Reset your PC - Microsoft Support
Oct 14, 2025 · Learn about the different reset options in Windows and how to reset your device.
Recovery options in Windows - Microsoft Support
Windows provides several recovery tools to help you troubleshoot and restore your PC when issues occur, such as startup failures, update problems, or malware infections. If you're having …
How to reset or reformat your Xbox 360 to factory default settings
If you need to reset your Xbox 360 console to factory defaults, or to completely reformat your console’s hard drive, you’ll find step-by-step instructions here.
How to Convert a Drive to FAT32 Using Drive Converter
This article describes how to convert a hard disk that uses the File Allocation Table (FAT or FAT16) file system to the FAT32 file system using Drive Converter. WARNING: After you …
How to format a USB flash drive or external storage device to …
Learn how to format a flash drive to NTFS on a Windows PC.
Before you recycle, sell, or gift your Xbox or Windows PC
To learn how to rename a device, go to Manage your devices for Microsoft Store. If your device was lost or stolen, you can locate and lock it remotely—go to Find and lock a lost Windows …
Backup, restore, and recovery in Windows - Microsoft Support
PC-to-PC transfer helps you move your files, settings, and preferences from one Windows device to another - no external drives or USBs needed. It's built to get you up and running fast while …
Fix issues by reinstalling the current version of Windows
Learn how to reinstall Windows using Windows Update.
Disk Management in Windows - Microsoft Support
Disk Management in Windows helps you perform advanced storage tasks like initializing a new drive and extending or shrinking volumes. To open Disk Management, right-click (or long …
How to start Disk Cleanup by using the command line
This article describes how to start the Disk Cleanup tool and specify the hard disk to be cleaned by using the command line. To start the Disk Cleanup tool and specify the hard disk to be …
Creating and using a USB recovery drive for Surface
Windows comes with a built-in tool to help create the USB recovery drive. Follow these steps: Important: Creating a recovery drive will erase everything that’s stored on your USB drive.