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Hello icpwolverine, :)
I'm don't know if it will, but if you like, you can use the free Macrium Reflect to create a system image with to have handy if needed.
Hello icpwolverine, :)
I'm don't know if it will, but if you like, you can use the free Macrium Reflect to create a system image with to have handy if needed.
Brink, do I need to follow this tutorial, because I created a USB using the MediaCreationTool X64. I used that one time to verify that it actually works. I assume I can use it again should something happen to the install of Win 10.
Right after I converted from Win 7, I used Control Panel Back UP and Restore to create a back up on my external hard drive along with a bootable system image DVD. I used that DVD to Reset the computer once because Win 10 locked up and I could not use the start button. After I created the the USB I deleted the two folders that were created by the Back UP in Control Panel.
I have no idea what would happen now, if I were to use the DVD. Would it reinstall Windows 10 or does it need those two files that I erased? And if it does work, would it be a clean install, no Windows Old folder?
Finally, I keep all my files, pictures, music, vidieos, and documents on my external hard drive along with the install files for any program I need to reinstall after I do a reset, so I am not worried about recovering my files, but I would like to make something that would recreate what is on my computer now so I would not have to go to the store and get my apps or use the install programs stored on the external. What should I create to accomplish that?
Thanks
Take my advice with a grain of salt but i have always used the built in "make a system image" tool in Windows 7 and 10 , never failed me .
I downloaded the direct ISO from Brinks tutorial instead of using the media creation tool and it's on a disk . Whenever i want to reinstall, i stick that in the computer and have my bios to boot from the DVD drive , works great , then again i could be completely wrong since i am only a mediocre at best computer user.
I'm not a pc geek but I did find the tutorial in the link useful... Provisioning Package - Create in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums its suppose to help restore windows to a day one state meaning the day one state at time of doing the tutorial... give it a look I followed it but haven't fully tested it yet but watch the video on the tut... turn volume up otherwise its hard to hear the guy
icpwolverine, Thanks,but that is over of my paygrade.
You may be right, that is why I asked if that DVD were truely what I think it is.
I've just obtained the latest Windows 10 64 bit ISO using the Media Creation Tool.
The sources directory contains a 2.7GB install.esd file but no install.wim file.
How do I get the install.wim file?
Hello Steve, :)
Yeah, the WCT will only have a .esd file.
You can download an ISO from Microsoft TechBench using OPTION ONE in the tutorial below that will have a .wim file instead though.
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/9...-download.html