Windows 10: Considering a Clean Install, need options explained

Split from this thread. Hi Greg,I have an important question.Here is some background from my recent post in the Clean Install Forum:...Hey Greg,Well, I got serious with my machine. With every system since before 7, when things start getting shaky, I do a system restart, then come back in in the command line. I followed some of the suggestions from outside writers about recovering my Admin rights, or even overwriting and creating another Admin account. Yecch... I really do not like that. Keep it simple. I bored in on what was corrupted in the system. I managed to C:cd\Windows\system32. In th

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Clean Install Workaround for Vista

You may remember this news story on techPowerUp! a couple of days ago relating to the lack of clean installs when using the Upgrade Editions of Vista, which required an old OS to be installed. However, Paul Thurrott has managed to find a workaround for this issue, which ironically lets users do a clean install Vista without any previous version of Windows, albeit a little tedious. Here are the steps:

• Boot from the Windows Vista Upgrade DVD as normal
• When prompted for a product code, leave this blank
• Select the version of Vista you have purchased and let Vista install
• When you boot to your desktop for the first time, run the Vista setup from Windows
• This time enter your product key
• When asked whether you want to do an Upgrade of Custom install, select custom and choose a clean install
• Windows will now install for a second time and you should be able to activate it

Remember, these steps are only advised for use in order to achieve a clean install of Vista, it is only legal to use the upgrade editions if you have previously purchased the appropriate version of Windows.

Source: DailyTech

 

Which clean installation tutorial to follow / everthing considered

"I'd suggest getting a new system disk and removing the current one"
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That was another next step in the works of hardware component testing I was planning to perform if a clean install didn't produce the results in correcting the stability issue.

As for a system backup to an external drive, I also had planned to perform a full BU before performing the clean install

 

Windows 10 infinite restart black screen


The tutorials provided are just a list of troubleshooting steps. Use only the steps which apply to you.

Since none of the troubleshooting steps here worked, I'd suggest you do a Clean install.

John