Windows Help & Advice - UK (2020-04)

64 |^ |^ April 2020

heactofreinstalling

Windows 10 canfeel

daunting.Neverfear:

we’regoingtostepyouthrough

theentireprocessfrombooting

fromyourWindowsinstallation

mediatorunningcarefully

throughthepost-install

setupoptions.

If you’venotyetdoneso,visit

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-

download/windows10andclick

Downloadtoolnowtodownload

andruntheMediaCreationTool.

Inserta blankDVD,orpluginan

unusedUSBflashdrive(8GBor

larger).Afterlaunchingthetool,

acceptthelicenceterms,then

chooseCreateinstallationmedia...

andfollowtheprompts(use

recommendedoptionswhenasked)

tocreateyourflashdriveorgenerate

anISOfile.If youchoosetheISOfile

option,clickOpenDVDburneratthe

endtowriteit toyourblankDVD.

Onceyourinstallationmediahas

beencreated,readon.

1 Bootfrominstallationmedia

InsertorpluginyourWindowsinstallationdrive(choosea

USB3.0portforyourUSBflashdriveformaximumperformance)

andthenstartorrebootyourPC.If it doesn’tautomaticallystart

theinstallationprocess,rebootagain,butthistimelookfora

messageaboutchoosinga bootdevice(typicallytheF11orF12

key).Tapthis,thenchooseyourDVDorUSBdrivetobootfromit.

2 Firststeps

Atthefirstscreen,verifythatthelanguage,timeand

currencyformatandkeyboardareallsettothecorrectlocation,

suchasEnglish(UnitedKingdom).ClickNext,followedbyInstall

Now.WhentheActivateWindowsboxappears,click‘I don’thavea

productkey’unlessyou’reusinga localaccountratherthana

Microsoftone,inwhichcaseentertheproductkeyandclickNext.

T

Step-by-step 6WHSE\VWHSLQVWDOO :LQGRZV

Createbrandnewinstallationmediaandthenreinstallthelatest

versionof Windows 10 fromscratchonyourharddrive

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