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Hello MSMPlayz, :)
If you delete all partitions on the disk at step 11 or 12, then yes.
Was wondering if one can clean install UEFI Win-10 Pro without making any changes to existing partitions. That way I'd still have ability to revert unit back to Factory Spec if needed.
Thanks
Hello nkaufman, :)
It would depend on if you currently have a UEFI Windows installed or not. If not, then most likely, you'll need to do a full wipe and clean install.
You should be able to create a set of factory recovery discs or USB depending on what brand and model your computer is. You could then use that to do a factory restore with in the future if you ever wanted to.
Thank you for your response.
I just got a Lenovo Ideapad 300S with UEFI Win-10 Home. Upgraded to Win-10 Pro using generic key, updated to latest Win-10 build and used Win-7 Pro retail license to activate and got digital entitlement.
Lenovo, for some reason, did not provide any such feature to create recovery disks which seems very surprising.
I have created a Macrium Reflect backup but the user of the machine (not me) wanted the ability to revert to Factory Setup easily.
Thanks again for your assistance.
Would that be a 300S- 11IBR, 300S-14ISK, or U300S model?
I see Lenovo has a OneKey Recovery download for some models, but it depends on the specific model.
A Macrium Reflect image backup is a good choice to have.
I have 300S-14ISK.
That OneKey Recovery is a giant pain..
One cannot make a backup using that software to an external HDD bigger than 2TB.
Next, it suggests that a backup will be made only of c:\, hence wasn't as comfortable using it as a backup.
Thanks,
P.S. Thank you for the excellent tutorials that you created on this forum. They have been extremely helpful.
Agreed. I think Macrium Reflect would be a better option.
Since it did come with Windows 10 preinstalled, he'll always be able to download a Windows 10 ISO to do a clean install on it.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/9...-download.html
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/prod...300s-14isk?c=1