Clean Install Windows 10  

Hello @Gadgety,

Gadgety said:

Yes, thank you. That's what I thought, best formatting would be NTFS?

For USB's, if you are NOT going to have files greater than 4GB, then you could format it as FAT32, otherwise, format it as NTFS.

I hope this helps.

I did NTFS. Didn't help. So Rufus it is. Thanks again. I may be back! EDIT: I'm back. To download the ISO file Microsoft refers to the MediaCreationTool. Since that didn't work I need to find another way to download. I found a reference suggesting I present my self as developer on the page, and then as a BB10 user. Quite a few hoops to jump through and it wasn't possible in Firefox, only in Chrome. Except it didn't work. According to the error message "some users, companies and places are prohibited from using this service." They really make it difficult. Any suggestion?

I created a bootable thumb drive using Windows Media Creation Tool (MCT) (Windows 10 iso).

I am trying to do a clean install of Windows 10 on my machine. The Upgrade options all are blocked at some point or another.

I tried the options under Custom.

Do I need to reformat the disk to use it? It came from the builder with 3 partitions. The only one large enough is the primary partition. When I try to install there I get the error message:

"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks."

I don't want to mess up my opportunity to reuse this disk by removing a set of partitions established by the builder.

thanks
baumgrenze

Hello @baumgrenze,

What you are attempting to do is a bit unclear.

When you Boot the USB, what options do you have in the Boot Menu ?

Hello Paul Black

Thanks for responding to my plea for help.

What I want to do is install the most recent version of Windows 10 on my machine.

I have an OEM Microsoft product key for the Win 10 Pro/x64 that came with the machine.

Am I using the wrong 'tool' for this kind of installation?

Perhaps these images explain better what I am asking.

Thank you, zbook.

This disk drive is a PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3 SSD and is reserved for the OS and program files.

My data is on a 'classical' SSD. I have removed it from the machine for now.

Do I use the Format option below the listing of the existing partitions to prepare the disk for the install?



It is too close to bedtime to proceed now, but I hope to do so in the morning.

thanks
baumgrenze