Windows Help and Advice - USA (2019-06)

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Settings in Windows and navigate to

‘Update and recovery’ > Recovery, then

click ‘Restart now’ under ‘Advanced

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choose ‘Use a device’ to select your USB

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then it’s a case of clicking Install Now. If
prompted, enter your product key or
click Skip if you’re running Windows 10
on a PC you upgraded during the free
period. When asked what type of
installation you wish to perform, choose
the Custom option.
Next comes potentially the trickiest
part of the process. A list of drives and
partitions will appear – you need to
select the one Windows is currently
installed on. By default, it should be
detected and selected, but verify it’s
correct before clicking Format (click the
advanced Drive Options button if it’s
not visible). Click ‘OK’, then once
formatted, verify the drive is still
selected and click Next.
That’s the technical stuff pretty much
done. You’ll see a checklist of tasks to be
performed – just sit back and wait. One
thing: when Windows reboots, you may
see the ‘press any key’ prompt again to
boot from CD or DVD. Don’t press
anything to let the installer continue.

SETUP POST-INSTALL
Thepost-setuppromptbeginswith
Windows7 usersbeingpromptedfor
theirproductkey,thenit’sa caseof
settingupa useraccountandyou’reoff
andrunning.Windows8.1userswillget
anExpressSettingsprompt– besureto
clicktheoptiontocustomisetheseand
gothroughthemcarefully.
Post-CreatorsUpdate,Windows 10 no
longergivesyouanExpressSettings
option.Fornow,confirmyourlocation
andkeyboard,setupyournetworkif

requiredandchoose‘personaluse’

whenprompted.Youcaneithersignin

withyourMicrosoftaccountorclick

‘Offlineaccount’>‘Maybelater’if you

plantostickwiththeold-styleWindows

7 localuseraccount.

If youoptfortheMicrosoftaccount

optionnowisa goodtimetosetupa

PINtospeedupfuturelogins(note:

thePINistied,specifically,tothisPC,

andyoucanalwaysbypassit using

yourregularaccountpassword

shouldyouforgetit atanypoint).

You’llthenbeaskedtosetupCortana

• thisiswhereWindows10’snotorious
  privacysettingscomeintoplay,so
  reviewalloftheoptionscarefully,
  flickingtheslidertoOffforanyyou
  don’tneedoruse.
  That’stheendofthesetupprocess


• Windowswillnowconfigureitself
  basedoneachofyourchoicesand
  you’llseea seriesofmessagesappear
  on-screen.Eventually,whenallisready,
  you’llfindyourselfbackatthefamiliar
  Windowsdesktopscreen.

Start the install process

“Next comes potentially the trickiest part of the process.

A list of drives and partitions will appear – you need to

select the one Windows is currently installed on”

Make sure you’ve got network and graphics drivers sourced.