn off your PC. Step 7. Exit diskpart by typing Exit in the command line. Step 6. Type in select partition 2 and then type active. Partition 2 is for system installation so we're going to select it.


Step 5. Type in list partitions to preview the list of available partitions. Select the disk by typing in select disk 0 in the command line. Step 3. Then, type list disk to preview all available hard disks. Step 2. In the Command Prompt window, type in diskpart Under Advanced options, you'll find Command Prompt. You will be redirected to the Startup Options window. Access Startup Options by clicking the Power button while pressing down on the Shift key.

Step 1. Open Command Prompt through Windows Repair. After launching the Command Prompt, enter chkdsk c: /f (replace "c" with the drive letter of the volume you want to check). This may provide a solution for recovering drive partitions so you may reset your PC. Using CHKDSK to Check the System PartitionĬheck Disk Utility or CHKDSK is a built-in utility on Windows that is capable of performing scans on hard disks. This error may be due to inactive or lost partitions, defective HDD or SDD, corrupted boot configurations, etc. A common error you may encounter is one with prompt "Unable to reset your PC. However, there are times when you're unable to reset your PC because of errors. This has made this new feature of Windows 10 very ideal. Traditionally, a drive reformat does this job but this requires transferring of data into a storage device as this process wipes out all the data in the PC. This enables users to reset their devices to their factory settings while retaining all the data. Resetting PCs has become one of the staple methods to get rid of minor errors and bugs in most Windows computers.
