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Asked: 2021-12-08T11:22:22+00:00 In:

Solved Win 7 System Restore Frozen On Initializing

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My Toshiba laptop is running Windows 7 Home Premium. I started to run system restore to fix performance issues (having created backup discs first) but now it has been stuck on the following screen for 3 days – no amount of switching off and on, unplugging, letting the battery run down etc will give me any options to get past this screen…
“Please wait while your Windows files and settings are being restored System Restore is initializing…”
How do I get past this so I can get the laptop working again!

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      Press and hold the power button until it shuts down, usually 10 seconds or less does this. Then restart but boot to Safe Mode (check your manual or online manual for details on the key to hold down while starting) and do a system restore again from there choosing an earlier date. If that does not work, do a factory restore from the hidden recovery partition (again check manual).

      You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.

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