Windows 10: Fresh install of Win 10 or do an update?

Discus and support Fresh install of Win 10 or do an update? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Is this still true - the way Windows is updated for major releases is essentially doing a fresh install into a different folder, then copy over the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/ECrispy, May 28, 2020.

  1. Fresh install of Win 10 or do an update?


    Is this still true - the way Windows is updated for major releases is essentially doing a fresh install into a different folder, then copy over the current registry, user settings etc?

    Is there any advantage to doing a fresh install from iso? I don't mind reinstalling my apps, most of them are portable and for others I use chocolatey so its a simple batch file. The most irritating part is actually pointing OneDrive and profile folders to d: instead of c:\users\xxx, which the OS setup should ask you about.

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    /u/ECrispy, May 28, 2020
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  2. Fresh Install of Win 10 without Serial Key?

    Looking to reformat a laptops HDD, and then reinstall Win 10 fresh. The problem is it came pre-installed with Win 8 and I did the free upgrade to Win 10. How exactly would I re-format the HDD, reinstall Win 10 and ensure it reactivates properly? I don't see a Win 8 serial key anywhere in the contents of the box.
     
    Flogger23m, May 28, 2020
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  3. Fresh install, Win Update issue

    I've just done this on several computers at work. There is a download from Microsoft that will help with the initial update after a fresh install! Give me a sec. and I'll find the name:

    Windows6.1-KB3102810-x64.msu

    I think if you just search for the KB3102810 part you will find it online somewhere. It's just slightly more than 3 MB in size. We waited over an hour with one of the processor cores pegged with nothing happening. This was on a fresh install of Win 7 64-bit SP1 and we were just trying to get the very first update (the one before the massive ~1 GB of updates)

    I never saw a .msu before but it runs just like an executable. It will still take a few minutes after you have that patch installed for the update to run but you won't be waiting forever like before.
     
    Beertintedgoggles, May 28, 2020
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  4. Fresh install of Win 10 or do an update?

    Fresh USB Windows 10 Install - Failing

    I am trying to install a fresh copy (reformatted the hard disk) of windows 10 using a USB

    • Created an installation media on a USB flash drive (Win 10 pro) from this page Download Windows 10
    • Changed the boot order on the other PC so that it boots using USB
    • Selected custom install
    • Installing Windows goes through the following steps successfully: Copying Windows Files, Getting Files ready for installation, Installing features, Installing updates and before the last step (Finishing up), it restarts
    • Then it goes back to the start of the installation steps

    I am stuck and have read numerous posts but don't know what to do to install a fresh copy of Win 10.
     
    deepakkaushik, May 28, 2020
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