Windows 10: Clean installing Windows 10 on a new laptop

Discus and support Clean installing Windows 10 on a new laptop in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; Bought a new Asus laptop off Amazon, and it's coming pre-installed with Windows 10. Should activation go smoothly if I wipe it and clean install... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by SilverTelperion, Dec 14, 2015.

  1. SILVERTELPERION
    SilverTelperion Win User

    Clean installing Windows 10 on a new laptop


    Bought a new Asus laptop off Amazon, and it's coming pre-installed with Windows 10.

    Should activation go smoothly if I wipe it and clean install using the Media Creation Tool? I hate manufacturer bloatware.

    :)
     
    SilverTelperion, Dec 14, 2015
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  2. SGT. MOLE
    Sgt. Mole Win User

    Clean Installing Windows 10 on a Laptop with more than 1 HDD installed

    I updated from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and everything was working fine until I got a BSOD that there was no recovering from (even the repair came up with problems).

    I decided to do a clean install of Windows 10 from scratch. I used the Microsoft tool to download and create the Windows 10 Pro 64bit install USB and then proceeded to try and do a clean install. I had removed all partitions from the main disk (256GB Samsung
    840 Pro SSD), the partition on my 2nd drive (300gb standard HDD) was left as it is as that holds all my files and data.

    When I ran the install it created 1 partition on my main hard drive but didn't create a system reserve boot partition. After the install had run and the laptop rebooted, I just had a back screen with a flashing _

    After testing the install on a couple of laptops I'd realised that the install wasn't auto creating a system reserve boot partition because there was a 2nd hdd in the laptop. I removed the 2nd HDD and cleaned the main drive and did the windows 10 install
    again and this time it gave me the notice and created the reserve boot partition. After the install I then put my 2nd hdd back into the laptop and it works fine.

    Not sure if anyone else has run into this issue when doing a clean install of windows 10 Pro on a machine with more than 1 hdd installed?

    If this is a bug in the Windows 10 install, I can see a few people falling foul of it as it's not uncommon to find a PC or laptop with more than 1 hdd installed
     
    Sgt. Mole, Dec 14, 2015
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  3. ANDRE DA COSTA
    Andre Da Costa Win User
    Windows 10 clean install on a new laptop

     
    Andre Da Costa, Dec 14, 2015
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  4. TOPGUNDCP
    topgundcp Win User

    Clean installing Windows 10 on a new laptop

    topgundcp, Dec 14, 2015
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  5. SILVERTELPERION
    SilverTelperion Win User
    That was pretty much my plan. My only concern is to be 100% sure that Windows will get activated without problems after the re-installation.
     
    SilverTelperion, Dec 14, 2015
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  6. TOPGUNDCP
    topgundcp Win User
    Shouldnt have any problem. You're safe.
     
    topgundcp, Apr 5, 2018
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