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Are you facing the problem of lagging or long buffering in your Samsung laptop and your laptop is not running quickly or efficiently?

No Worries, here is a solution to get rid of this type of problem.

The solution which can eliminate lagging problems is to reset your Samsung laptop.

But how to factory reset Samsung laptops?

I Know this is confusing for many people, that’s why I’m going to explain step by step methods which you can use to reset your Samsung Laptop.

How to Factory Reset Samsung Laptop

Before factory reset, you need to ensure to create a backup.

How to backup a Samsung Laptops

Before factory reset, I suggest you to create a backup, you can use both steps to create a backup in your laptop.

For Samsung Users

In factory reset, system format all of your data stored in drives, but you can create backup to recover your important files. To create a backup you can use google drive if you just want to create a backup of your images or videos. But if you have important data then I prefer you to use software like Samsung Recovery Solution.

If you choose Samsung Recovery Solution then steps are:

Step 1: Power up your Samsung PC and press the F4 button when it begins

Step 2: If done right, you’ll see a screen that shows ‘Samsung Recovery Solution 5 [EMS Enabled]’ inside a couple of moments.

Step 3: Press Enter and inside a moment your Samsung Laptop will open ‘Samsung Recovery Solution‘ application

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Step 4: There you will see 3 major options with Restore, Backup, and System Software. So click on backup

Step 5: Inside backup, choose Complete Backup or create a backup folder for partially backup, make sure you remember that folder

Step 6: If you choose to create partial backup folders then select your important files or folder and then click on Create A backup.

Step 7: Your Samsung Laptop will take around 15-45 minutes to do a Complete backup progress upon your Laptop specs and installed applications. Your PC will reboot on different occasions during the procedure.

When the procedure is complete, press OK when incited to ‘Restart PC.’

This finishes our procedure on How to backup a Samsung Laptops by utilizing the Samsung Recovery Solution

For Other Laptop Users

Backup and Restore can help you to troubleshoot and fix problems with your laptop, even when it won’t start. To create your backup, all you need is external storage  or you can use google drive if your backup is less then 15 GB. Windows will inform you of the capacity required for the backup.

Step 1: From the taskbar, search for Create a Backup and Restore/Recovery Drive and then select it.

Step 2: Now click on ‘Set Up Backup’.

Step 3: Now select your backup destination where you want to create a backup folder.

Step 4: If you want to select selected files and folders then you should choose ‘Let Me Choose’ otherwise you can allow your Windows to select files.

Step 5: It will take 15 to 14 minutes to complete depending on your capacity.

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Step 6: When the tool opens, make sure Backup system files to the recovery drive is selected, then select Next. This will copy the system files and folder to the recovery drive.

Note: If you choose not to back up system files when you created your recovery drive on Windows 10 you won’t be able to use it to reinstall Windows. so make sure to select it.

Step 7: After Completing procedure, connect your external storage to your PC, select it, and then click Next > Create. And copy your backup folder into that external storage, or upload it in google drive. A lot of files need to be copied and uploaded, so this might take a while.

Step 8: When it’s done, click Finish

So if your backup has been created now you can go to laptop reset steps

How to factory reset Samsung laptop on Windows 10

A factory reset is a bit difficult but now Microsoft introduces a very simple way to reset your Windows at any time.

Step By Step Method

Step 1: Resetting lets you choose whether to keep your files or remove them, and then reinstall Windows. To get started, go to Settings then > Update & security then > Recovery > Reset this PC and then click on Get started. You are here because you need to factory reset your Laptop so select Remove Everything.

Step 2: Choose a Reset Option

Keep my files :

This reinstalls Windows 10 but it will keep your personal files and other applications that came with your laptop. It removes:

  • Changes you made to settings
  • Apps and drivers you installed
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Remove everything:

This will reinstall Windows 10 and any other applications that came with your laptop. It removes:

  • Personal files
  • Changes you made to settings
  • Apps and drivers you installed

I recommend you to choose Remove Everything if you want a new laptop or maybe planning to donate, recycle, or sell your Laptop then use this option and choose to fully clean the drive. This might take an hour or two, but it makes it harder for other people to recover files that are removed. It is a Win Win and Safe situation.

Choosing Remove everything usually takes time but removing all of your files and folders is the assurance that the next person can’t recover any of your important files. 

If you are keeping the laptop, choose “Just remove my files“. Once the procedure is complete then you just need to set up Windows 10 in a brand new laptop.

Now your Samsung Laptop Has been reset and you can use it as a brand new laptop with max storages.

Final Verdict

To factory reset Samsung laptop as brand news laptop is a bit difficult task and to create a backup of your files is another crucial step, So In this article, you will find detailed information on how to create backup for your samsung or any other laptop, how to factory reset samsung laptop. I prefer you to stay home and do it yourself due to covid 19

This article is not only for Samsung users but any laptop or even computer user can follow these steps to backup and reset windows. Each step mentioned in this article can be used on windows 10, 8, 8.1 and 7.

Thank You

Author Bio: Alex Murphy is full time writer at Laptopified. Laptopified is a website which helps many people to make their purchase decision according to they needs.