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Nickynoo,
It sounds like basically you want to start with a fresh, brand spanking new clean install of the Anniversary edition and you want to be able to do it while downloading the Anniversary edition only once?
I don't know how long the install.esd is left on the computer after the update completes. Maybe someone else can answer that question. Here's how I do it, though:
Either watch the updates and settings screen or watch for the restart required notification to appear. When windows update says that a restart is required to install version 1607, don't restart - copy the install.esd file from the windows~bt\sources (whatever that folder is called) to your ESD to ISO folder that you have waiting for it. Run the esd to iso command file and you want option 1, create iso with standard install.wim file.
Once that finishes, then create a Windows 10 installation USB flash drive or DVD from the ISO file created. I also like to copy the ISO file itself to an external storage location - I have network attached storage that I copy mine to, but that is optional. Reboot the computer from the USB installation flash drive or DVD, select I don't have a product key, select the custom install option, then you will get a list of all the partitions on your hard drive. Delete each of the partitions until you end up with 1 big unallocated space. If you have a data partition, you can leave that one intact if you want to. Then select the unallocated space and click next. Windows setup will create the partitions it wants during the install process.