Reinstalling Windows 10 fressh - Advice needed please.

TheSwede · 12 Jul 2020 at 20:04

Hey all,

Got myself a new Motherboard (Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master) and a new SSD as well for it. My Win 10 is linked to my Microsoft Account and have the USB done to install it all from.

If I understand things right, even if the MB and SSD will be brand new, once I done the Win 10 installation I then can reactivate it by logging into my Microsoft Account and then run their troubleshooter ??

Any and all advice greatly appreciated. I be doing this tomorrow hopefully and want to make sure I have everything sorted before I start.

Thanks !

drakulton · 12 Jul 2020 at 20:20

Sounds like you have all the info to do the job. It may be worth looking at your m$ account and linked devices and make a note your current machine, in case things go wrong and you have to call for help.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change

TheSwede · 12 Jul 2020 at 20:50

Thanks @drakulton for that advice ! I just took a screenshot of it and hopefully that be ok if needed !

drakulton · 12 Jul 2020 at 21:40

TheSwede said:
Thanks @drakulton for that advice ! I just took a screenshot of it and hopefully that be ok if needed !

Hopefully you won't need it, but it may help if there are issues. Let us know if the fresh install goes ok.

TheSwede · 13 Jul 2020 at 18:41

@drakulton All seems to have worked fine, now on the freshly installed win10 and so far all good.

Now just have to reinstall all programs and fine tune it to my liking again ! :eek:

superleeds27 · 16 Jul 2020 at 14:55

TheSwede said:
@drakulton All seems to have worked fine, now on the freshly installed win10 and so far all good.

Now just have to reinstall all programs and fine tune it to my liking again !

That's the painful bit!

jsbombjack · 16 Jul 2020 at 23:28

Ninite is really useful for grabbing the standard software you install after a fresh build. Quick and easy

TheSwede · 22 Jun 2021 at 18:19

Alright, sorry for bumping up my old thread, but thought it be better then create a new one about same subject !

So, have got myself a NVMe M.2 stick and thinking of making a new install of win10 on it. Can I use the same USB stick installer as I used last time and it will give me the latest version of Win10 ? Asking because I noticed this morning that for some reason Windows never updated me from version 2004 to the latest which are now 21H1, which was released in May of this year (And yes, I have not thought about it before, mostly because it all have been working as it should). Or should I make a new USB installer ?

Thank you for any and all suggestions ! :cool:

hornetstinger · 22 Jun 2021 at 19:11

I'd say create a new usb image the latest updates are massive and saves doing 30gb update

TheSwede · 22 Jun 2021 at 19:44

hornetstinger said:
I'd say create a new usb image the latest updates are massive and saves doing 30gb update

Thanks, just did that.

Hopefully the machine will automaticity find the USB when I do the new installation on the M.2 drive. I be unplugging all the HDD's when doing it as well, just to make sure it only end up on the M.2.

cryptodegen · 23 Jun 2021 at 09:51

i prepared a USB with fresh install files on it, its very easy to create , boost from the stick and install on your computer

hornetstinger · 6 Jul 2021 at 20:47

Just updated my two windows 10 pro 20h0 to 21h1 it did two massive updates... took ages. And this is with previous iso from certain site, not very first release

Wish just did fresh install straight to 21h1

t31os · 7 Jul 2021 at 02:54

TIP: If you want to get straight to the Windows 10 ISO on Microsoft download page just change your browser user agent to an apple device, ipad or whatever (google steps for that appropriate to your browser), this skips going through the whole media creation process, say if you wanted to use Rufus instead of the Microsoft Tool.