Factory-reset Toshiba laptop helps speed it up, eliminates potential risks or computer viruses, and extends its usage life. This article illustrates how to recover a Toshiba laptop.

Before resetting, you should backup your essential personal files. But if your files are too cumbersome to backup, this article also provides a reliable data recovery solution.

Part 1: How to Recover a Toshiba Laptop [Windows 7/Windows Vista/Windows XP]

There is no factory reset option in Windows 7 OS. However, many big brands of computers, like Dell, HP, Toshiba, etc., have their own proprietary factory reset tool. So, how to reset Toshiba laptops that are preinstalled with Windows 7? Follow the instruction.

Step 1. Prepare your laptop

Back up your computer and shut it down. Remove peripheral devices, such as a mechanical keyboard, a mouse, or a USB drive. Plug your Toshiba laptop into the power.

Step 2. Call system recovery options

Press the power key and number 0 key simultaneously and release them until you see a System Recovery Options window. Choose your operating system (here, choose Windows 7). Choose Next by pressing the arrow keys left or right, then press Enter to confirm.

Step 3. Confirm restore

When you see the warning window, select Yes to continue.

Step 4. Select recovery options

In this screen, choose the Recovery of Factory Default Software option. If another Recovery of Factory Default Software window appears after your selection, you may select Recover to out-of-box state in this window.

Step 5. Start reset

The reset process will begin now and usually takes about 2 hours. Therefore, don't unplug your laptop's power if it is interrupted by low power.

Part 2: How to Recover My Toshiba Laptop [Windows 10]

Windows 10 and 11 have the factory reset option in their Settings program. This makes the factory reset easier because any brand of laptop conforms to the same steps. Let's see how do you reset a Toshiba laptop to factory settings.

Step 1. Power on your laptop. Click the Windows button in the bottom left corner. Here, select Settings above the power button.

Step 2. Scroll down on the settings screen and choose the last one, Update & Recovery, at the bottom.

Step 3. Click Recovery on the left menu. Click Get started under Reset the PC option.

Step 4. Click Remove everything. Select one of the removal options on the following screen: either Remove My Files or Remove Files and Clean the Drive (here, we choose Remove Files and Clean the Drive).

Step 5. Click Reset to confirm. Now, your Toshiba laptop will be safely reset.

Bonus: How to Recover Deleted Files from My Toshiba Laptop

As we mentioned, it could be cumbersome to back up all your files if there are too many. Therefore, you can first recover your Toshiba laptop and then recover them back to it with Apeaksoft Data Recovery. The potentially harmful system files won't be recovered because you can browse and only recover your files in this program. This program is professional in recovering files after a factory reset. Apart from this, it also has many other markable features.

This program is not free since it works in almost every situation and has 24 hours of technical support. However, you can download it, preview your data for free before you recover, and see if it detects the files you want. Moreover, it provides 30 days money-back guarantee.

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