Laptop continues reboots

You could install without license but it wouldn't activate.

If you had 10, which you did, your machine was "fingerprinted". MS servers will interrogate your machine when you go online and assuming no major changes it will activate. If there are major changes you handle through a different process.

Ken

If you use the media creator tool I recommend doing it on a Win 10 machine.

I learned last week it should likely be an 8GB key. It was suggested we are getting more versions.

Let the tool do everything for you, please.

Ken

winchesterstoke said:

Thanks!
- Just using Windows 10,
- The flash drive is 8GB size,
- Should I be using 64 bit rather than 32 bit (but the PC was built to 32 bit) as I think that this is the default settings for Windows Media Creator?

Thanks!

The Windows Media Creation Tool will download and create the appropriate version for you. From the tutorial here on Tenforums:

Create Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Windows 10 - Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials

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Note
Leaving the Use the recommended options for this PC box checked will have the Media Creation Tool create a USB flash drive that's the same language, edition, and architecture as the current PC.

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winchesterstoke said:

Thanks. Now got the 32 bit Windows Media Creator installed. Will try the laptop install...

cheers

Good! Keep us updated.....:)

Gald to know it is all working out for you.