Windows 10: If I format & install fresh and it does not work - what then?

Discus and support If I format & install fresh and it does not work - what then? in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Ok, I have an answer here in the forum that I can format and install brand new with 1803. My new question is, if I do that and it doesn't work then... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by LadyDee, May 6, 2018.

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    LadyDee Win User

    If I format & install fresh and it does not work - what then?


    Ok, I have an answer here in the forum that I can format and install brand new with 1803. My new question is, if I do that and it doesn't work then there is no way to go back to a former install. How can a person pull out of that?

    I could not get past 1703 for days on end, so I want to format and install 1803. But I did not keep any install media older that that. This is an older laptop and I have a brand new desktop so I only keep the current version on a usb stick.

    Oh, this laptop is a friends and old enough that it does not even have a boot choice in the bios for a usb. It says something like FDD which is one choice I've never even bothered to investigate. <g>

    Thanks - I will call her first to get her permission because it may be useless in the end without a way to go back

    :)
     
    LadyDee, May 6, 2018
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