Windows 10: Windows 10 re-install (clean install to fix errors)?

I can't find my specific install problem on the forum, so here is the problem:

I have a 4 core 64 bit HP laptop (pavilion) with a Radeon graphics card and 16 gig of ram.

I installed W10 over W7 from the laptop microsoft link when the free offer was available. I have two downloaded disks (burned from iso files), one with threshold 2 the other without.

I have tried booting from both these disks without success, the laptop just boots into the problem W10.
In the bios boot from CD is enabled but this makes no difference?

I'm sure I am missing something (maybe the disks are not configured properly but how do I find out?)
Does anyone know how I can get a clean install to work please?*Sad

:)

 

Windows 10 update KB3147458 error code 0x80073712

I tired EVERY single solution. My last option was to clean re-install windows 10.

I google searched and installed Reimage software cost me $50 for a year but worth all the headache and windows errors was fixed within 15 minutes and few reboot.

 

Windows 10 clean re-install

Windows 10 Digital License

When you upgraded from a previous version of Windows or receive a new computer preinstalled with Windows 10, what happened is the hardware (your PC) will get a digital entitlement, where a unique signature of the computer will be stored on Microsoft
Activation Servers. The Windows 7 or Windows 8 genuine license you were previously running will be exchanged for a diagnostics key.

Anytime you need to reinstall Windows 10 on that machine, just proceed to reinstall Windows 10. It will automatically reactivate. You will prompted to enter a product key a couple times through the installation, click I don't have
a key and Do this later.

There is no need to know or get a new key, but if you have issues with Digital Licensing or the Activation Troubleshooter, you can utilize an existing Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 product key you already own to
reactivate if necessary. or use the reset function in Windows 10.

Reinstall by Performing a Direct Clean Install

If Windows 10 was already installed and activated on your system, just proceed to perform a direct clean install as described in the following articles.

Step 1: How
to download official Windows 10 ISO files

Step 2:

• How
  to Prepare Bootable Install Media for Windows 10 - DVD, USB or SD Card

Step 3:

• How to: Perform a clean install of Windows 10

 

Is there a file and folder structure on the DVDs including a setup.exe in the root folder? Or is there just an ISO file on the DVD?

 

Sorry I am late posting, I had to take the wife out for a while!
Yes there is a file structure including an autorun file and a setup file?

 

Is the DVD drive set as the first boot device or is there a boot override function that shows a menu of devices to boot from? Just because the DVD is enabled, if the HDD is before it in the boot order, the laptop will boot from the HDD first.

 

I will check that out and post back as soon as I can? I have a few family problems to sort out first! Sorry about this but priorities come first.*Rolleyes

 

There shouldn't ever be any need to reinstall 10 from a disc. Why don't you use Reset?

 

Wrong! I want to change the Admin as well!

 

You can use User Accounts at any time for that.

 

Fixer: I tried that and it doesn't work! And the problems with the OS needs a clean install to put right. I'm getting to many glitches to rely on a Windows 10/former Windows 7 reset to solve the problem. But thanks for trying!

 

A reset doesn't carry over any part of your present system. It sets up a fresh system from a clean Win 10 system image file.

 

I needed direction on performing a clean install after replacing my motherboard. NavyLCDR helped do that, see the quote below from my post https://www.tenforums.com/installatio...questions.html If your laptop is not UEFI capable ignore the Step 9 instructions for creating a UEFI compatible USB in the link "Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive"

After I was done I had to chat into Microsoft to activate W10, I still had my Win7 retail product key and should have put that in when asked for a product key. My existing W10 install (1511) was activated with a "digital entitlement" but that didn't follow with my MSA. Make sure you have your product key from the Win7 you upgraded from in case you need it.

 

The built-in Windows reset and refresh functions have proven to be extremely unreliable. If a person is going to do a reset anyway and not keep any settings for data files, clean install from USB flash drive or DVD is much better than taking your chances with the built-in reset function.

 

Fixer: Fair Enough, but it will retain the same admin, and I want to change that as well, I tried User Accounts and it didn't work to remove the old Admin?