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Surface 3 recovery take way to long?

georgeSVK

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Hello everyone
Just yesterday i bought surface 3 lte version.
First issue appeared after 10 minutes, i was not able to add my microsoft account, then it was added, then i was not able to verify it (im not tech lame, it was just not possible, i get message about it :) )but then some updates were downloaded and everything was working almost fine.

I decided to reset it to factory settings and check if it will work second time ok.
Well recovery took good 2hours. Today i was in MS store to check with them, if its normal. They told that first time it can take longer time.(They didnt explain why, i dont understand...)
Today i tried reset again, it took 1hour, 23 minutes.

Am I expecting too much and disk inside is just that slow, or is there anything wrong with my unit?
Thank you
 
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leeshor

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Welcome to the forum

That doesn't sound all that bad. That isn't actually a traditional SSD so it isn't jack rabbit fast.
 

Miles Prower

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I've attempted Win10 factory reset only once — and it was on a fast machine with a fast SSD, and my internet download speed is 100 Mbps. It took about 2 hours.

So the fact that recovery took 2 hours on your S3 does not surprise me at all!
 
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