Windows 10: Hello everyone. I am sending my laptop off for repairs and I want to install a clean copy...

My question is...is there any way to ensure that my system image will work when I restore from it? In other words, how can I be sure it's not corrupted or otherwise not suitable to restore from? Thanks in advance

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Cleaning off a Mac Laptop

cleaning it?

Step 1: buy about a half gallon of gasoline.

Step 2: douse laptop in gasoline.

Step 3: toss a burning match onto laptop.

Step 4: watch the fire clense your laptop.

 

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

 

Problems with Repair/Install

Is the ISO on the laptop you want to do the repair install on? If so, then mount the ISO and follow Step 4 in this tutorial.
Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade | Tutorials

Do you need to copy the ISO to another machine in order to repair install that one? If so, format the usb as ntfs and you will be able to copy the ISO to it. On the other machine you will still have to mount the ISO and follow Step 4 as above.