clean install

I want to clean install Windows 10 on a Windows 7 system. I downloaded a windows 10 ISO file and created an installation DVD. Do I need to perform an upgrade from Win 7 first and then perform a clean install of Win 10? One source I've read says that this is no longer necessary (How to clean...

Hi everyone, I wanted to do a clean install of Windows 10 from Windows 7 and created a usb drive for that. Since I wanted to do a clean install I backed up all my data. When I booted up from the usb drive everything goes fine. I can/could go to the setup menu and set everything up. I think I...

Hi! My computer bsods since I got it. A friend of mine built it. I did not tell him my problem, but if it persists I think I'll tell him. If you can help me solve the following problems by myself, I'll be glad, since he's a selfish and he'll, of course, want money because he didn't built my PC...

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but I am in the process of a clean install and could do with some help asap please! I'm trying a clean install of Windows 7, having upgraded to Windows 10, but experience some annoying bugs. Anyway, I bought a new PC without an operating system, then an OEM...

Ugghhh... I have a headache. I am trying a clean install of Windows 7, having upgraded to Windows 10, but experience some annoying bugs. Anyway, I bought a new PC without an operating system, then an OEM copy of Windows 7 :-/ So, after attempting this clean install, I got to the stage after...

Hey all - Hoping someone can help me with the following: I had 8.1 installed when my hard drive crashed. I installed a new hard drive. My Dell all-in-1 XPS has a Windows Pro sticker but no activation code. I wasn't sure if I had 32 or 64 bit but installed 64. I was never asked for an activation...

Installed W10 via USB. Formatted SSD, VERY clean install. Fine and dandy for a few months... and then for the last 2 months increasing BSODs and general oddities and annoyances. File attached as instructed. BSOD message is ALWAYS "Memory". Thanks for any help. I'd rather now buy brand new...

I have a copy of Windows 7 Pro that i want to upgrade to Windows 10 but before upgrading i was thinking about slipstreaming updates into Windows 7 using Win toolkit. Then installing Windows 7 Pro with included updates and upgrading to Windows 10 from there. The reason i say this is because i...

I'm in the windows Insider program and have been running Windows 10 in a virtual machine. The last upgrade to 10565 has problems. Start and Search don't work. I did not upgrade from Windows 7 or 8. Can I just create a new VM and do a fresh install? If so what about the key do I skip that at the...

Microsoft has released their first major update to Windows 10 along with tools to make it easy to upgrade or clean install the OS on your current devices. read more Continue reading...

I have a laptop that was using the Windows 10 preview that I never had time to update to the Windows 10 full version. Now when I try to start it up, it reads "Your PC/Device needs to be repaired. A component of the operating system has expired file/windows/system/32/winload.exe error...

This may work for you. What I did was do a clean install of Windows 10, and not an upgrade from Windows 8.1. I have not had a freeze in several days, (keeping eyes,fingers, and toes crossed) :)

Hi All, I have purchased a new laptop with Windows 10 already factory installed by manufacturer. It came with HDD drive which I would like to replace with SSD to run apps faster. I came to several sites where they explain how to do that with several steps. I am thinking of creating a bootable...

Hi all, First post in this forum. Long story short.... My easy upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10 was not so easy. Had to do a clean install of Win 10 after system upgrade kept hanging at logon screen. Have now recovered everything except for Internet Explorer bookmarks. I do have old system image...

Hi and I hope this brings to light some of the installation woes Ive seen from many users. The only tried and tested way I found to do the upgrade...IS TO DO A CLEAN INSTALL and to use the windows 10 ISO tool. This requires also doing a clean install of the operating system you are...

I am not great with computers, but I'm going to do my best to describe my issue and see if there might be a way to fix it. I did the automatic windows 10 upgrade a few weeks ago. Yesterday I installed a new CPU on my system nothing else changed. After the CPU install things went...

Hi everyone, I plan upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10. But, there is one small problem. Nearly three years ago I noticed my computer does not launch Windows. It showed an error with "Your computer was unable to start". Okay, after few minutes of startup repair my computer finally made it into...

I have been trying to upgrade my win8.1 since yesterday. I left it running overnight and it now shows 14% copying files 48%. It seems ridiculous to take so long to copy the files. I am copying the files to an Intel NUC5i7 with 480GB of SSD storage and 1666 ram 8 GB. I have tried every...

On both of my Windows 8.1 systems, the MSN Weather app has decided it does not want to open correctly. The live tile works and the App appears to open, but the circling dots never stop. Possibly it is trying to get info from some source and is unable to do so. I have uninstalled and...

Hi, How do I "Perform a Clean Install of Windows 10 Pro With a Windows 8 Pro Key"? Thanks in advance. Ed