How to install Win10 when the Recovery & EFI partitions were deleted?

I made the mistake of deleting the Recovery & EFI partitions (long stupid story).
Now I cannot load windows to do a Reset, nor even just install from a live USB drive.
This is an Acer desktop (Predator G3 710), about 4 years old.
Would it help to boot from a live Linux USB to delete all partitions? Would the Windows 10 installer create the partitions it needs, or should I create them myself?
I found this tutorial "Windows 10 clean install on a formatted (blank) hard drive". I just wished it wasn't as long

Thanks guys!

DPC

Megahertz said:

- Boot from a Win 10 installation drive as UEFI, and launch a CMD window (Shift+f10). Using Diskpart create the fat32 partition and then rebuild the boot loader on it.

diskpart
list disk
select disk 0 (make sure is the right drive)
list part (see if you have one unallocated partition before the Windows partition)
list volume (see the letter of the Windows partition. It may not be C:)
select part 1
delete part override
create part EFI
format fs=fat32 quick
assign letter=w
exit
bcdboot C:\Windows /s W: /f UEFI (make sure C: is the windows partition)
exit

There are a couple of issues with the above sequence. First, @drpeppercan stated that they already deleted the EFI system and recovery partition. So why is there a select part 1 and delete part override in the command sequence? What is being deleted? The Microsoft System Reserved partition? Hopefully there is an MSR partition there because if partition 1 is the Windows OS partition, then you just deleted Windows. And if there is an MSR partition there, why delete it?

Second, without a size specified when creating the EFI System Partition, it is just going to fill all available free space at the beginning of the drive. If there was a recovery partition, EFI System Partition and MSR partition, that free space is likely to be 600 MB is size, so you just created a 600 MB EFI System Partition that only needs to be 100 MB in size.

Without seeing the layout of the disk with: select disk 0, detail disk, list part you can't really suggest an accurate list of commands to rebuild the EFI system partition. It's only guessing.

I really don't know what he did and what he has.

My intention was to avoid a clean install as others suggested.
That is why I recommended the first option.

You're right, second option has errors.
On second option I asked to "list part (see if you have one unallocated partition before the Windows partition)"

As you're top guru, could you please give us the correct CMDs?

Sorry I didn't provide enough information guys.
Yes, I did use DiskPart.
What messed it up for me was the fact that the Disk Management app showed the drives in an upside down order on the lower window. In the upper window they followed a logical sequence (C:, D:, E:). But in the lower window they were inverted, and I had not noticed. I assumed that the order sequence in the lower window was the same. My mistake, I should have never assumed.
So while I thought I was deleting partitions from disk 2, they really were from Disk 1 with Windows 10! Talk about learning the hard way!
Anyway.
I created the Windows Installation Media with the Media Creation Tool. At first it did not want to install it, I should've taken a photo of the message. But that was resolved with a boot. It worked on the second attempt.
So now Windows is installed.
Now the problem I have is that it's asking me to use a Windows account when I need to sell this computer. What will it happen if I turn it off now? Will it be back right at that step when turned on again? (I would think so).
I also needed to confirm that Windows is imbedded in the MoBo so no activation will be needed (because it's an Acer computer). But I don't know 100%.

Thanks for all the valuable information you guys sent me. I feel bad that I didn't get to use much of it

DPC

Did you do a clean install deleting all partitions?

If you're going to sell the computer you have to wipe the empty space or some data can be recovered.

You should have used diskpart clean all on the drive before installing Win 10 without internet connection.
When you reach the point to enter a user name, shut down and sell the computer.

Megahertz said:

As you're top guru, could you please give us the correct CMDs?

I can not (nor can anyone, really) give the correct commands because we don't know what is currently on the disk in question.

@drpeppercan,

To get into the new install of Winodws 10 without creating a real account nor logging in, at the first screen of the OOBE (after Windows installs), press Shift+ Ctrl + F3. Some keyboards require Shift + Ctrl+ Fn + F3 (all at the same time). This will reboot the computer into Audit mode and you can do whatever you want. Check activation, updates, drivers, etc. When you are done and ready to sell it, select the option to start in OOBE mode, and shutdown in the little OOBE window that pops up.

NavyLCDR said:

I can not (nor can anyone, really) give the correct commands because we don't know what is currently on the disk in question.
@drpeppercan,

To get into the new install of Winodws 10 without creating a real account nor logging in, at the first screen of the OOBE (after Windows installs), press Shift+ Ctrl + F3. Some keyboards require Shift + Ctrl+ Fn + F3 (all at the same time). This will reboot the computer into Audit mode and you can do whatever you want. Check activation, updates, drivers, etc. When you are done and ready to sell it, select the option to start in OOBE mode, and shutdown in the little OOBE window that pops up.

Oh wow! This is gold!
Thanks a bunch for sharing NavyLCDR :)

DPC