remove everything reinstall windows takiing too long

Remove everything and reinstall Windows takiing too long?
location: 8forums.com - date: January 19, 2013
I've had a few problems with my PC for a few days so I thought just doing a clean-install would do the trick, however, the 'Resetting your PC' (currently at 23%) page has been going slow for about 2 hours now. I've not done this before so I'm not sure how long it should take, but I've been doing some research and it said about 30 minutes without BitLocker. Is there a problem or is this normal? Regards, Saint Andrew
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Cannot remove folder - filename or extension too long
location: 7forums.com - date: February 27, 2013
This happened on a Windows XP SP3 32-bit computer. I am trying to delete the backup files created by the Memeo program that comes with Seagate GoFlex Home NAS. I selected the root folder of the backup files and pressed delete, which started the deletion process of some 30 GB sized backup. After the deletion went for a while, the error message popped up saying "Cannot remove folder <folder_name> - the filename or extension is too long". I checked in Windows Explorer and saw that all the files are gone except just a few which are some 20 folders deep, and have filenames that are around 60 characters long. After looking around on help sites, I am guessing that this happened because Windows can't handle file paths that long. S
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My Windows takes TOO long too start and aero theme is disabled
location: 7forums.com - date: October 4, 2011
it takes A VERY VERY VERY long time to start it boot fast but as it reach the login screen it slows dramatically maybe to ~10 mints~ saying "please wait" then finally shows the "enter ur password" thingy i have a fingerprint reader so i sweep my finger and it takes more ~10 mits~ to log in and then there is is classic theme and i can't click on anything on the "Personalization" all of them r disabled i go to services and restart the "theme" service and it work back again but same when i restart ... its a pain for 20+ mints for every time oh P.S: i noticed the laptop ( HP pavillion DV4 ) audio icon is always "Orange" = ( disabled ) even tho its enabled in the au
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undesired synced settings return after "remove everything and reinstall windows"
location: microsoft.com - date: October 31, 2012
I've completed the "Remove everything and reinstall Windows" procedure.  After this, I signed in with my Microsoft account and had a nice, clean, default Windows 8 environment.   Then, about 30 minutes later, BAM: all of the settings that had been synced to the cloud before removing and reinstalling were re-applied to my computer.  I want to start over!  I don't want to try to backtrack my way back to a clean, one setting at a time.  I don't even remember what the default settings are!  I just want to install windows from scratch and start over with configuring windows.  I want to DELETE all of my settings that are stored in the cloud and start fresh.   In the Microsoft account settings, t
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Remove everything and reinstall Windows
location: 8forums.com - date: June 25, 2013
Okay, so my question is: When I hit that big shiny button, will it wipe EVERYTHING, and restart from scratch just as if you were installing it fresh? or will it still keep things like graphics drivers, and third party leftovers? I intend to start over as if it were a clean install (don't worry, i'm backed up, and know what I'm getting myself into.)
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Remove everything and reinstall Windows
location: 8forums.com - date: June 28, 2013
Okay, so my question is: When I hit that big shiny button, will it wipe EVERYTHING, and restart from scratch just as if you were installing it fresh? or will it still keep things like graphics drivers, and third party leftovers? I intend to start over as if it were a clean install (don't worry, i'm backed up, and know what I'm getting myself into.)
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How do I remove Windows 8 Release Preview and reinstall Windows 7?
location: microsoft.com - date: July 7, 2012
Deleting Windows 8 Preview and keeping Windows 7   I no longer want Windows 8 Preview on my Toshiba L645 laptop.  I cannot delete it as I do not see it in my control panel and any other place  that I have access to.  Please help me.  Thanks   <Moved to Install, Upgrade, and Activate forum>
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can some one tell me how to remove windows 8 from my brand new sony vaio laptop and reinstall windows 7. Thanks .
location: microsoft.com - date: January 31, 2013
I just bought a new Sony vaio laptop with Windows 8 64 bit installed. this is not a touchscreen system and i am finding the new windows 8 environment very difficult to work with. I would like to remove the operating system and revert to Windows 7 ASAP. Can someone please help me. I am also finding lots of problems with drivers and simple device driver installations. Things that just work in windows 7 just dont seem to work (for me at least) windows 8. I have worked in IT for 12 years so I'm not a complete technophobe.  Thanks peter
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Windows 8 update configuration taking too long
location: microsoft.com - date: November 30, 2012
Windows 8 automatically went to restart and configure updates.. It has been over an hour and  never goes past 12% complete.. Is there any way to exit out of this??
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Windows 7 too big for mem stick, what to remove to to slim down?
location: 7forums.com - date: May 28, 2011
So i snapped off the IDE on my mother board, totally fxxxed my self lol and just found a 4 GB mem stick which is like 3.69 GB. So it is 110 MB short for my Windows 7 Disk to fit on it. How can i slim down my Boot disk so i can make my Boot stick? D:\ boot efi sources support // don't really need this also right? upgrade // i feel i can remove this one.. i think
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