I started doing a full clean reset of windows 10 about 30+hours ago and all I have is my monitor lights blinking as if the computer is turned off but the computer is running. I have a 2tb external connected could that be why its taking so long or is this not a normal thing, please any help would be greatly appreciated as I am worried something is messed up.
Last edited by Causticflamingo; 19 Apr 2016 at 16:47. Reason: Solved
Hello :)
It is not normal to be taking 30+ hours. Do you have a light that indicates hard disk activity and is it flashing?
If not I would suspect the system has frozen and so you will need to turn it off, remove the plug, wait for a minute or two and see what happens when you reconnect the power and start up.
No I was asking about the light that is sometimes present on a desktop or laptop for the built in hard disk.
Some folks have reported on other forums that having external WD drives plugged in during boot causes problems.
I have not noticed that with mine, but then, I have not enabled the WD encryption features on mine.
You might try disconnecting the external drive and see if that makes any difference.
Good Luck
Glad to hear you have everything working again. Have a look through some of the tutorials on this site to learn more about W10 and it's various features and options.
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