Windows 10: Windows 10 Clean Install

Dell Inspiron 3580 ; 1T HHD & 8GB RAM ; Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU 5405U @ 2.30GHz,

Hello to all. I thought I would join the forum, especially since I find myself always gettings answers off it. Anyways, I did I clean install of Windows 10 Home. Did all the backups, recovery image, etc.... It seemed like it went well. After install, I went straight to "updates" and am still making sure drivers are okay. After the updates ran, it appears I am a test subject, as I now have Windows 10 Home, version 20H2, build 19042.804, and Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0!! As I am reviewing drivers, I have noticed some devices/hardware (with the yellow triangle) that are really for Ubuntu installations I believe. As an example, a yellow triangle shows on a piece of hardware called Intel Gaussian Mixture Model - 1911 under the PCI Express Root Complex (also called Sky Lake); currently there is NO driver installed for it, but the one that goes with it is Intel(R) Xeon(R) E3 - 1200/1500 v5/6th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) driver version 10.1.1.44. So I am confused. If I am correct, how are Ubunto devices getting installed? Second...will it hurt the computer since I am running Windows 10? And third...if they are for Ubuntu, shouldI just disable them instead of hunting for drivers? I did a Restore Point AFTER the clean install and maybe these devices came through when I was doing the system updates. So I could, if I have to, go back to that first restore point. Thanks for reading the rambling. Good Day and I appreciate any feedback

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Is it time for Windows 10 already?

Here's a good step by step guide on doing a fresh install.

How to clean install Windows 10 from a USB drive - Software - Feature - HEXUS.net

 

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

 

Clean Windows 10 (?PRO?) install

I have bought a legit "Windows 10 Pro" key of a key website. It is legit since i'm currently using it for over a year now. I currently have Windows 10 Pro installed on my PC and I want to do a clean install. I just can't find the windows 10 Pro download in the tool. But if i could use a windows 10 pro key with a normal windows 10 install, I'll be good to go.