Windows 10: Windows 10 clean install on new PC?

I just got a brand new lenovo laptop with Windows 10 Pro, pre-installed at delivery. This is the first time I have considered a clean install to remove any unwanted bloatware or software. But after some research I can't tell if it is necessary? I have no data on this machine yet so I am willing to try.

So far, I have created a USB recovery drive, system image backup, and system repair disk before doing anything else. Then I ran bloatware removal software and found nothing critical on my new laptop, except for some software which I can easily uninstall myself. So my questions are:

1) Since there is not much unwanted software, should I even bother with a clean install?

2) If I make a mistake, will I be able to restore the computer to its current state by recovering the system image I just created?

3) Will a clean install remove all the software which I might like to keep (such as Lenovo power management)? Will I have the option to reinstall whichever Lenovo software I want? I think it might be tedious to re-install drivers for the built-in smart card reader, fingerprint reader, etc.

4) Is a clean install as simple as a "reset" of Windows 10? Or will this just restore it to the state as it was when I took it out of the box?

Thanks for any advice, as this is the first time I have ever considered re-installing the operating system on a new computer.

:)

 

Clean install Windows 10 on new SSD

You will find appropriate support in this forum =>
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-win_upgrade-winup_7

Tip: See
http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-turn-your-windows-10-upgrade-into-an-iso/ !!

 

Clean install Windows 10 on new SSD

I'm currently running Windows 7 with all my drives being spinning media. If I upgrade to Windows 10, I'd like to get a new SSD as my primary boot drive and install Windows 10 on that rather than existing spinning media. Is that possible

 

Short answer. Yes, I would do a fresh install as I did in the past with every Laptop I had.

 

Thanks for the advice. I will do the fresh install. Is that as simple as selecting the Windows 10 reset?

 

Hello mstanley, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

If you like, the tutorial below can help walk you through doing a clean install.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html

 

In addition. Before fresh install of Windows:

• Download a portable version (No installation required) : Driver 4.1 Backup Download to back up all the drivers that are currently installed and save to a USB/External HD/Internal HD so that you can restore all the drivers after the fresh install in one sweep.
• Make sure you backup the whole disk using either: Macrium Reflect Free or AOMEI Backupper. Just in case things go wrong, something to fall back