Windows 10: Can't Boot from DVD created by Windows 10 download tool

Hi,


I'm trying to fix up my parent's PC remotely as it got stuck in a system repair loop.


Not easy getting 85 year olds to press buttons on a keyboard, and show me the screen in a video chat from an iPad but we have made some headway - enough to allow me to probably screw up the mbr on the boot partition talking them through some bootrec commands, so we decided to go for a clean install.


I talked them through creating a windows 10 install DVD on another windows 10 machine My dad used a RW Disk using the download tool from https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10 and created both 32 and 64 bit versions separately as I can't remember what the architecture the defective machine had.


Problem is that when booting from either 32 or 64 bit DVD we get a BSOD with a BAD SYSTEM CONFIG INFO error.


Obviously I'm expecting the PC with ignore the corrupted boot info on the HDD so I'm a little puzzled by this.


BTW if I boot from the HDD we still have the failed system repair, and system reset and system restore also fail, so I really just want to do a clean isnstall now.


Any suggestions appreciated...

:)

 

Windows 10 USB boot

Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

There is three options:
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 N

Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks

 

Download Windows 10 TH/RS

use the 'windows 7 USB DVD tool'

 

Can't Boot from DVD created by Windows 10 download tool

Thanks.

No - the media was created using the official tool at Download Windows 10 on another Windows 10 machine they have.

I actually talked them through modifying the BIOS so boot from DVD comes first (instead of Windows Boot Manager) so it definitely is attempting to boot from DVD.

I'll see if they have a USB drive to try too.