Here we go. I had a spare drive, so I stuck that in and installed Win 8.1 from the recovery USB. Here's the partition layout.

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Fig 1. Win8.1 partition layout

Then upgraded it to Win 10. ...

Thanks for the inputs. I used the woshub link to backup the 3rd party drivers for use in the event of a clean install.

The device is a laptop actually, not a tablet. (ASUS TP300LA). I am not...

I am trying to create a recovery USB drive from which I can install Windows 10 fresh, if needed. Or quickly restore system images in case of a drive issue. There are a couple of things I am not clear...