Windows 10: MBR or GPT

Yes, as long as your boot selection is your USB drive name with UEFI. If you use the one time boot selection menu, you will have 2 entries for your USB drive, 1 will be the make of your USB the second will be the Make of your USB with UEFI appended to it. Select the one with UEFI appended to it.

 

Can I use the dvd iso?

 

@debgram, yours won't look exactly like this, but similar. Notice 2 entries for the USB drive. Choose the one with the red arrow. It has UEFI as part of the name.

 

I have the dvd iso already, can I use that instead?

 

Someone else will have to answer that, I don't have a DVD drive. But, I don't believe so. I don't think a DVD will hold the ISO. The ISO is over 4 GB.

 

I burned the iso on dvd, I have one. When you use media tool it gives you the option dvd or usb

 

OK, as long as you have a UEFI for the DVD, I assume it will work. I have never tried it.

 

An ISO downloaded from Techbench or through the Media Creation Tool (MCT) is too large to burn to a DVD without using MCT to do the actual disc burn

But as you state, you can create a DVD using the option in MCT
- it is the only way I managed to burn the install media to a DVD.

I do want to be sure that you downloaded a fresh MCT and used that to create your install media. Otherwise, you might have the wrong media.

To be sure - Pop the DVD in the drive
Launch Command Prompt

DISM.exe /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:\sources\install.esd /index:1D is your DVD drive letter

It should report Home (or Core) and 14393.0

 

I burned it through the media creator, I used the anniversay edition

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.14393.0


Details for image : F:\sources\install.esd


Index : 1
Name : Windows 10 Pro
Description : Windows 10 Pro
Size : 14,747,431,455 bytes
WIM Bootable : No
Architecture : x64
Hal : <undefined>
Version : 10.0.14393
ServicePack Build : 0
ServicePack Level : 0
Edition : Professional
Installation : Client
ProductType : WinNT
ProductSuite : Terminal Server
System Root : WINDOWS
Directories : 19070
Files : 103878
Created : 7/16/2016 - 11:05:47 AM
Modified : 8/2/2016 - 2:27:34 PM
Languages :
en-US (Default)


The operation completed successfully.

 

Ok thanks, that's what I thought.

The output surprised me though (I'm still trying to figure out how the MCT puts the data on a disc when a std burn can't - thought it would only put one edition on the disc ... so this is interesting).

Try the same command, but instead of /index:1 use /index:2 at the end
That should report Home, same version, same bit depth

 

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
(c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


C:\WINDOWS\system32>DISM.exe /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:F:\sources\install.esd /index:2


Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.14393.0


Details for image : F:\sources\install.esd


Index : 2
Name : Windows 10 Home
Description : Windows 10 Home
Size : 14,586,404,734 bytes
WIM Bootable : No
Architecture : x64
Hal : <undefined>
Version : 10.0.14393
ServicePack Build : 0
ServicePack Level : 0
Edition : Core
Installation : Client
ProductType : WinNT
ProductSuite : Terminal Server
System Root : WINDOWS
Directories : 18915
Files : 102743
Created : 7/16/2016 - 11:11:29 AM
Modified : 8/2/2016 - 2:27:35 PM
Languages :
en-US (Default)


The operation completed successfully.

 

Ok, thanks - that satisfied my curiosity. I guess I'll have to test some things here to try and figure out how the MCT gets both versions on a disc when a straight burn can't.

But that media looks good, when you're ready do your Clean install with that disc.

I think you have everything else answered, I jumped in again to support essenbe and you re: the disc.

 

Thanks for everyone's help!

 

I'm pretty savvy with Partition Management & dual/ multi booting since Win 95/98/ NT days, partition table editing, VHD native boots, BCDboot etc and the UEFI vs BIOS install / boot in a Mixed OS scenario still messes with me. I need to do some intensive Re-reading to debug issues I'm facing on some Acer/ Toshiba laptops and their BIOS/UEFI options v/s Multi Boot OS on partitions.

Interesting. Wish there was a clear info graphic to CLEAR out this UEFI/BIOS - GPT/ MBR drama.