Windows 10: installing win 10 whether using a USB or a DVD

I get the 4 position windows up telling me It cannot install to any of the 4 positions.

Also had a message cannot find the driver no idea so can go no further!!!

Cheers

Alan

have installed 10 many times this the first I could not install

:)

 

Windows 10 USB boot

Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

There is three options:
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 N

Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks

 

1st time clean install Win 10 from DVD or USB?

I have my new build assembled and ready to install Windows 10 Pro.
I purchased The Windows 10 DVD from Amazon just last week so I believe it is relatively new.

While reading the clean install guidelines and step by step instructions, it mostly talks about installing from a USB drive. And reading another post, it said that using the USB installation was better than using an older DVD version.
The question is, how old is considered "old" when it comes to the DVD?
I did recently create the bootable USB from the Microsoft website, but I'm kind of old school ( or maybe just old ) and am more accustomed to the DVD installations.
And, if I do use the USB install, will the DVD activation key work, as long as they are both Windows 10 Pro 64 bit?

I should add, the DVD is an OEM version.

Thanks in advance,

 

Installing windows off of a USB stick

Step By Step from vista:
From admin cmd prompt

1. diskpart
1a. list disk
2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

And that's it, boot off your usb disk