Windows 10: Clean Install or Refresh ?

Discus and support Clean Install or Refresh ? in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Because of some problems I want to reinstall Windows 10. I have done a repair reinstall twice and not entirely happy. I get the error on shutdown that... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by ken1943, Jun 8, 2016.

  1. KEN1943
    ken1943 Win User

    Clean Install or Refresh ?


    Because of some problems I want to reinstall Windows 10. I have done a repair reinstall twice and not
    entirely happy. I get the error on shutdown that Explorer can't write to a memory location and my memory has been tested (memtest86). There is also a display problem with blank screen on boot. Not even the bios shows. I have switched from my
    Nvidia GTX-650 to the Intel i7 video to test.
    I have done a clean install on two of my machines, which had the desired effect of curing problems.

    I am leaning towards a clean install because both ways, I have to reinstall all my programs about 80 >>YUK.

    Any opinions ?

    :)
     
    ken1943, Jun 8, 2016
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  2. ANDRE DA COSTA
    Andre Da Costa Win User

    Unable to boot, reset, refresh, or clean install

    What you have is a hybrid drive. The SSD portion of the storage device should be transparent. It should appear just as a single drive during setup.

    Its possible the disk could be corrupt if its stuck during that portion of setup.

    You might have to get it replaced.

    Before you do, try checking the health of the drive.

    How to Prevent Hard Drive Failures by Checking and ... - groovyPost
     
    Andre Da Costa, Jun 8, 2016
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  3. ANDRE DA COSTA
    Andre Da Costa Win User
    Unable to boot, reset, refresh, or clean install

    What is the make and model of your laptop?

    Could you describe how you performed a clean install?

    Did you actually boot from install media, delete all partition, select the unallocated partition, then click New, select the Primary partition then click Next?

     
    Andre Da Costa, Jun 8, 2016
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  4. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR New Member

    Clean Install or Refresh ?

    After you get a good stable clean install with your usual programs installed, make a system backup image with a program like Macrium Reflect Free and future restores will only take 10-20 minutes.
     
    NavyLCDR, Jun 8, 2016
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  5. KEN1943
    ken1943 Win User
    Thanks, I do images every month before updates.
     
    ken1943, Jun 9, 2016
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  6. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR New Member
    I would do a completely clean install by deleting all the partitions on the hard drive or SSD and installing Windows 10 to the unallocated space.
     
    NavyLCDR, Jun 9, 2016
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  7. MURDABENNE
    Murdabenne Win User
    Just make sure to reinstall in UEFI mode if you want that. The MCT makes MBR by default. I found this out the hard way.
     
    Murdabenne, Jun 9, 2016
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  8. NAVYLCDR
    NavyLCDR New Member

    Clean Install or Refresh ?

    The Media Creation Tool creates a USB flash drive that is bootable by both UEFI and legacy bios systems. The booting mode is set by the bios/UEFI setting, not by the format of the USB flash drive. If the files on the flash drive don't match the mode that is set in the bios/UEFI then the computer won't boot.
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 4, 2018
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