How to Hard Reset Surface Pro 3 Windows 10?

Restore or Reset Surface for Windows

Hold the Shift key down while you select Power > Restart in the lower-right corner of the screen. After your Surface restarts to the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot > Reset this PC.

How do you do a Hard Reset on a Surface Pro 3?

Press and hold the “Volume Up” and “Power” buttons simultaneously for 20 seconds. You should feel the device eventually vibrate. Wait about 10 seconds, then press the “Power” button to power the Surface Pro 3 back on.

How do I Force a Factory Reset on Windows 10?

Go to the search field in your task bar and type “reset,” which will bring up “Reset this PC” as the best match. Click on that.
Alternatively, click on the Start key (the Windows icon in the lower left corner). Click on the gear (setup) icon, and go to “Update & Security” > “Recovery.”

How do I Factory Reset my Surface Without Logging In?

To reset your Surface without signing in to Windows, youll need the builtin keyboard located under the "Ease of Access" icon in the lower left corner. Tap the "Power" icon in the lower right corner of the screen and then tap the "Shift" key. Click "Restart" and select "Restart Anyway " if that prompt appears.

How do you Hard Reset a Microsoft Surface?

Press and hold the volume up button and the power button at the same time until the screen turns off about 15 seconds, then release both. The screen may flash the Surface logo, but continue holding the buttons down for at least 15 seconds.

How do I Reset my Surface to Factory Settings?

Open the Start Menu in the bottom lefthand corner of your display.
Select the Settings cogwheel on the left.
Select Update & Security from the Settings menu.
Under the Recovery submenu, find Reset this PC, and select Get started.

Refresh or Reset Surface RT or Surface 2

Press and hold the volumedown button while you press and release the power button. When the Surface logo appears, release the volumedown button. When prompted, select the language and keyboard layout you want. Select Troubleshoot > Reset your PC.

How do I Factory Reset my Surface Tablet?

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen and tap Settings.
Tap or click Change PC settings > Update and recovery > Recovery.
Under Remove everything and reinstall Windows, tap or click Get Started.
Tap or click Next, and choose either Just remove my files or Fully clean the drive.
Tap or click Reset.

How do you Reset a Windows Tablet Without a Password?

From the Windows login screen, click the Power icon at the bottom right of the screen.
The tablet will reboot and take you to the troubleshooting option screen.
Click on “Reset your PC” and then click Next.
Youll now be prompted with two options.
Click Reset.

How to Restart/reset a Surface Pro or Book

First press and hold the power button for 30 seconds. And then release it next press and hold the volume up button and the power button at the same time for at least 15 seconds.

How do I Force Restart a Windows Tablet?

Press and hold the volumeup button and the power button at the same time until the screen turns off about 15 seconds, then release both.

How do I Force a Windows Factory Reset?

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
Tap or click Update and recovery, and then tap or click Recovery.
Under Remove everything and reinstall Windows, tap or click Get started.
Follow the instructions on the screen.