Windows 10: Installing Windows 10 home onto a wiped hard drive

Discus and support Installing Windows 10 home onto a wiped hard drive in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I'm planning on donating my old PC. I wiped the hard drive, downloaded Windows 10, but when I try to install the download I get nothing. I tried... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by JohnSingletary, Jul 24, 2020.

  1. JOHNSINGLETARY
    JohnSingletary Win User

    Installing Windows 10 home onto a wiped hard drive


    I'm planning on donating my old PC. I wiped the hard drive, downloaded Windows 10, but when I try to install the download I get nothing. I tried switching the bootup to DVD or USB. The DVD spins for a minute then nothing. What am I doing wrong?

    :)
     
    JohnSingletary, Jul 24, 2020
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  2. JOHNSINGLETARY
    JohnSingletary Win User

    Installing Windows 10 home onto a wiped hard drive

    I'm planning on donating my old PC. I wiped the hard drive, downloaded Windows 10, but when I try to install the download I get nothing. I tried switching the bootup to DVD or USB. The DVD spins for a minute then nothing. What am I doing wrong?
     
    JohnSingletary, Jul 27, 2020
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  3. ORBITZXT
    OrbitzXT Win User
    How to install Windows 7 onto a server?

    We have a server in our office that currently has Windows Server 2003 on it. They used to actually use it and it became infested with spyware and such. They don't have the disk for it so I figured I would just install Windows 7 onto it since that's what I have. When it goes into the Windows 7 installation, the hard drive is not in the list. I imagine this might have something to do with there being 2 hard drives in a Raid configuration, though in my home PC I have raid as well and the hard drive still shows up, so I don't know.

    From what I gather, the raid controller is Intel 82801GR, but I don't see a Windows 7 driver for that. Any thoughts on what I have to do to install Windows 7 on this server? It's an HP, but I think it might have been custom built because there is no model number on the case.
     
    OrbitzXT, Jul 27, 2020
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  4. FLORIDAJERSEYGUY
    floridajerseyguy Win User

    Installing Windows 10 home onto a wiped hard drive

    How to wipe a hard drive

    modder I already used kill-disk. The deletion is done, I need to reinstall everything.
     
    floridajerseyguy, Jul 27, 2020
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