Windows 10: Trying to make a Win10 flashdrive for a clean install, not sure what's going wrong.

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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

 

Unsure how to install WIN10 from FlashDrive


Hello,

I downloaded the ISO file for Windows 10, at least I believe I did. The below files are what is now on the Flashdrive.

Files shown on Flash Drive Win10.docx

I presume that I insert the Flashdrive into the PC before turning on. Then boot into the flashdrive...is that correct? Not sure if the attachment for this thread will appear.

There are nine files on the flash drive:
1. boot
2. efi
3. sources
4. support
5. autorun
6. bootmgr
7. bootmgr.efi
8. MediaMeta
9. setup

My friend waited until the last minute to uprade from his WIN8.1 laptop to WIN10...said he was unable to complete the downloads for one reason or another. IMHO I think that he will have to bite the bullet and fork over $ now in order to install Windows 10.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Cheers and Beers to all!

 

Flashdrive

Hmmmm... not really sure what you are trying to do here... what do you mean by 'download a flashdrive'? Are you trying to copy the contents of a flashdrive to your phone? What's on the flashdrive -- photos, video, music, files???



Or is this some sort of 'virtual flashdrive' you want to create on your phone? If this last option, I don't think that's going to be possible, given the file structure on the WP platform...